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Seoul Peace Prize
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honored with Seoul Peace Prize in South Korea.
- Modi is the only Indian to bag the Seoul Peace Prize.
- The award is given for his “contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth”.
- He is the fourteenth recipient of the award, received an honorarium cash prize of $200,000 and he gave that to the Namami Gange Programme (National Mission for Clean Ganga).
Seoul Peace Prize
- Established in 1990, the Seoul Peace Prize was an effort to crystallise the Korean people’s yearning for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of the world.
- It was initially established to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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