Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
| Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award | |
|---|---|
| Type | Civilian |
| Instituted | 1992 |
| First awarded | 1992 |
| Awarded by | All India Congress Committee |
| Cash award | Rs. 5 lakh |
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. five lakhs. It is given on 20 August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas (Harmony Day).[1][2]
Recipients
Former recipients of the award include Mother Teresa, Shenai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, Hiteswar Saikia (former Assam Chief Minister) and Subhadra Joshi (jointly), Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Jagan Nath Kaul, Dilip Kumar and author Kapila Vatsyayan, Wahiuddin Khan(Islamic scholar), Kiran Seth(founder of SPIC MACAY) (2011). Other recipients are civil society activists Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (jointly), S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen (jointly), former President K R Narayanan, Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta (2007), N Radhakrishnan and Gautam Bhai.[1][3]
| Year | Recipients | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Lata Mangeshkar [4] | singer |
| 1998 | Sunil Dutt[5] | Peace activist, politician |
| 2000 | Kapila Vatsyayan [6] | Scholar |
| 2003 | S. N. Subba Rao [7] | Peace activist |
| 2004 | Swami Agnivesh[8] | Social activist |
| 2006 | Nirmala Deshpande[9] | Social activist |
| 2007 | Hem Dutta [3] | Social activist |
| 2008 | N Radhakrishnan [10][11] | Social activist |
| 2009 | Gautam Bhai [12] | social activist |
| 2010 | Wahiduddin Khan | Islamic scholar, peace activist [13] |
| 2011 | SPIC MACAY[1] | Promotes Indian classical music and culture among the youth |
| 2012 | D. R. Mehta[1] | Work through Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Jaipur |
| 2013 | Amjad Ali Khan | |
| 2014 | Muzaffar Ali | filmmaker |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "SPICMACAY For Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award". Outlook (magazine). 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi remembered on his 65th birth anniversary". Deccan Herald. 20 August. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sadbhavana Award for Hem Dutta". The Hindu. 21 August 2007.
- ↑ "Lata gets Rajiv Gandhi award". Indian Express. 21 August 1997.
- ↑ "Sunil Dutt — film star, peace activist, secularist, politician extraordinary". The Hindu. 26 May 2005.
- ↑ "Secularism under assault, says Sonia". The Hindu. 21 August 2001.
- ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi award". The Hindu. 24 July 2003.
- ↑ Swami Agnivesh - Biography betterworldheroes.com..
- ↑ "A votary of peace and harmony". The Hindu. 2 May 2008.
- ↑ "Radhakrishnan gets Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award". Sify.com. 20 August 2008.
- ↑ "PM warns against divisive forces". Indian Express. 21 August 2008.
- ↑ "PM presents Sadbhavana award to Gautam Bhai". Zee News. 20 August 2009.
- ↑ "Muslim scholar gets Sadhbhavana Award". Sify.com. 20 August 2010.