Page-113 of Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Dadasaheb Phalke award for legendary actor Pran

April 15, 2013

Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Pran is the 60th film personality to receive this honour.  In 2011, Soumitra Chatterjee was honored with this award and then in the year ..

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Binod Bihari Chowdhury

April 15, 2013

Legendary anti-British revolutionary and Chittagong Armory raid famed Binod Bihari Chowdhury (102) passed away. Citizenship: Bangladeshi Titles: “Biplobi” (Revolutionary), “Agnipurush” He was a recipient the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh. He was our last remaining link ..

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Fact Box: Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)

April 14, 2013

PJ Kurien – New Chairman of Asian forum of Parliamentarians Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien elected as the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD). He replaced Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan ..

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Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya's new President

April 10, 2013

Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya’s fourth Presiden. Uhuru won with 50.07% of the vote, but the win was challenged by outgoing PM Raila Odinga and civil society groups, who complained of myriad anomalies in the voting process, but the ..

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Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for the General Elections rejected for second time

April 10, 2013

Former Pakistan President Gen. (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for upcoming general elections were rejected for the second time. Pervez Musharraf had filed the nomination papers from four seats- Karachi, Islamabad, Chitral and Kasur. Why Musharraf’s nomination papers were rejected: ..

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Historian, epigraphy expert Prof Bratindra Nath Mukherjee passed away

April 8, 2013

Famous historian and an expert in epigraphy Padma Shri awardee, Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee (79) passed away. About Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee: Padma Shri awardee Amidst India’s rare scholars who had knowledge of central Asian languages, including Sogdian. Authored more than 50 books ..

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was re-inducted into BJP's Central Parliamentary board

April 1, 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was re-inducted into BJP’s Central Parliamentary board, the top decision-making body of BJP. Narendra Modi was back in party’s top body after a gap of 6 years by BJP President Rajnath Singh. Modi has been projected by a ..

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Malala Yousafzai inks 3 million US Dollar deal to publish her memoir

April 1, 2013

Malala Yousafzai inked a deal for around USD 3 million to publish her memoir in a book, titled “I am Malala” that will be published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in the UK and Commonwealth and by Little, Brown in the ..

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Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis passes away

March 29, 2013

Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis (85) passed away. Anthony Lewis was a longtime New York Times columnist. He took up such causes as free speech, human rights and constitutional law. In 1955, Anthony won his first Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his report ..

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Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso takes over as Pakistan's 6th interim PM

March 29, 2013

Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath as sixth caretaker Prime Minister of  Pakistan. Justice Khoso held that the caretaker set-up was not going to stay for more than the stipulated period and maintained that elections would ..

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