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| And, award goes to….. | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 25
On the eve of Republic Day, Jammu and Kashmir too has shared the hall of highest fame.
Veteran Gujjar leader Mian Bashir Ahmed, Jammu University Vice Chancellor Prof Amitabh Mattoo and renowned littérateur Mohammad Yousuf Taing have been awarded with the highest civilian honours of the country.
a spiritual and political leader Mian Bashir Ahmed has been awarded with Padma Bhushan. He has remained a legislator several times and Minister also. Prof Mattoo and Mohammad Yousuf Taing have been awarded with Padma Shri in the Education and Literature category.
Meanwhile, cricket star Sachin Tendulkar, Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and renowned mountaineer Edmund Hillary have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan among 13 people who were named for the nation's second highest civilian award on the eve of the Republic Day.
Asha Bhosle in art; Justice (Dr) AS Anand, PN Dhar and Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in public affairs; Dr E. Sreedharan and Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri in Science and Engineering; Lakshmi Narayan Mittal, NR Narayana Murthy, PRS Oberoi and Ratan Naval Tata in Trade and Industry are among the other recipients of the Padma Vibhushan this year.
The Government also named 35 persons for the Padma Bhushan and 71 other for the Padma Shri Awards. Prominent names among Padma Bhushan awardees included Meghnad Desai, Sunita Williams, Dominique Lapierre, KV Kamath, Shiv Nadar, Prof Kaushik Basu and others.
Prominent names among Padma Shri awardees include Hans Raj Hans, Madhuri Dixit, Manoj Night Shyamalan, PK Narayanan Nambiar, Tom Alter, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Dilip Sardesai, Vinod Dua, Baichung Bhutia, Dr Amit Mitra and others. This is the first time that a civilian award has been conferred on TV journalists in India. |
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