Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

1.NATIONAL INTEGRATION DAY 31^ST OCTOBER

2.Not to be confused with Indira Gandhi Prize.

3.The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is the prestigious award accorded by the Indian National Congress. This Award is given annually starting from 1985.

4.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.

5.Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Recipients

(1)The Award has so far been given to Swami Ranganathananda(1987),

(2)Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali, Bharat Scouts and Guides(1987),

(3) Shri P.N. Haksar, M.S. Subbulakshmi(1990),

(4)Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous), Paramdham Ashram (Wardha, Maharashtra), Acharya Tulsi (1993),

(5)Bishambhar Nath Pande (1996),

 Beant Singh (Posthumous) & Natwar Thakkar (Jointly), Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs (Karnataka), Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration (Shanti Niketan), APJ Abdul Kalam, Shankar Dayal Sharma (Posthumous), Satish Dhawan, Shri H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Association (Ahmedabad), Aaman Pathik Peace Volunteer Group (Ahmedabad), Ram Sinh Solanki and Sunil Tamaiche (Jointly),

• 2002: Acharya Mahaprajna
• 2003: Shyam Benegal
• 2004: Mahashweta Devi
• 2005: Javed Akhtar
• 2006: Dr. J.S. Bandukwalla and Ram Puniyani(jointly)^[2]
• 2009: Balraj Puri ^[3]
• 2010: A. R. Rahman and Ramakrishna Mission Ashram(jointly)^[4]