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Nelson Mandela Profile, Achievements, Awards
Nelson Mandela Profile, Achievements, Awards
Nelson Mandela was the recipient of more than 250 awards, including honorary degrees from more than 50 universities worldwide.
Nelson Mandela is the proud recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which he received along with de Klerk in 1993. He dedicated the award to Mahatma Gandhi, whom he was deeply influenced from.
In 2009, The United Nations General Assembly declared Mandela’s birthday as ‘Mandela Day’, as an effort to pay tribute and homage to his great work in the anti-apartheid movement.
Queen Elizabeth II decorated Mandela by bestowing upon him the Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John and the Order of Merit. Mandela became the only living person to be awarded the honorary Canadian citizenship when he received the Order of Canada.
Quik List of Few Nelson Mandela's Prestigious Awards
1980 - Jawaharlal Nehru Award
1993 - Noble Prize
1990 - Bharat Ratna Award
1990 - Lenin Peace Prize
1991 - Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize
1992 - Nishan-E-Pakistan Award
1999 - Atatürk Peace Award
2001 - International Gandhi Peace Prize
