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Gandhi Peace Prize
The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India on October 2, 1994 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to encourage and promote Gandhian values world-wide. It carries a cash amount of Rs. one crore. The Award is decided by a five-member jury headed by the Prime Minister. The first ever Gandhi Prize was given to Dr Julius K.Nyerere, former President of Tanzania in 1995. The other recipients include Dr A.T.Ariyaratne of Sri Lanka (1996), Dr Gerhard Fischer (1997) and the Ramakrishna Mission (1998). The 1999 Award was conferred on the Gandhian and noted social worker, Baba Amte, for his exemplary work for treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and his concept of the ``Shramik Vidyapeeth.''
Indira Gandhi Award For Peace, Disarmament And DevelopmenT
The Award was instituted in 1986 by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust and carries a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh and a plaque. The 1996 Award was given to Paris-based Humanitarian organisation "Medicines Sans Frontiers".
Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding
The Award was instituted by Government of India to be given annually for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among the peoples of the world. The Award is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. It carries a citation, trophy and Rs 15 lakhs in cash (convertible into foreign currency). The Award is made by a Jury appointed by Government of India for this purpose. The Jury consists of 7 eminent Indians including VP, CJ who are ex-officio members. The VP is the Chairman of the Jury.
The previous recipients of the Award are U Thant (1965), Martin Luther King Jr (1966-presented posthumously), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1967), Yehudi Menuhin (1968), Mother Teresa (1969), Kenneth D. Kaunda (1970), Josip Broz Tito (1971), Andre Mairaux (1972), Julius k. Nyerere (1973), Raul Prebisch (1974), Jonas Salk (1975), Giuseppe Tucci (1976), Tulsi Meherji Shrestha (1977), Nichidatsu Fujli (1978), Nelson Mandela (1979), Barbara Ward (1980), Alva and Gunnar Myrdal (jointly-1981), Leopold Sedar Senghor (1982), Bruno Kreisky (1983), Indira Gandhi (1984-posthumously), Olaf Palme (1985-posthumously), 1986 (not awarded), Javier Perez de Cueller (1987), Yasser Arafat (1988), Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1989), Helmut Kohl (1990), Aruna Asaf Ali (1991), Maurice F.Strong (1992), Aung San Suu Kyi (1993), Mahatir bin Mohammad (1994) and Hosni Mubarak (1995).
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