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President to present Gandhi peace prize 2013 to Chandi Prasad Bhatt

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 14, Jul 2014, 15:01 pm IST | UPDATED: 14, Jul 2014, 15:02 pm IST

President to present Gandhi peace prize 2013 to Chandi Prasad Bhatt New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will present the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 to Mr Chandi Prasad Bhatt tomorrow (July 15, 2013) at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.  This annual award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.  

Previous recipients of the award include Dr Julius K Nyerere, former President of Tanzania; Dr AT Ariyaratne, Founder President of Sarvodaya Sharamadana Movement, Sri Lanka; Dr Gerhard Fischer of Germany; Rama Krishna Mission; Baba Amte; Dr Nelson Mandela and Grameen Bank of Bangladesh (jointly); Dr John Hume, Ireland; Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan; Mr Vaclav Havel, former President of Czechoslovakia and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa. It carries a plaque, citation and an amount of Rs one crore.
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