GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Community leadership
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Music
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Contribution towards World Peace
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Journalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -First offered in 1982, the award is given to individuals and organizations who have exemplified the lofty spiritual ideals of the late United Nations Secretary-General U Thant and implemented those ideals in the tireless pursuit of world peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine and Literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: Abhinandan Varthaman who shot down the Pakistan’s F-16 jet has chosen for the first “Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar".
Detailed explanation-4: -The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by the Government of India. 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.