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PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO PRESENT GANDHI PEACE PRIZE 2014 TO ISRO

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 08.09.2015

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will present the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) tomorrow (September 9, 2015) at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 on the occasion of the 125^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This annual award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.

This Press Release issued at 1350 hrs.