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==Awards== * In 2006, the foundation won the [[Prince of Asturias Award]] for International Cooperation.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/04/premiados/trayectorias/trayectoria807.html |title=Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204114126/http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/04/premiados/trayectorias/trayectoria807.html |archive-date=December 4, 2008 |website=Prince of Asturias Foundation }}</ref> * In 2007, then-[[President of India]] [[Pratibha Devisingh Patil]] presented the [[Indira Gandhi Prize|Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development]] to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/gates-foundation-to-get-indira-gandhi-peace-prize/284494/|title=Gates Foundation to get Indira Gandhi peace prize |date=Mar 14, 2008 |website=Indian Express |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408184349/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/gates-foundation-to-get-indira-gandhi-peace-prize/284494/ |archive-date= Apr 8, 2023 }}</ref> * In recognition of the foundation's philanthropic activities in India, Bill and Melinda Gates jointly received India's third highest civilian honor [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/advani-bachchan-dilip-kumar-get-padma-vibhushan/article6821421.ece |url-access=subscription |title=Advani, Bachchan, Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan |author=PTI |work=The Hindu|date=January 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111031846/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/advani-bachchan-dilip-kumar-get-padma-vibhushan/article6821421.ece |archive-date= Nov 11, 2022 }}</ref> * On November 22, 2016, President [[Barack Obama]] honored Bill and Melinda Gates with [[Presidential Medal of Freedom|The Presidential Medal of Freedom]] for their philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/campaign/medal-of-freedom |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=The Presidential Medal of Freedom |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120190622/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/campaign/medal-of-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref>
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