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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Silverine Swer</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">12 November 1910<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam" title="Eastern Bengal and Assam">Eastern Bengal and Assam</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1 February 2014<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Riatsamthiah, Shillong, Meghalaya, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mawkhar Presbyterian Church Cemetery<br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Silverine_Swer&params=25_34_47_N_91_52_38_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°34′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">91°52′38″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.57972°N 91.87722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.57972; 91.87722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kong Sil</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Social activist<br />Academic<br />Civil servant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a><br />Patogan Sangma Award<br />Silver Elephant Medal of the <a href="/wiki/The_Bharat_Scouts_and_Guides" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bharat Scouts and Guides">Bharat Scouts and Guides</a> Award<br /><a href="/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind_Medal" title="Kaisar-i-Hind Medal">Kaisar-i-Hind Medal</a><br />RG Buruah Smriti Rakhya Samiti</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Silverine Swer</b> (1910–2014), popularly known as <b>Kong Sil</b> (Kong means <i>Elder sister</i> in <a href="/wiki/Khasi_language" title="Khasi language">Khasi language</a>), was an Indian social and environmental activist, educationist and civil servant.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Hindu_-_Meghalaya’s_first_Padma_Shri_awardee_dies_at_103_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Hindu_-_Meghalaya’s_first_Padma_Shri_awardee_dies_at_103-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first person of tribal origin to hold senior posts with the Government of <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Arabia_365_News_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arabia_365_News-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a recipient of the <i>Silver Elephant Medal of <a href="/wiki/The_Bharat_Scouts_and_Guides" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bharat Scouts and Guides">the Bharat Scouts and Guides</a> Award</i> and <a href="/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind_Medal" title="Kaisar-i-Hind Medal">Kaisar-i-Hind Medal</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making her the first recipient of the award from the state of <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silverine_Swer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Silverine Swer was born on 12 November 1910 in a <a href="/wiki/Khasi_people" title="Khasi people">Khasi</a> Christian family in <a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a>, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After passing her matriculation from the Welsh Mission Girls School, Shillong, she graduated (BA) from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Church_College" title="Scottish Church College">Scottish Church College</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a>, in 1932,<sup id="cite_ref-Meghalaya`s_oldest_voter_and_first_Padmashree_awardee_dead_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meghalaya`s_oldest_voter_and_first_Padmashree_awardee_dead-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continued there to secure her graduate degree in education (BT) in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her career started in 1937 at her alma mater, Welsh Mission Girls’ High School, and a year later, she was appointed as the Advisor/Trainer of the Girl Guides Movement, in 1938, in charge of the various schools located in the <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British Indian</a> regions of Assam, Mizoram and <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> (present day Bangladesh).<sup id="cite_ref-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1944, Swer was selected as the Assistant Controller of Rationing under the British Indian government.<sup id="cite_ref-Meghalaya_bids_adieu_to_oldest_woman_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meghalaya_bids_adieu_to_oldest_woman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She held the post until 1949 when she resigned from government service to take up the job of a teacher at Pine Mount School, Shillong. She stayed at the school for three years until she had a chance meeting with N. K. Rustomji, then Adviser to the Governor of Assam on NEFA, who persuaded her to take up the post of the Chief Social Education Officer of the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Frontier_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="North East Frontier Agency">North East Frontier Agency</a> (NEFA) with office at <a href="/wiki/Pasighat" title="Pasighat">Pasighat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She stayed with NEFA from 1952 to 1968 and returned to Shillong that year for a two-year stint at her native place where she was involved with the activities of the <i>Good Will Movement</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament" title="Moral Re-Armament">Moral Re-Armament</a> (MRA). She was among the Indian delegates who visited Sweden in 1970 in connection with MRA activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towards the latter part of her career, she chaired the International Year for Women and the Social Advisory Board of Meghalaya state,<sup id="cite_ref-Silverine_Swer,_Meghalaya's_first_Padma_Shri_Awardee_died_J_Josh_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silverine_Swer,_Meghalaya's_first_Padma_Shri_Awardee_died_J_Josh-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> headed the State Guides movement as its commissioner and was a member of the Executive council of the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Hill_University" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Hill University">North Eastern Hill University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Silverine Swer, who remained a spinster throughout her life, died on 1 February 2014, aged 103, at her residence in Riatsamthiah in Shillong.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mortal remains were buried at Mawkhar Presbyterian Church Cemetery in the high range city.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmashri_Silverine_Swer_passes_away_at_103-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognitions">Awards and recognitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silverine_Swer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards and recognitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her services as the Assistant Controller of Rationing in the 1940s earned her the award of <a href="/wiki/Kaiser-i-Hind_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser-i-Hind Medal">Kaiser-i-Hind Medal</a> from the British Government.<sup id="cite_ref-Meghalaya_bids_adieu_to_oldest_woman_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meghalaya_bids_adieu_to_oldest_woman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received the Silver Elephant Medal of the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Scouts_and_Guides" title="Bharat Scouts and Guides">Bharat Scouts and Guides</a> in 1976.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She was also a recipient of the Patogan Sangma Award for social service and RG Buruah Smriti Rakhya Samiti Award.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, when she turned a centenarian, the Governor of Meghalaya hosted a special party at Raj Bhavan, his official residence.<sup id="cite_ref-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kong_Sil_passes_away_at_103-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silverine_Swer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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S. Subbalakshmi">R. S. Subbalakshmi</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailabala_Das" title="Sailabala Das">Sailabala Das</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Singh_Jangpangi" title="Lakshman Singh Jangpangi">Lakshman Singh Jangpangi</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanabhai_Bhatt_(educationist)" title="Nanabhai Bhatt (educationist)">Nanabhai Bhatt</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bina_Das" title="Bina Das">Bina Das</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Wadia" title="Sophia Wadia">Sophia Wadia</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamalabai_Hospet" title="Kamalabai Hospet">Kamalabai Hospet</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithuben_Petit" title="Mithuben Petit">Mithuben Petit</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Ramaswami_Ayyar" title="N. Ramaswami Ayyar">N. Ramaswami Ayyar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Krishna_Chandiwala" title="Brij Krishna Chandiwala">Brij Krishna Chandiwala</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Sumant_Moolgaokar" title="Leela Sumant Moolgaokar">Leela Sumant Moolgaokar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Sumant_Moolgaokar" title="Leela Sumant Moolgaokar">Leela Sumant Moolgaokar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambujammal" title="Ambujammal">Ambujammal</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Chandravati_Gupta" title="Mona Chandravati Gupta">Mona Chandravati Gupta</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Mazumdar" title="Lakshmi Mazumdar">Lakshmi Mazumdar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordhandas_Bhagwandas_Narottamdas" title="Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas">Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Richardson_(Bishop_of_Car_Nicobar)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Richardson (Bishop of Car Nicobar)">John Richardson</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manibhai_Desai" title="Manibhai Desai">Manibhai Desai</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaurao_Gaikwad" title="Bhaurao Gaikwad">Bhaurao Gaikwad</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shalini_Moghe" title="Shalini Moghe">Shalini Moghe</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sis_Ram_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Sis Ram Ola">Sis Ram Ola</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh_Gupta" title="Kalyan Singh Gupta">Kalyan Singh Gupta</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangru_Ganu_Uikey" title="Mangru Ganu Uikey">Mangru Ganu Uikey</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indumati_Chimanlal_Sheth" title="Indumati Chimanlal Sheth">Indumati Chimanlal Sheth</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maniben_Kara" title="Maniben Kara">Maniben Kara</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Banerjee" title="Robin Banerjee">Robin Banerjee</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Ramkumar_Bhargava" title="Lila Ramkumar Bhargava">Lila Ramkumar Bhargava</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savita_Behen" title="Savita Behen">Savita Behen</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Dharmaji_Jadhav" title="Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav">Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yudhvir_Singh" title="Yudhvir Singh">Yudhvir Singh</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia" title="Avabai Bomanji Wadia">Avabai Bomanji Wadia</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Prasad_Bajoria" title="Badri Prasad Bajoria">Badri Prasad Bajoria</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanta_Saroop_Krishen" title="Kanta Saroop Krishen">Kanta Saroop Krishen</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iyyanki_Venkata_Ramanayya" title="Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya">Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandraprabha_Saikiani" title="Chandraprabha Saikiani">Chandraprabha Saikiani</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queenie_H._C._Captain" title="Queenie H. C. Captain">Queenie H. C. Captain</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Kijungluba_Ao" title="L. Kijungluba Ao">L. Kijungluba Ao</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishambhar_Nath_Pande" title="Bishambhar Nath Pande">Bishambhar Nath Pande</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Ahmed_Cachalia" title="Ismail Ahmed Cachalia">Ismail Ahmed Cachalia</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhani_Prem" title="Dhani Prem">Dhani Prem</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Singh_Negi" title="Kunwar Singh Negi">Kunwar Singh Negi</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagat_Puran_Singh" title="Bhagat Puran Singh">Bhagat Puran Singh</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Vellut" title="Claire Vellut">Claire Vellut</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Kalyandev" title="Swami Kalyandev">Swami Kalyandev</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Dutt_Upadhyaya" title="Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya">Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._P._Nachimuthu" title="M. P. Nachimuthu">M. P. Nachimuthu</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omem_Moyong_Deori" title="Omem Moyong Deori">Omem Moyong Deori</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zainulabedin_Gulamhusain_Rangoonwala" title="Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala">Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Bhatt" title="Ela Bhatt">Ela Bhatt</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnappa_Kumbhar" title="Ratnappa Kumbhar">Ratnappa Kumbhar</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anutai_Wagh" title="Anutai Wagh">Anutai Wagh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandi_Prasad_Bhatt" title="Chandi Prasad Bhatt">Chandi Prasad Bhatt</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Dev_Dewan" title="Krishan Dev Dewan">Krishan Dev Dewan</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tushar_Kanjilal" title="Tushar Kanjilal">Tushar Kanjilal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avdhash_Kaushal" title="Avdhash Kaushal">Avdhash Kaushal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Singh_Manaklao" title="Narayan Singh Manaklao">Narayan Singh Manaklao</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Roy" title="Bunker Roy">Bunker Roy</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Zaffar_Ali" title="Begum Zaffar Ali">Begum Zaffar Ali</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Arunachalam" title="Jaya Arunachalam">Jaya Arunachalam</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darshan_Singh_Vohra" title="Darshan Singh Vohra">Darshan Singh Vohra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithu_Alur" title="Mithu Alur">Mithu Alur</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedaratnam_Appakutti" title="Vedaratnam Appakutti">Vedaratnam Appakutti</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajmohini_Devi" title="Rajmohini Devi">Rajmohini Devi</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnammal_Jagannathan" title="Krishnammal Jagannathan">Krishnammal Jagannathan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mag_Raj_Jain" title="Mag Raj Jain">Mag Raj Jain</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Kutchat" title="Edward Kutchat">Edward Kutchat</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renana_Jhabvala" title="Renana Jhabvala">Renana Jhabvala</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Silverine Swer</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Silverine Swer</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimla_Dang" title="Vimla Dang">Vimla Dang</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._G._K._Menon" title="T. G. K. Menon">T. G. K. Menon</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Kashibhai_Patel" title="Jagdish Kashibhai Patel">Jagdish Kashibhai Patel</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Y._Patil" title="D. Y. Patil">D. Y. Patil</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundaram_Ramakrishnan_(social_activist)" title="Sundaram Ramakrishnan (social activist)">Sundaram Ramakrishnan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanthi_Ranganathan" title="Shanthi Ranganathan">Shanthi Ranganathan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyaben_Shah" title="Vidyaben Shah">Vidyaben Shah</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonarda_Angela_Casiraghi" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonarda Angela Casiraghi">Leonarda Angela Casiraghi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_Padiyara" title="Antony Padiyara">Antony Padiyara</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Sinha" title="Shantha Sinha">Shantha Sinha</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanta_Tyagi" title="Kanta Tyagi">Kanta Tyagi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Ramamurti" title="Acharya Ramamurti">Acharya Ramamurti</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sailo" title="T. Sailo">T. Sailo</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natwar_Thakkar" title="Natwar Thakkar">Natwar Thakkar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neidonuo_Angami" title="Neidonuo Angami">Neidonuo Angami</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagan_Nath_Kaul" title="Jagan Nath Kaul">Jagan Nath Kaul</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Mukhim" title="Patricia Mukhim">Patricia Mukhim</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaky_Athi_Nahappan" title="Janaky Athi Nahappan">Janaky Athi Nahappan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanumappa_Sudarshan" title="Hanumappa Sudarshan">Hanumappa Sudarshan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nath_Upadhyay" title="Rabindra Nath Upadhyay">Rabindra Nath Upadhyay</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulasi_Munda" title="Tulasi Munda">Tulasi Munda</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Alvares" title="Norma Alvares">Norma Alvares</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Amte" title="Prakash Amte">Prakash Amte</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Martin" title="Kiran Martin">Kiran Martin</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prema_Narendra_Purao" title="Prema Narendra Purao">Prema Narendra Purao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Rajaram" title="Sivananda Rajaram">Sivananda Rajaram</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verna_Elizabeth_Watre_Ingty" title="Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty">Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queenie_Rynjah" title="Queenie Rynjah">Queenie Rynjah</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Bharali" title="Hema Bharali">Hema Bharali</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nana_Chudasama" title="Nana Chudasama">Nana Chudasama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalsawma" title="Lalsawma">Lalsawma</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theilin_Phanbuh" title="Theilin Phanbuh">Theilin Phanbuh</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Staines" title="Gladys Staines">Gladys Staines</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwalal_Bafna" title="Suwalal Bafna">Suwalal Bafna</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Prakash_Joshi" title="Anil Prakash Joshi">Anil Prakash Joshi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Murty" title="Sudha Murty">Sudha Murty</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Varghese" title="Sudha Varghese">Sudha Varghese</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melhupra_Vero" class="mw-redirect" title="Melhupra Vero">Melhupra Vero</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runa_Banerjee" title="Runa Banerjee">Runa Banerjee</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Cyril" title="S. M. Cyril">S. M. Cyril</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Yusuff_Ali" title="M. A. Yusuff Ali">M. A. Yusuff Ali</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheela_Borthakur" title="Sheela Borthakur">Sheela Borthakur</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karuna_Mary_Braganza" title="Karuna Mary Braganza">Karuna Mary Braganza</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Gowrishankar" title="V. R. Gowrishankar">V. R. Gowrishankar</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshama_Metre" title="Kshama Metre">Kshama Metre</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutikuppala_Surya_Rao" title="Kutikuppala Surya Rao">Kutikuppala Surya Rao</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Sabharwal" title="Madan Mohan Sabharwal">Madan Mohan Sabharwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikramjit_Singh_Sahney" title="Vikramjit Singh Sahney">Vikramjit Singh Sahney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilkees_Latif" title="Bilkees Latif">Bilkees Latif</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keepu_Tsering_Lepcha" title="Keepu Tsering Lepcha">Keepu Tsering Lepcha</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Menon" title="C. K. Menon">C. K. Menon</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Pereira" title="Joseph H. Pereira">Joseph H. Pereira</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kanti_Roy" title="Sunil Kanti Roy">Sunil Kanti Roy</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitraniketan_Viswanathan" title="Mitraniketan Viswanathan">Mitraniketan Viswanathan</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anu_Aga" title="Anu Aga">Anu Aga</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Gangaramani" title="J. R. Gangaramani">J. R. Gangaramani</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Joshi" title="Deep Joshi">Deep Joshi</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Kaul" title="Sudha Kaul">Sudha Kaul</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayekpam_Tomba_Meetei" title="Ayekpam Tomba Meetei">Ayekpam Tomba Meetei</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurian_John_Melamparambil" title="Kurian John Melamparambil">Kurian John Melamparambil</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_M._Parikh" title="Sudhir M. Parikh">Sudhir M. Parikh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kranti_Shah" title="Kranti Shah">Kranti Shah</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Sewa_Singh" title="Baba Sewa Singh">Baba Sewa Singh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamraj_Agrawal" title="Mamraj Agrawal">Mamraj Agrawal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jockin_Arputham" title="Jockin Arputham">Jockin Arputham</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomita_Chandy" title="Nomita Chandy">Nomita Chandy</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Chen" title="Martha Chen">Martha Chen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Moopen" title="Azad Moopen">Azad Moopen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheela_Patel" title="Sheela Patel">Sheela Patel</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Reddy" title="Anita Reddy">Anita Reddy</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanubhai_Hasmukhbhai_Tailor" title="Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor">Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshad_Begum_(social_worker)" title="Shamshad Begum (social worker)">Shamshad Begum</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeta_Devi" title="Reeta Devi">Reeta Devi</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Gopal" title="P. K. Gopal">P. K. Gopal</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Muniratnam" title="G. Muniratnam">G. Muniratnam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Pranshankar_Pandya" title="Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya">Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Tuli" title="Uma Tuli">Uma Tuli</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Varma" title="S. P. Varma">S. P. Varma</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoolbasan_Bai_Yadav" title="Phoolbasan Bai Yadav">Phoolbasan Bai Yadav</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binny_Yanga" title="Binny Yanga">Binny Yanga</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharna_Dhara_Chowdhury" title="Jharna Dhara Chowdhury">Jharna Dhara Chowdhury</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._M._Maeilanandhan" title="S. K. M. Maeilanandhan">S. K. M. Maeilanandhan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileema_Mishra" title="Nileema Mishra">Nileema Mishra</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reema_Nanavati" class="mw-redirect" title="Reema Nanavati">Reema Nanavati</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manju_Bharat_Ram" title="Manju Bharat Ram">Manju Bharat Ram</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Dabholkar" title="Narendra Dabholkar">Narendra Dabholkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Chandra_Goswami" title="Mukul Chandra Goswami">Mukul Chandra Goswami</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Jain" title="Durga Jain">Durga Jain</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._L._Kaul" title="J. L. Kaul">J. L. Kaul</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathur_Savani" title="Mathur Savani">Mathur Savani</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Bhagat" title="Ashok Bhagat">Ashok Bhagat</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janak_Palta_McGilligan" title="Janak Palta McGilligan">Janak Palta McGilligan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meetha_Lal_Mehta" title="Meetha Lal Mehta">Meetha Lal Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Raj_Mehta" title="Veerendra Raj Mehta">Veerendra Raj Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimla_Poddar" title="Bimla Poddar">Bimla Poddar</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Herman_de_Blic" title="Madeleine Herman de Blic">Madeleine Herman de Blic</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Pandit_Dasa" title="Madhu Pandit Dasa">Madhu Pandit Dasa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Kumar_Dutta" title="Ajoy Kumar Dutta">Ajoy Kumar Dutta</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damal_Kandalai_Srinivasan" title="Damal Kandalai Srinivasan">Damal Kandalai Srinivasan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunitha_Krishnan" title="Sunitha Krishnan">Sunitha Krishnan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundar_Menon" title="Sundar Menon">Sundar Menon</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachalam_Muruganantham" title="Arunachalam Muruganantham">Arunachalam Muruganantham</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Gopinathan_Nair" title="P. Gopinathan Nair">P. Gopinathan Nair</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudharak_Olwe" title="Sudharak Olwe">Sudharak Olwe</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Bharadwaj" title="Girish Bharadwaj">Girish Bharadwaj</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appasaheb_Dharmadhikari" title="Appasaheb Dharmadhikari">Appasaheb Dharmadhikari</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Ganatra" title="Bipin Ganatra">Bipin Ganatra</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimul_Haque" title="Karimul Haque">Karimul Haque</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradha_Koirala" title="Anuradha Koirala">Anuradha Koirala</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhas_Vitthal_Mapuskar" title="Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar">Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daripalli_Ramaiah" title="Daripalli Ramaiah">Daripalli Ramaiah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbir_Singh_Seechewal" title="Balbir Singh Seechewal">Balbir Singh Seechewal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Ganesh_Bapat" title="Damodar Ganesh Bapat">Damodar Ganesh Bapat</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitavva_Joddati" title="Sitavva Joddati">Sitavva Joddati</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhasini_Mistry" title="Subhasini Mistry">Subhasini Mistry</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulagitti_Narasamma" title="Sulagitti Narasamma">Sulagitti Narasamma</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Bin_Othman" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdullah Bin Othman">Abdullah Bin Othman</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampat_Ramteke" title="Sampat Ramteke">Sampat Ramteke</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Ghimiray" title="Draupadi Ghimiray">Draupadi Ghimiray</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulu_Imam" title="Bulu Imam">Bulu Imam</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friederike_Irina_Bruning" title="Friederike Irina Bruning">Friederike Irina Bruning</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinna_Pillai" title="Chinna Pillai">Chinna Pillai</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabbir_Sayyad" title="Shabbir Sayyad">Shabbir Sayyad</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyoti_Kumar_Sinha" title="Jyoti Kumar Sinha">Jyoti Kumar Sinha</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saalumarada_Thimmakka" title="Saalumarada Thimmakka">Saalumarada Thimmakka</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_Tudu" title="Jamuna Tudu">Jamuna Tudu</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muktaben_Pankajkumar_Dagli" title="Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli">Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Lal_Ahuja" title="Jagdish Lal Ahuja">Jagdish Lal Ahuja</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popatrao_Baguji_Pawar" title="Popatrao Baguji Pawar">Popatrao Baguji Pawar</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Chaumar" title="Usha Chaumar">Usha Chaumar</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lia_Diskin" title="Lia Diskin">Lia Diskin</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangkhumi_Bualchhuak" title="Sangkhumi Bualchhuak">Sangkhumi Bualchhuak</a> (2020</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsi_Gowda" title="Tulsi Gowda">Tulsi Gowda</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekala_Hajabba" title="Harekala Hajabba">Harekala Hajabba</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsu_Nakamura" title="Tetsu Nakamura">Tetsu Nakamura</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramakrishnan_(activist)" title="S. Ramakrishnan (activist)">S. 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