CM Azad Sabh presenting award to Air Force officer

The Gandhi Global Family medals and awards are awards offered by the Gandhi Global Family for contributions to society.

Gandhi Global Family (GGF) Medals/Awards

Mahatma Gandhi Awards

The Mahatma Gandhi Award is the highest award conferred by the Gandhi Global Family. This award is named in honour of

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

, leader of the movement for Indian independence. The recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi Award are the Indian Air Force and

Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...

for their work of rehabilitation and resettlement of Jammu and Kashmir State after the devastating

2005 Kashmir earthquake The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir. It was centred near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu an ...

and Jain Acharya Samrat Dr Shiv Muni ji Maharaj of Sthanakvasi for promoting universal peace and brotherhood.

Mahatma Gandhi Seva Medal

The Mahatma Gandhi Seva Medal is the second highest award. It is awarded to individuals and organizations to recognize outstanding services provided to impoverished segments. Notable recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi Seva Medal include the

Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current D ...

, then President of India Shri K R Narayanan, UPA Chairperson & President of INC Smt Sonia Gandhi, Speaker Lok Sabha Smt

Meira Kumar Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief per ...

, Former

Odissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of S ...

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and present

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Governor

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 ...

, Former

Chief and

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Governor Joginder Jaswant Singh, YHAI President Shri Dr. Harish Saxena, Satguru Madhu Paramhans from Sahib Bandgi, Thai Monk Ven Phrarajabhavanavisudh, Secretary General, Saarclaw

Hemant Batra Hemant Batra (born 15 August 1967) is an Indian business, public policy, corporate and commercial senior practicing lawyer, newspaper – columnist writer author, TV anchor/Host, public speaker, commentator (law & public policy), mentor, and l ...

. Nirankari

Baba Hardev Singh Hardev Singh (23 February 1954 – 13 May 2016), also known as Nirankari Baba, was an Indian spiritual guru and chief leader of the Sant Nirankari Mission from 1980 until his death. Early life and education Hardev Singh was born on 23 February ...

Ji representing

Sant Nirankari Mission Sant Nirankari Mission is a Nirankari spiritual organisation based in Delhi, India. It was founded in 1929 by Buta Singh. Mata Sudiksha, the daughter of Satguru Baba Hardev Singh, is the sixth spiritual head of the Mission since 17 July 2018. ...

received this medal on 26 November 2013. Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai, founder of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur and the NGO Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care was the recipient in 2017.

Brand Ambassador

Brand Ambassador is the third highest award.

Gandhi Doot Medal

The Gandhi Doot Medal is the fourth highest award. It is awarded to a student or a student organization that has demonstrably excelled in youth development and social services.

References

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