Gita Press: All about the 100-year-old publisher of Hindu texts chosen for Gandhi Peace Prize

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Gita Press of Gorakhpur has been chosen as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021..

The award will be conferred on Gita Press for its "contribution towards social, economic and political change through non-violent and other Gandhian methods"...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Gita Press on being selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize..

In a tweet, he wrote, "Gita Press has done a commendable job in the direction of furthering social and cultural change among the people in 100 years."..

Gita Press is a unit of Govind Bhawan office which was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, now known as the West Bengal Societies Act, 1960...