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Birth
Year

Recipient

Image

Country

Description

death

1995

Julius Nyerere[2]

1996

A. T. Ariyaratne[2]

1997

Gerhard Fischer[3][4]

1922
1999

b. 1931

1921
2006

Tanzania

Sri Lanka

First President of Tanzania

Founder ofSarvodaya
Shramadana Movement
German diplomat, recognised

Germany

for his work

againstleprosy and polio
Founded bySwami

1998

Ramakrishna

Mission[2]

est.
1897

Vivekananda for promoting

India

social welfare, tolerance, and

non-violence among
disadvantaged groups
Social worker, known

1999

Baba

Amte[5][2]

1914
2008

particularly for his work for the

India

rehabilitation and
empowerment of poor people
suffering from leprosy

Nelson Mandela[2]
2000

Grameen Bank

2001

John Hume[1][2]

2002

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan[2]

b. 1918- South

Former President of South

2013

Africa[2]

est.
1983

b. 1937

est.
1938

Africa

Bangladesh

Northern
Ireland

India

Founded byMuhammad
Yunus

Northern Irish Politician

Educational trust that

emphasises Indian culture
Last President

2003

Vclav Havel[6][7]

1936

Czech

ofCzechoslovakiaand first

2011

Republic

President of the Czech

Republic

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2004

Coretta Scott King[2]

2005

Desmond Tutu[8]

2013

Chandi Prasad Bhatt[9][10]

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1927

United

Activist and civil rights leader.

2006

States

Wife of Martin Luther King.

South

South African cleric and

Africa

activist

India

Environmentalist, social acti

b. 1931

b. 1934

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