List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India. Following is the list of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi.

Narendra Modi being conferred the Order of King Abdulaziz Al Saud by Saudi King Salman.

State honours[edit]

Ribbon Decoration Country Date Note Ref.
Order of King Abdulaziz Al Saud  Saudi Arabia 3 April 2016 Special Class, the highest honour of Saudi Arabia awarded to non-Muslim dignitaries. [1]
State Order of Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan  Afghanistan 4 June 2016 The highest civilian honour of Afghanistan. [2]
Grand Collar of the State of Palestine  Palestine 10 February 2018 The highest civilian honour of Palestine. [3]
Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin  Maldives 8 June 2019 Collar, the highest honour of the Maldives awarded to foreign dignitaries. [4]
Order of Zayed  United Arab Emirates 24 August 2019
(ann. 4 April 2019)
Collar, the highest civilian honour of the United Arab Emirates. [5]
King Hamad Order of the Renaissance  Bahrain 24 August 2019 First Class, the third-highest civilian honour of Bahrain. [6]
Legion of Merit  United States 21 December 2020 Chief Commander, the highest degree of the Legion of Merit. [7]
Order of Fiji  Fiji 22 May 2023 Companion, the highest civilian honour of Fiji. [8][9]
Order of Logohu  Papua New Guinea 22 May 2023 Grand Companion, the highest civilian honour of Papua New Guinea. [10][11]
Order of the Nile  Egypt 25 June 2023 Collar, the highest civilian honour of Egypt. [12]
Legion of Honour  France 14 July 2023 Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour of France. [13]
Order of Honour  Greece 25 August 2023 Grand Cross, the second-highest civilian honour of Greece. [14]
Order of the Dragon King  Bhutan 22 March 2024
(ann. 17 December 2021)
First Class, The highest civilian honour of Bhutan. [15]
Order of St. Andrew  Russia 9 July 2024
(ann. 12 April 2019)
Grand Cross with Collar, the highest civilian honour of Russia. [16][17][18]

Other awards[edit]

Year Award Country/Organisation Note Ref.
2018 Champions of the Earth Award  United Nations The highest environmental award given by the United Nations. Awarded, for his policy leadership by pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance and new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action. [19][20]
2018 Seoul Peace Prize Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation The award committee credited, for his contribution towards regional and global peace through a proactive foreign policy with countries around the world under the Modi Doctrine and the Act East Policy. [21][22]
2019 Global Goalkeepers Award Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awarded, in recognition of the Swachh Bharat Mission and the progress India has made in providing safe sanitation under his leadership. [23][24][25]
2021 Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award Cambridge Energy Research Associates The award recognizes the commitment of leadership towards the future of global energy and environment, and for offering solutions and policies for energy access, affordability and environmental stewardship. [26]
2023 Ebakl Award  Palau Ebakl is a ceremonial woodworking tool from Palau that symbolises the leadership and wisdom. [27]

Recognition[edit]

Year Award Organisation Ref.
March 2012 Cover of Time Magazine (Asian Edition) Time [28]
June 2014 [29]
2014 Indian of the Year CNN-IBN [30]
2014 Asian of the Year The Straits Times [31]
2014 15th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [32][33]
2014 100 Most Influential People in the World Time [34]
2014 Person of the Year (Online Readers Poll) [35]
June 2015 Cover of Time Magazine [36]
2015 6th Most Powerful Person in the World Business Insider [37]
2015 9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [38][39]
2015 30 Most Influential People on the Internet Time [40]
2015 13th Most Influential Person in the World Bloomberg Markets [41]
2015 100 Most Influential People in the World Time [42]
2016 Person of the Year (Online Readers Poll) [43]
2016 9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [44]
2016 Wax Statue of Narendra Modi Madame Tussauds [45][46]
2017 3rd Top Leader in the World Gallup International Association [47][48]
2017 100 Most Influential People in the World Time [49]
2018 9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [50][51]
2020 100 Most Influential People in the World Time [52]
2021 5th Greatest Leader in the World Fortune [53][54]
2021 100 Most Influential People in the World Time [55]

Freedom of the City[edit]

Year Award City Note Ref.
2018 Key to the City  Kathmandu, Nepal During his two-day visit to Nepal, Modi was presented with the Key to the City of Kathmandu by Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya. [56]
2019 Key to the City  Houston, United States At Howdy Modi event hosted by the Texas India Forum, Modi was presented with the Key to the City of Houston by Mayor Sylvester Turner. [57][58][59]

Eponyms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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