The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award accorded by the

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, after

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, a former

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. The award is given annually, starting from 1985, to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation's sense of solidarity. The Awardee is selected by an Advisory Committee of eminent persons representing art, science, culture, education, literature, religion, social work, journalism, law and public life. The Award carries an amount of 5

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rupees in cash and a citation. The Award is given on the

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. The Award is given for services deserving of recognition in the year to which the Award relates and two years immediately preceding it.

Recipients

The Award has so far been given to

Swami Ranganathananda Swami Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005) was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Biography Swami Ranganathananda, (pre-monastic name Shankaran Kutt ...

(1987),

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, The Bharat Scouts and Guides (1987), Rafique Alam (1988)

P. N. Haksar Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar (4 September 1913 – 25 November 1998) was an Indian bureaucrat and diplomat, best known for his two-year stint as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's principal secretary (1971–73). In that role, Haksar was the chie ...

, M. S. Subbulakshmi (1990),

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(

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), Paramdham Ashram (

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), Acharya Tulsi (1993),

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(1996), Beant Singh (Posthumous) and Natwar Thakkar (jointly), Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs (

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), Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration (

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(Posthumous),

Satish Dhawan Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India a ...

, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Association (

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), Aaman Pathik Peace Volunteer Group (

), Ram Sinh Solanki and Sunil Tamaiche (jointly), the 2015-16 award was given to TM Krishna. * 2002: Acharya Mahaprajna * 2003:

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* 2004: Mahashweta Devi * 2005:

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2 ...

* 2006: Dr. J. S. Bandukwalla and Ram Puniyani (jointly) * 2009: Balraj Puri * 2010:

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and

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Ashram (jointly) * 2011: Mohan Dharia * 2012:

Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

* 2013:

M. S. Swaminathan Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. Swaminathan is a global leader of the green revolution. He has been called the main archit ...

* 2014:

Rajagopal P. V. Rajagopal P. V. is an Indian Gandhian activist, a former Vice Chairman of the New Delhi Gandhi Peace Foundation, and the president and founding member oEkta Parishad In 1972, Rajagopal started working alongside Gandhian stalwarts J.P. Narayan a ...

Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
ektaparishad.com * 2015:

T. M. Krishna Thodur Madabusi Krishna (born 22 January 1976) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, writer, activist, author and Ramon Magsaysay awardee. As a vocalist, he has made a large number of innovations in both the style and substance of his concerts, ther ...

* 2016: T. M. Krishna * 2017:

Chandi Prasad Bhatt Chandi Prasad Bhatt (born 23 June 1934) is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the Chipko Movement, in which ...

* 2018: Chandi Prasad Bhatt *2019:Chandi prasad bhatt

References

{{Reflist Peace awards Indian awards Awards established in 1985 Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi 1985 establishments in India