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title: "Who was the first Indian to receive the Magaysay Award?"  
description: "Who was the first Indian to receive the Magaysay Award?"  
author: "Satish Jain"  
published: 2017-11-15  
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# Who was the first Indian to receive the Magaysay Award?

Who was the first [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) to receive the Magaysay Award?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

**Ramon Magsaysay Award!**\

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Knowing about the **Ramon Magsaysay Award**, it was inaugurated in honor of the former **President Ramon Magsaysay** of **Philippines** was established in the year of **1957** in the month of April in the concurrence of the Philippine governments by **Rockefeller Brothers Fund** based in the **City of New York**, for the courageous service to community, pragmatic idealism within a democratic society and integrity in governance which is been one of the esteemed award continentally as per the guidelines in the West Nobel Prize.

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The first person to grab on to this award was **Acharya Vinoba Bhave** in year of **1958**.\
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**Cheers!**\


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