List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi

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 2025, 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]

Narendra Modi NIIV CF GCL GCON DAH OE FB GCSK OSG ORTT
Born	Narendra Damodardas Modi (1950-09-17) 17 September 1950 (age 75) Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	BA, MA
Alma mater	Delhi University Gujarat University
Occupations	Politician Author
Years active	1971–present
Organization	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Notable work	Mann Ki Baat Exam Warriors
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Title	Prime Minister of India
Term	2014–present
Predecessor	Manmohan Singh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Jashodaben Modi ​ ​ (m. 1968; sep. 1971)​
Website	narendramodi.in

State honours

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	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.		[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.[C]	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.	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]

Scholastic

Modi has a policy of not accepting honorary degrees. He had refused to accept honorary doctorate from Southern University that was offered to him in 2014, and honorary Doctor of Law from Banaras Hindu University in 2016. Earlier, he had also turned down honorary doctorates offered to him by several universities during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. ^[33][34]

Key to the City

Year	Honour	City	Country	Presenter	Ref(s)
2018	Key to the City	Kathmandu	Nepal	Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya	[35]
2019	Key to the City	Houston	United States	Mayor Sylvester Turner	[36][37][38]
2024	Key to the City	Abuja	Nigeria	Minister Nyesom Wike	[39]
		Georgetown	Guyana	Mayor Alfred Mentore	[40][41]
2025		Buenos Aires	Argentina	Chief of Government Jorge Macri	[42][43][44]

Other awards

Year	Award	Country/Organisation	Note	Ref(s)
2012	e-Ratna	Computer Society of India		[45]
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."	[46][47][48]
	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."	[49][50][51][52][53]
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."	[54][55][56]
	Philip Kotler Presidential Award	World Marketing Summit		[57][58][59]
2021	Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award	Cambridge Energy Research Associates		[60]
2022	Lata Mangeshkar Award	Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smriti Pratishthan		[61]
2023	Ebakl Award	Palau	Presented by President Surangel Whipps Jr.	[62]
	Lokmanya Tilak National Award	Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust		[63]
2024	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment	Association of Indian American Minorities / Washington Adventist University	Jointly awarded.	[64]

Recognition

Year	Recognition	Organisation	Ref(s)
2005	Best Chief Minister	India Today	[65]
2006			[66]
2007			[67]
2008			[68]
2010			[69]
	Asian Personality of the Year	fDi Intelligence	[70]
2011	Best Chief Minister	India Today	[71]
March 2012	Cover of Time Magazine (Asia Edition)	Time	[72]
2013	Best Chief Minister	India Today	[73]
June 2014	Cover of Time Magazine (Asia Edition)	Time	[74]
2014	Indian of the Year	CNN-IBN	[75]
	Asian of the Year	The Straits Times	[76]
	15th Most Powerful Person in the World	Forbes	[77][78]
	Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life	Algemeiner Journal	[79]
	100 Most Influential People in the World	Time	[80]
	Person of the Year (Online Readers Poll)		[81]
June 2015	Cover of Time Magazine		[82]
2015	6th Most Powerful Person in the World	Business Insider	[83]
	9th Most Powerful Person in the World	Forbes	[84][85]
	13th Most Influential Person in the World	Bloomberg Markets	[86]
	30 Most Influential People on the Internet	Time	[87]
	100 Most Influential People in the World		[88]
2016	9th Most Powerful Person in the World	Forbes	[89]
	Person of the Year (Online Readers Poll)	Time	[90]
	Wax Figure	Madame Tussauds	[91][92]
2017	3rd Top Leader in the World	Gallup International Association	[93][94]
	Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life	Algemeiner Journal	[95]
	100 Most Influential People in the World	Time	[96]
2018	9th Most Powerful Person in the World	Forbes	[97][98]
	Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life	Algemeiner Journal	[99]
2020	100 Most Influential People in the World	Time	[100]
	Sabse Tez Neta	Aaj Tak	[101]
2021	5th Greatest Leader in the World	Fortune	[102][103]
	100 Most Influential People in the World	Time	[104]
	Sabse Tez Neta	Aaj Tak	[105]
2022	Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life	Algemeiner Journal	[106]
	Sabse Tez Neta	Aaj Tak	[107]
2023			[108]

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 Order of Mubarak the Great by Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

See also

• List of recipients of the Legion of Merit
• List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country

Notes

1. Presented by National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien on President Trump's behalf.
2. Accepted by Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Prime Minister Modi's behalf.
3. Accepted by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Prime Minister Modi's behalf.