• The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

• The jury headed by Prime Minister Modi unanimously decided to select Gita Press as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize.

• Established in 1923, Gita Press is one of the world's largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages, including 16.21 crore Shrimad Bhagvad Gita. 

• Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 recognises the important and unparalleled contribution of Gita Press, in contributing to collective upliftment of humanity, which personifies Gandhian living in true sense.

Gandhi Peace Prize

• The Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted by the government of India in 1995, the 125th birth anniversary commemoration year of Mahatma Gandhi.

• The Prize is for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence.

• The award is open to all people regardless of nationality, race, language, caste, creed or sex.

• The jury for Gandhi Peace Prize is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprises two ex-officio members, namely the Chief Justice of India and leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha.

• The award carries an amount of Rs 1 crore, a citation, plaque and an exquisite traditional handicraft/handloom item.

Previous awardees of the Gandhi Peace Prize

• 1995 - Julius K. Nyerere, former president of Tanzania

• 1996 - A.T. Ariyaratne, founder president of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka

• 1997 - Gerhard Fischer of Germany

• 1998 - Rama Krishna Mission, India

• 1999 - Murlidhar Devidas Amte (Baba Amte), India

• 2000 - Nelson Mandela and Grameen Bank of Bangladesh (jointly)

• 2001 - John Hume, Ireland

• 2002 - Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan

• 2003 - Vaclav Havel, former president of Czechoslovakia

• 2005 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa

• 2013 - Chandi Prasad Bhatt, India

• 2014 - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

• 2015 - Vivekananda Kendra, India

• 2016 - Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International (jointly)

• 2017 - Ekal Abhiyan Trust, India

• 2018 - Yohei Sasakawa, Japan.

• 2019 - Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Oman

• 2020 - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh.

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