Nelson Mandela never wavered in his devotion to democracy, equality and learning. Despite terrible provocation, he never answered racism with racism. His life has been an inspiration to all who are oppressed and deprived, to all who are opposed to oppression and deprivation.

He won the following awards during his life time:

1. Nobel Peace Prize,

2. Bharat Ratna award,

3. Time's Person of the Year,

4. Sakharov Prize,

5. Presidential Medal of Freedom,

6. Congressional Gold Medal,

7. Arthur Ashe Courage Award,

8. Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,

9. Gandhi Peace Prize,

10. Philadelphia Liberty Medal,

11. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding,

12. Lenin Peace Prize,

13. Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, Nishan-e-Pakistan,

14. Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights,

15. Am bassador of Conscience Award,

16. International Simón Bolívar Prize,

17. United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights,

18. Order of the Nile, World Citizenship Award,

19. U Thant Peace Award,

20. Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize,

21. Isitwalandwe Medal,

22. Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony,

23. Freedom of the City of Aberdeen,

24. Bruno Kreisky Award,

25. UNESCO Peace Prize,

26. Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize,

27. Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award,

28. Giuseppe Motta Medal,

29. Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize,

30. J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding,

31. W E B DuBois International Medal,

32. Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation,

33. Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award.



....What a great man of peace and a true Stateman indeed..!

K

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