Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
Civilian award for contributions towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace
Sponsored byAll India Congress Committee
Reward(s)Rs. 10 lakh
First awarded1992

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party (INC), in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, carries a citation and a cash award of Rs. ten lakhs. It is given on 20 August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, which is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas (Harmony Day).[1][2]

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  2. ^ "Rajiv Gandhi remembered on his 65th birth anniversary". Deccan Herald. 20 August 2009.