Indira Gandhi Prize-(1986-2014)

Indira Gandhi Prize-(1986-2014)

The Indira Gandhi Prize / the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize / the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; scientific discoveries and enlarging the scope of freedom.

The prize carries a cash award of 2.5 million (25 Lakh Indian rupees) and a citation. A written work, in order to be eligible for consideration, should have been published. The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust consists of prominent national and international personalities including previous recipients. First time the award was given to Parliamentarians for Global Action in 1986.

Year	Recipient	Image	Birth / death	State/Organization	Description
1986	Parliamentarians for Global Action	–	est. 1978	–	International Organisation of Parliamentarians
1987	Mikhail Gorbachev		b. 1931	Soviet Union	Former Soviet Union Leader
1988	Gro Harlem Brundtland		b. 1939	Norway	Former Prime Minister of Norway
1989	UNICEF		est. 1946	United Nations	United Nations Children's Fund
1990	Sam Nujoma		b. 1929	Namibia	First President of Namibia
1991	Rajiv Gandhi		1944 – 1991	India	Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous)
1992	Saburo Okita		1914 - 1993	Japan	Japanese Economist
1993	Václav Havel		1936 – 2011	Czech Republic	1st President of the Czech Republic
1994	Trevor Huddleston		1913 - 1998	United Kingdom	Anti-Apartheid Activist
1995	Olusegun Obasanjo		b. 1937	Nigeria	12th President of Nigeria
1996	Médecins Sans Frontières	-	est. 1971	France	Voluntary Organisation
1997	Jimmy Carter		b. 1924	United States	39th President of the United States
1998	Muhammad Yunus		b. 1940	Bangladesh	Founder of Grameen Bank
1999[13]	M S Swaminathan		b. 1925	India	Indian Agricultural Scientist
2000	Mary Robinson		b. 1944	Ireland	7th President of Ireland
2001	Sadako Ogata		b. 1927	Japan	Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2002	Shridath Ramphal		b. 1928	Guyana	2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
2003	Kofi Annan		b. 1938	Ghana	7th United Nations Secretary General
2004	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn		b. 1955	Thailand	Princess of Thailand
2005[19]	Hamid Karzai		b. 1957	Afghanistan	12th President of Afghanistan
2006	Wangari Maathai		1940 - 2011	Kenya	Environmental and Political activist
2007	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation		est. 1994	United States	Charitable Foundation
2008	Mohamed ElBaradei		b. 1942	Egypt	4th Director General of the IAEA
2009	Sheikh Hasina		b. 1947	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
2010	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva		b. 1945	Brazil	Ex-President of Brazil
2011	Ela Bhatt		b. 1933	India	Founder of SEWA
2012	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf		b. 1938	Liberia	President of Liberia
2013	Angela Merkel		b. 1954	Germany	Chancellor of Germany
2014	Indian Space Research Organisation		est. 1969	India	Indian Space Agency