List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi

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This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours, and recognitions received by Narendra Modi, the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. As of 2026, Modi has received more than two dozen civilian honours from various foreign nations, making him the most internationally decorated Indian leader in history.[1][2]

Born
Narendra Damodardas Modi

(1950-09-17) 17 September 1950 (age 75)
Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
EducationBachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
AlmamaterDelhi University
Gujarat University
Occupations
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The Honourable
Narendra Modi
NIIV CF GCL GCON DAH OE FB GCSK OSG ORTT KmstkNO
Born
Narendra Damodardas Modi

(1950-09-17) 17 September 1950 (age 75)
Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
EducationBachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
Alma materDelhi University
Gujarat University
Occupations
Years active1971–present
OrganizationRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Notable work
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
TitlePrime Minister of India
Term26 May 2014 – present
PredecessorManmohan Singh
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
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(m. 1968; sep. 1971)​
Websitenarendramodi.in
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State honours

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Ribbon Decoration Country Date Location Presenter Note Post-nominal letters Ref(s)
Order of King Abdulaziz Saudi Arabia 3 April 2016 Riyadh King
Salman		 Special Class, the second-highest civilian honour of Saudi Arabia.
–
 [3]
Order of Amanullah Khan Afghanistan 4 June 2016 Herat President
Ashraf Ghani		 The highest civilian honour of Afghanistan. [4]
Order of the State of Palestine Palestine 10 February 2018 Ramallah President
Mahmoud Abbas		 Grand Collar, the highest civilian honour of Palestine. [5]
Order of Izzuddin Maldives 8 June 2019 Malé President
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih		 Collar, the highest civilian honour of the Maldives awarded to foreign dignitaries.
NIIV
 [6]
Order of Zayed United Arab Emirates 24 August 2019
(announced 4 April 2019)		 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan		 Collar, the highest civilian honour of the United Arab Emirates.
–
 [7]
Order of the Renaissance Bahrain 24 August 2019 Manama King
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa		 First Class, the third-highest civilian honour of Bahrain. [8]
Legion of Merit United States 21 December 2020 Washington D.C. President
Donald Trump[A]		 Chief Commander, the highest degree of the Legion of Merit.[B] [9]
Order of Fiji Fiji 22 May 2023 Port Moresby Prime Minister
Sitiveni Rabuka		 Honorary Companion, the highest civilian honour of Fiji.
CF
 [10][11]
Order of Logohu Papua New Guinea Governor-General
Bob Dadae		 Honorary Grand Companion, the highest civilian honour of Papua New Guinea.
GCL
 [12][13]
Order of the Nile Egypt 25 June 2023 Cairo President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi		 Collar, the highest civilian honour of Egypt.
–
 [14]
Legion of Honour France 14 July 2023 Paris President
Emmanuel Macron		 Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour of France. [15]
Order of Honour Greece 25 August 2023 Athens President
Katerina Sakellaropoulou		 Grand Cross, the second-highest civilian honour of Greece. [16]
Order of the Dragon King Bhutan 22 March 2024
(announced 17 December 2021)		 Thimphu King
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck		 First Class, The highest civilian honour of Bhutan.[C] [17]
Order of St. Andrew Russia 9 July 2024
(announced 12 April 2019)		 Moscow President
Vladimir Putin		 Grand Cross with Collar, the highest civilian honour of Russia. [18][19][20]
Order of the Niger Nigeria 17 November 2024 Abuja President
Bola Tinubu		 Grand Commander, the second-highest civilian honour of Nigeria.
GCON
 [21]
Dominica Award of Honour Dominica 20 November 2024
(announced 13 November 2024)		 Georgetown President
Sylvanie Burton		 The highest civilian honour of Dominica.
DAH
 [22]
Order of Excellence of Guyana Guyana 20 November 2024 President
Irfaan Ali		 Honorary Member, the highest civilian honour of Guyana.
OE
 [23]
Order of Mubarak the Great Kuwait 22 December 2024 Kuwait City Emir
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah		 Collar, the highest civilian honour of Kuwait.
–
 [24]
Order of Freedom of Barbados Barbados 5 March 2025
(announced 20 November 2024)		 Bridgetown President
Sandra Mason		 Honorary Member, the highest civilian honour of Barbados awarded to foreign dignitaries.[D]
FB
 [25]
Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean Mauritius 11 March 2025 Port Louis President
Dharam Gokhool		 Grand Commander, the highest civilian honour of Mauritius.
GCSK
 [26]
Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana Sri Lanka 5 April 2025 Colombo President
Anura Kumara Dissanayake		 The highest civilian honour of Sri Lanka awarded to foreign dignitaries.
–
 [27]
Order of Makarios III Cyprus 16 June 2025 Nicosia President
Nikos Christodoulides		 Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour of Cyprus. [28]
Order of the Star of Ghana Ghana 2 July 2025 Accra President
John Mahama		 Honorary Officer, the highest civilian honour of Ghana awarded to foreign dignitaries.
OSG
 [29]
Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 4 July 2025 Port of Spain President
Christine Kangaloo		 The highest civilian honour of Trinidad and Tobago.[C]
ORTT
 [30]
Order of the Southern Cross Brazil 8 July 2025 Brasília President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva		 Grand Collar, the highest civilian honour of Brazil.
–
 [31]
Order of the Welwitschia Namibia 9 July 2025 Windhoek President
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah		 Grand Commander, the highest civilian honour of Namibia. [32]
Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia Ethiopia 16 December 2025 Addis Ababa Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed		 The highest civilian honour of Ethiopia.[E] [33]
Order of Oman Oman 18 December 2025 Muscat Sultan
Haitham bin Tariq		 First Class, the second-highest civilian honour of Oman. [34]
Medal of the Knesset Israel 25 February 2026 Tel Aviv Speaker
Amir Ohana		 The highest parliamentary honour of Israel.[E] [35][36]
Order of the Polar Star Sweden 17 May 2026 Gothenburg Crown Princess
Victoria		 Commander Grand Cross, the second-highest civilian honour of Sweden.
KmstkNO
 [37]
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit Norway 18 May 2026 Oslo King
Harald V		 Grand Cross, the second-highest civilian honour of Norway.
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 [38]
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Scholastic

Modi has a policy of not accepting honorary degrees. He had refused to accept honorary doctorate from the Southern University of Louisiana that was offered to him in 2014, and honorary Doctor of Law from the Banaras Hindu University in 2016. Earlier, he had also turned down honorary doctorates offered to him by the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and several other state universities during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. [39][40]

Key to the City

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Year Honour City Country Presenter Ref(s)
2018 Key to the City Kathmandu   Nepal Mayor
Bidya Sundar Shakya		 [41]
2019 Key to the City Houston United States Mayor
Sylvester Turner		 [42][43][44]
2024 Key to the City Abuja Nigeria Minister
Nyesom Wike		 [45]
Georgetown Guyana Mayor
Alfred Mentore		 [46][47]
2025 Buenos Aires Argentina Chief
Jorge Macri		 [48][49][50]
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Honorary awards

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Year Award Country/Organisation Note Ref(s)
2012 e-Ratna Computer Society of India [51]
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." [52][53][54]
Seoul Peace Prize Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation Awarded, "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." [55][56][57][58][59]
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." [60][61][62]
Philip Kotler Presidential Award World Marketing Summit [63][64][65]
2021 Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award Cambridge Energy Research Associates [66]
2022 Lata Mangeshkar Award Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan [67]
2023 Ebakl Award Palau Presented by President Surangel Whipps Jr. [68]
Lokmanya Tilak National Award Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust [69]
2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment Association of Indian American Minorities / Washington Adventist University Jointly awarded. [70]
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Competitive awards

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Association Year Category Work Result Ref(s)
Grammy Awards 2024 Best Global Music Performance Abundance in Millets (Falu & Gaurav Shah featuring PM Narendra Modi) Nominated [71][72][73]
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Addresses to foreign legislatures

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Country Legislature Date Ref.
Bhutan Parliament of Bhutan 16 June 2014 [74]
  Nepal Federal Parliament of Nepal 3 August 2014 [75]
Australia Parliament of Australia 18 November 2014 [76]
Fiji Parliament of Fiji 19 November 2014 [77]
Mauritius National Assembly of Mauritius 12 March 2015 [78]
Sri Lanka Parliament of Sri Lanka 13 March 2015 [79]
Mongolia State Great Khural 17 May 2015 [80]
United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom 12 November 2015 [81]
Afghanistan National Assembly of Afghanistan 25 December 2015 [82]
United States United States Congress 8 June 2016 [83]
22 June 2023 [84]
Uganda Parliament of Uganda 25 July 2018 [85]
Maldives People's Majlis 8 June 2019 [86]
Guyana National Assembly of Guyana 21 November 2024 [87]
Ghana Parliament of Ghana 3 July 2025 [88]
Trinidad and Tobago Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago 4 July 2025 [89]
Namibia Parliament of Namibia 9 July 2025 [90]
Ethiopia Federal Parliamentary Assembly 17 December 2025 [91]
Israel Knesset 25 February 2026 [92]
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Recognition

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Year Recognition Organisation Ref(s)
2005 Best Chief Minister India Today [93]
2006 [94]
2007 [95]
2008 [96]
2009 [97]
Asian Personality of the Year fDi Intelligence [98]
2010 Best Chief Minister India Today [99]
2011 [100]
March 2012 Cover of Time Magazine
(Asia Edition)		 Time [101]
2012 Best Chief Minister India Today [102]
2013 [103]
June 2014 Cover of Time Magazine
(Asia Edition)		 Time [104]
2014 Most Searched Personality Yahoo India [105]
Indian of the Year CNN-IBN [106]
Asian of the Year The Straits Times [107]
Person of the Year The Times of India [108]
7th Most Admired Person in the World YouGov [109]
15th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [110][111]
Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life Algemeiner Journal [112]
100 Leading Global Thinkers Foreign Policy [113]
100 Most Influential People in the World Time [114]
Person of the Year
(Online Readers Poll)		 [115]
June 2015 Cover of Time Magazine [116]
2015 5th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [117]
6th Most Powerful Person in the World Business Insider [118]
9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [119][120]
13th Most Influential Person in the World Bloomberg Markets [121]
30 Most Influential People on the Internet Time [122]
100 Most Influential People in the World [123]
2016 9th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [124]
9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [125]
Person of the Year
(Online Readers Poll)		 Time [126]
Wax figure Madame Tussauds [127][128]
2017 Most Searched Personality Yahoo India [129]
3rd Top Leader in the World Gallup International Association [130][131]
Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life Algemeiner Journal [132]
100 Most Influential People in the World Time [133]
2018 Most Searched Personality Yahoo India [134]
8th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [135]
9th Most Powerful Person in the World Forbes [136][137]
Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life Algemeiner Journal [138]
2019 Most Searched Personality Yahoo India [139]
6th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [140]
2020 Sabse Tez Neta Aaj Tak [141]
4th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [142]
100 Most Influential People in the World Time [143]
2021 Sabse Tez Neta Aaj Tak [144]
Most Searched Personality Yahoo India [145]
5th Greatest Leader in the World Fortune [146][147]
8th Most Admired Man in the World YouGov [148]
100 Most Influential People in the World Time [149]
2022 Sabse Tez Neta Aaj Tak [150]
Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life Algemeiner Journal [151]
2023 Sabse Tez Neta Aaj Tak [152]
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Eponyms

Main article: List of things named after Narendra Modi

Gallery

  • Top left: Modi being conferred the Order of King Abdulaziz by King of Saudi Arabia Salman.
  • Top right: Modi being conferred the Order of the Dragon King by King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
  • Bottom left: Modi being conferred the Order of Excellence of Guyana by President of Guyana Irfaan Ali.
  • Bottom right: Modi being conferred the Knesset Medal of the Knesset by Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana.

See also

Notes

  1. [A]
    Presented by National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien on behalf of President Trump.
  2. [B]
    Accepted by Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu on behalf of Prime Minister Modi.
  3. [C]
    First foreign recipient of the honour.
  4. [D]
    Accepted by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on behalf of Prime Minister Modi.
  5. [E]
    First recipient of the honour.

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