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Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration was instituted in 1985 by the Indian National Congress in its Centenary year. The Award is for promoting National Integration, understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages, and traditions of India and also to strengthen through thought and action, nation’s sense of solidarity. The Award is given on her Martyrdom Day i.e. 31st October. The Award carries citation and cash amount of Rs. 10.00 lakh to be given either to a person or an institution for the outstanding contribution made to promote National Integration.

31st Award for the year 2017-18 would be for the recognition of outstanding contribution to the cause of National Integration in that year and two years immediately preceding it. Accordingly, the Chairperson, Advisory Committee, Hon’ble Smt. Sonia Gandhi invites proposals for the said Award latest by 31st August, 2019 in the prescribed proforma which may be obtained from its Office in AICC, 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110011.

The Award has so far been given to Swami Ranganathananda, Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali, Bharat Scouts & Guides, Shri P.N. Haksar, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumously), Paramdham Ashram (Wardha, Maharashtra), Acharya Shree Tulis Ji, Dr. Bishambar Nath Pande, Sardar Beant Singh (Posthumously) & Shri Natwar Thakkar (Jointly), Gandhi Institute of Public Affairs (Karnataka), Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration (Shanti Niketan), Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma (Posthumously), Prof. Satish Dhawan, Shri H.Y. Sharada Prasad, Ram-Rahim Nagar Slum Dwellers Association (Ahmedabad), Aaman Pathik – Peace Volunteer Group (Ahmedabad), Shri Ram Sinh Solanki & Shri Sunil Tamaiche (Jointly), Acharya Mahaprajna, Shri Shyam Benegal, Smt. Mahasweta Devi, Shri Javed Akhtar, Dr. J.S. Bandukwalla & Dr. Ram Puniyani (Jointly), Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust (Indore, Madhya Pradesh), Shri Balraj Puri, Shri A.R. Rahman & Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Narainpur, Chhattisgarh (jointly), Shri Mohan Dharia, Shri Gulzar, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Shri Rajagopal P.V. and Shri T.M. Krishna.

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