Who was the first Indian to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award, and in which year?
- Mother Teresa — 1962
- Vinoba Bhave — 1958
- Satyajit Ray — 1967
- Jayaprakash Narayan — 1965
Answer: Vinoba Bhave — 1958 (Community Leadership category)
Vinoba Bhave received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958 — the very first year the prize was given — for Community Leadership. He was recognised for his work leading the Bhoodan movement, in which he walked across India asking landowners to voluntarily donate a portion of their land to the landless. He was one of five inaugural recipients, alongside winners from Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka.