Ram Puniyani and Dominic Emmanuel were given the National Communal Harmony Awards in the individual category while Setu Charitable Trust and Anjuman Sari-e-Gul Faroshan got it under the organisations category. The Kabir Puraskar awardees were Khalifa Gufran, Abdul Gani Abdullabhai Qureshi and Ghulam Ahmad Bhat.

The National Communal Harmony Award honours outstanding contribution of individuals and organisations to the cause of communal harmony, promotion of secular values and national integration.

The Kabir Puraskar recognises physical or moral courage and humanity exhibited by members of one community in saving the life and property of members of another community.

The prime minister said: 'We also know that all societies, including ours, have to contend with such preachers of disharmony and disagreement. That is why it is all the more important to recognize and applaud those like today's distinguished award winners.'