Jawaharlal Nehru Award

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.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
International Civilian award for contributions to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world
Sponsored byGovernment of India
Reward(s) 2.5 million
First awarded1965
Highlights
Total awarded36
First winnerU Thant
Websitehttp://iccr.gov.in/content/nehru-award-recipients 

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]

YearRecipientCountry
1965U Thant Burma
1966Martin Luther King Jr. United States
1967Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pakistan
1968Yehudi Menuhin United States
1969Mother Teresa India
1970Kenneth Kaunda Zambia
1971Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia
1972André Malraux France
1973Julius Nyerere Tanzania
1974Raúl Prebisch Argentina
1975Jonas Salk United States
1976Giuseppe Tucci Italy
1977Tulsi Mehar Shrestha   Nepal
1978Nichidatsu Fujii Japan
1979Nelson Mandela South Africa
1980Barbara Ward United Kingdom
1981Alva Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal
 Sweden
1982Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal
1983Bruno Kreisky Austria
1984Indira Gandhi (posthumous) India
1985Olof Palme (posthumous)[3] Sweden
1987Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Peru
1988Yasser Arafat Palestine
1989Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe
1990Helmut Kohl Germany
1991Aruna Asaf Ali India
1992Maurice Strong Canada
1993Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar
1994Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia
1995Hosni Mubarak Egypt
2003Goh Chok Tong Singapore
2004Sultan Qaboos Oman
2005Wangari Maathai Kenya
2006Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazil
2007Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Iceland
2009Angela Merkel Germany

References

  1. "Nehru Award". Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. "Nehru Award Recipients". Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Government of India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. 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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