Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 for his outstanding contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods break Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted by the Government of India since 1995, the 125th Birth Anniversary commemoration year of Mahatma Gandhi. The award is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, language, caste, creed or sex.