GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Question
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Khushwant Singh
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Shekaran Nair
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Arun Shourie
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Ratan Thiyam
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Detailed explanation-1: -Novelist Khushwant Singh, who accepted the Padma Bhushan in 1974 in the category of literature and education, returned it in 1984 to protest the Indian military’s Operation Blue Star. Singh was later awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the first year of the introduction of the awards in 1954, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad refused to accept the Bharat Ratna: his point was that serving members of the Union cabinet were in a position of ‘control and authority’, and should stay away from these ‘temptations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dutt has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour. Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the Radia tapes controversy.