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Detailed explanation-1: -As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the Government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2022 was awarded to the country’s medical fraternity as a whole for their stellar role in taking care of millions who suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its list of winners includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Elihu Root, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Henri La Fontaine, Mikhail Gorbachev, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Wangari Maathai, Barack Obama, Liu Xiaobo, Juan Manuel Santos and Abiy Ahmed.

Detailed explanation-4: -First award The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize for that year was shared between the Frenchman Frédéric Passy and the Swiss Jean Henry Dunant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rabindranath Thakur, or Tagore, was the first Nobel Prize winner in India. He was awarded this award in 1913 for his contribution to the field of literature for his poem called Geetanjali. Sadhana and Geetanjali are two of his very famous literary works. But that’s not all.