Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award


Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party, in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. ten lakhs. It is given on 20 August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas.

Recipients

Former recipients of the award include Mother Teresa, Shenai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, Former Assam Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia and freedom fighter Subhadra Joshi, Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Jagan Nath Kaul, Dilip Kumar and author Kapila Vatsyayan, Wahiuddin Khan, Kiran Seth. Other recipients are civil society activists Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander, S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen, former President K R Narayanan, Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta, N Radhakrishnan and Gautam Bhai.
YearRecipientsNotes
1995Jagan Nath KaulSocial activist, Founder of SOS Children's Village of India
1996Lata MangeshkarSinger
1998Sunil DuttActor, Politician, Peace Activist
2000Kapila VatsyayanScholar
2003S. N. Subba RaoPeace Activist
2004Swami AgniveshSocial Activist
2006Nirmala DeshpandeSocial Activist
2007Hem DuttaSocial Activist
2008N RadhakrishnanSocial Activist
2009Gautam BhaiSocial Activist
2010Wahiduddin KhanIslamic Scholar, Peace Activist
2011SPIC MACAYPromotes Indian Classical Music and culture among the youth
2012D. R. MehtaWork through Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Jaipur
2013Amjad Ali KhanMusician
2014Muzaffar AliFilm Maker
2016Shubha MudgalSinger
2017Mohammad AzharuddinFormer Cricketer
2017M.Gopala KrishnaRetired IAS Officer
2018Gopalkrishna GandhiCommunal Harmony, Peace and Goodwill