This year Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace award for her “outstanding contribution to the promotion of democracy and pluralism, her determined drive to alleviate poverty and secure social and economic justice for her people through inclusive and sustainable development, and her consistent commitment to peace,” .

The selection was made by an international jury, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust on Thursday.

The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom. The prize carries a cash award of 25 lakh Indian rupees and a citation.

Indira Gandhi Peace Recipients are:

Year	Name	Recipient Description
1986	Parliamentarians for Global Action	International Organisation of Parliamentarians
1987	Mikhail Gorbachev	Former Soviet Union Leader
1988	Gro Harlem Brundtland	Former Prime Minister of Norway
1989	UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
1990	Sam Nujoma	First President of Namibia
1991	Rajiv Gandhi	Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous)
1992	Saburo Okita	Japanese Economist
1993	Václav Havel	1st President of the Czech Republic
1994	Trevor Huddleston	Anti-Apartheid Activist
1995]	Olusegun Obasanjo	12th President of Nigeria
1996]	Medicins Sans Frontieres	Voluntary Organisation
1997	Jimmy Carter	39th President of the United States
1998	Muhammad Yunus	Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2006
1999	M S Swaminathan	Indian Agricultural Scientist
2000	Mary Robinson	7th President of Ireland
2001[	Sadako Ogata	Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2002	Shridath Ramphal	2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
2003	Kofi Annan	7th United Nations Secretary General
2004[	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn	Princess of Thailand
2005	Hamid Karzai	1st President of Afghanistan
2006	Wangari Maathai	Environmental and Political activist
2007	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Charitable Foundation
2008	Mohamed ElBaradei	4th Director General of the IAEA
2009	Bill Gates	Non- Executive Chairman of Microsoft

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Prize