Narendra Modi championing” the International Solar Alliance and “new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action”. On October 24, 2018, The Seoul Peace Prize Committee conferred the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on PM Modi, in recognition of his dedication to improving international cooperation, raising global economic growth, accelerating the Human Development of the people of India by fostering economic growth in the world's fastest-growing large economy and furthering the development of democracy through anti-corruption and social integration efforts. He is the first Indian to win this prestigious award. Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian
Premiership of Narendra Modi government, including the Home Minister, have defended the attempts. There were additional incidents of violence targeted at religious minorities by Hindu nationalists. Modi refused to remove a government minister from her position after a popular outcry resulted from her referring to religious minorities as "bastards." Commentators have suggested, however, that the violence was perpetrated by radical Hindu nationalists to undercut the authority of Modi. The Modi administration appointed Yellapragada Sudershan Rao, who had previously been associated with the RSS, chairperson of the Indian Council of Historical Research. In reaction to his appointment, other historians and former members of the ICHR,