Jawaharlal Nehru Award
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding | |
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International Civilian award for contributions to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world | |
Sponsored by | Government of India |
Reward(s) | ₹ 2.5 million |
First awarded | 1965 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 36 |
First winner | U Thant |
Website | http://iccr.gov.in/content/nehru-award-recipients |
The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India in honour of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister.
History
It was established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people "for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world". The money constituent of this award is 2.5 million rupees.[1]
Recipients
The following people have received this award. No prize was awarded in 1986 and between 1995 and 2003; the last award was in 2009.[2]
References
- ^ "Nehru Award". Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Nehru Award Recipients". Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Government of India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ According to Bhagavathi Vivekanandan: Global Visions of Olof Palme, Bruno Kreisky and Willy Brandt. International Peace and Security, Co-operation, and Development. Springer International Publishing, Cham 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-33710-4, p. 16, Palme received the award in 1987 (he died in 1986).
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- Indian National Congress
- Champaran Satyagraha
- Indian independence movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Purna Swaraj
- Salt March
- Aundh Experiment
- Quit India
- Tryst with Destiny
- The light has gone out of our lives
- Constituent Assembly of India
- Interim Government of India
- 1950 University of Cambridge Chancellor election
- Liaquat–Nehru Pact
- Political integration of India
- List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru
- Non-Aligned Movement
- First Nehru ministry
- Second Nehru ministry
- Third Nehru ministry
- Fourth Nehru ministry
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948
- Annexation of Goa
- Sino-Indian War
- An Autobiography
- Before Freedom: Nehru's Letters to His Sister 1909–1947
- The Discovery of India
- Glimpses of World History
- Letters from a Father to His Daughter
- National Herald
- Raj Kaul
- Gangadhar Nehru
- Nandlal Nehru
- Motilal Nehru
- Swarup Rani Nehru
- Brijlal Nehru
- Rameshwari Nehru
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Uma Nehru
- Krishna Hutheesing
- Indira Gandhi
- Braj Kumar Nehru
- Nayantara Sahgal
- Feroze Gandhi
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Sanjay Gandhi
- Arun Nehru
- Sonia Gandhi
- Maneka Gandhi
- Rahul Gandhi
- Priyanka Vadra
- Varun Gandhi
- Robert Vadra
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