Graca Machel received 2025 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Exam-focused facts from the 25 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust announced the award chaired by former National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.
The prize comprises Rs one crore, a trophy and a citation.
Machel was Mozambique’s first Minister of Education and Culture after independence in 1975.
Her 1996 UN report The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children reshaped UN operations in war zones.
She founded the Graca Machel Trust in 2010 and the Zizile Institute for Child Development.
She is a founding member of The Elders and helped establish Girls Not Brides.