The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in the year _______.

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  1. 1965
  2. 1962
  3. 1957
  4. 1982

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Option 3 : 1957
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The correct answer is 1957.

  • The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in the year 1957.

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  • Ramon Magsaysay Award:
    • It is an annual award established to preserve former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.
    • The Ramon Magsaysay Award is also considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.
    • The award was established in the year 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippines government.
    • Vinoba Bhave was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner. 
      • He won the award in the year 1958 for Community Leadership.
    • Ravish Kumar was the one to recently win the award in 2019 in the field of Journalism.
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