Bharat Ratna for Atal Bihari Vajpayee

 

Former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is awarded with India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna. Freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya also received the award.The award is the birthday gift to Atal Bihari Vajpayee from all Indians. 25^th December is the birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour and so far 45 individuals have received the award, including Vajpayee Ji and Madan Mohan Malaviya. Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the first BJP leader to be given this honour.

Long time friend and co-party man LK Advani backed Vajpayee's name for the Bharat Ratna and he said: “A Bharat Ratna for Atal Bihari Vajpayee should not be seen in terms of a reward for doing his duty but as an award that recognises his stature. It would be very appropriate and befitting for a patriot like Vajpayee."

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Kailash Satyarthi Won Noble Peace Prize

Indian Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, along with Pakistani child rights activist Malala Youzsafzai, was jointly awarded the Noble Peace Prize on 10 October 2014. After Mother Teresa, Kailash Satyarthi is the second Indian to won Noble Peace Prize. The last Indian before Kailash Satyarthi to won the Noble Prize is Amartya Sen.

Who is Kailash Satyarthi - Brief Profile of Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi is an Electrical Engineer who sacrificed his career and founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1980 and has acted to protect the rights of 80,000 children.

Date of birth of Kailash Satyarthi : 11 January 1954

Place of birth of Kailash Satyarthi : Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India

Education of Kailash Satyarthi : Passed Electrical Engineering from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha

Occupation of Kailash Satyarthi : Activist for children's rights, Activist for children education

Pressently Kailash Satyarthi resides in New Delhi with his family. His family includes his wife, daughter, son and a daughter-in-law along with colleagues and a large number of children that he and his organization have rescued.

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Jnanpith Award received by Bengali writers

This article is on Jnanpith Awards in Bengali Literature. You will get the award winner Bengali author names with the book name and year of winning the award.

Jnanpith Award is the highest honour given to authors for their work in literature. Here is the list of Bengali writers who have received Jnanpith Award so far with year and book name.

Year: 1966

Book Name: Ganadevota

Category: Novel

Author: Tarashankar Bandopadhyay

Year: 1971

Book Name: Smriti Sattya Bhabisyyat

Category: Poetry

Author: Bishnu Dey

Year: 1976

Book Name: Pratham Pratisruti

Category: Novel

Author: Ashapurna Devi

Year: 1991

Book Name: Padati

Category: Poetry

Author: Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Year: 1996

Book Name: Hazar Churasir Maa

Category: Novel

Author: Mahashweta Devi

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Sahitya Akademi Award winners in Bengali Literature

This article is on Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali Literature. You will get the award winner authors name with the work and year of winning the award.

Sahitya Akademi Award is the second highest literacy award of India and it is given by Sahitya Akademi every year to one writer of each recognised languages.

Here is the list of Bengali writers who have received Sahitya Akademi Award so far with the book name and year in which the author received the award.

Year: 1955

Book Name: Shreshtha Kavita

Category: Poetry

Author: Jibanananda Das

Year: 1956

Book Name: Arogya Niketan

Category: Novel

Author: Tarashankar Bandhopadhyay

Year: 1957

Book Name: Sagar Theke Phera

Category: Poetry

Author: Premendra Mitra

Year: 1958

Book Name: Anandibai Ityadi Galpa

Category: Short Stories

Author: Parashuram

Year: 1959

Book Name: Kolkatar Kachhei

Category: Novel

Author: Gajendra Kumar Mitra

Year: 1961

Book Name: Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya

Category: An analytical study of the Sakti-cult

Author: Sashi Bhusan Dasgupta

Year: 1962

Book Name: Japane

Category: Travel

Author: Annada Shankar Ray

Year: 1963

Book Name: Ghare Pherar Din

Category: Poetry

Author: Amiya Chakraborty

Year: 1964

Book Name: Jata Durei Jai

Category: Poetry

Author: Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Year: 1965

Book Name: Smriti Satta Bhabishyat

Category: Poetry

Author: Bishnu Dey

Year: 1966

Book Name: Nishi-Kutumba

Category: Novel

Author: Monoj Bose

Year: 1967

Book Name: Tapasvi O Tarangini

Category: Drama

Author: Buddhadeb Bose

Year: 1969

Book Name: Mohini Aaraal

Category: Poetry

Author: Manindra Roy

Year: 1970

Book Name: Adhunikata O Rabindranath

Category: Literary criticism

Author: Abu Sayeed Ayyub

Year: 1971

Book Name: Manimahesh

Category: Travel

Author: Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay

Year: 1972

Book Name: Shesh Namaskar

Category: Novel

Author: Santosh Kumar Ghosh

Year: 1974

Book Name: Ulanga Raja

Category: Poetry

Author: Nirendranath Chakraborty

Year: 1975

Book Name: Asamay

Category: Novel

Author: Bimal Kar

Year: 1976

Book Name: Na Hanyate

Category: Novel

Author: Maitreyee Devi

Year: 1977

Book Name: Babarer Prarthana

Category: Poetry

Author: Shankha Ghosh

Year: 1978

Book Name: Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III

Category: Biography

Author: Shankari Prasad Bose

Year: 1979

Book Name: Aranyer Adhikar

Category: Novel

Author: Mahashweta Devi

Year: 1980

Book Name: Shamba

Category: Novel

Author: Samaresh Basu

Year: 1981

Book Name: Kalikata Darpan, Pt. I

Category: History and culture

Author: Radharaman Mitra

Year: 1982

Book Name: Amritasya Putree

Category: Novel

Author: Kamal Das

Year: 1983

Book Name: Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo

Category: Poetry

Author: Shakti Chottopadhyay

Year: 1984

Book Name: Kalbela

Category: Novel

Author: Samaresh Mazumder

Year: 1985

Book Name: Sei Samay (Part II)

Category: Novel

Author: Sunil Gangopadhyay

Year: 1986

Book Name:

Category: Novel

Author: Amiyo Bhusan Majumder

Year: 1987

Book Name: Khujte Khujte Eto Dur

Category: Poetry

Author: Arun Mitra

Year: 1988

Book Name: Bari Badle Jai

Category: Novel

Author: Ramapada Choudhury

Year: 1989

Book Name: Manabjamin

Category: Novel

Author: Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Year: 1990

Book Name: Tista Parer Brittanta

Category: Novel

Author: Debesh Roy

Year: 1991

Book Name: Sada Kham

Category: Novel

Author: Moti Nandi

Year: 1992

Book Name: Marami Karat

Category: Poetry

Author: Alok Ranjan Dasgupta

Year: 1993

Book Name: Shahjada Darasukoh

Category: Novel

Author: Shyamal Gangopadhyay

Year: 1994

Book Name: Aleek Manush

Category: Novel

Author:  Syed Mustafa Siraj

Year: 1995

Book Name: Kavita Sangraha

Category: Poetry

Author: Naresh Guha

Year: 1996

Book Name: Tal Betal

Category: Essays

Author: Ashok Mitra

Year: 1997

Book Name: Herbert

Category: Novel

Author: Nabarun Bhattacharya

Year: 1998

Book Name: Anubhav

Category: Novel

Author: Dibyendu Palit

Year: 1999

Book Name: Naba-Nita

Category: Prose and Poetry

Author: Nabaneeta Deb Sen

Year: 2000

Book Name: Pagli Tomar Sange

Category: Poetry

Author: Joy Goswami

Year: 2001

Book Name: Panchashati Galpo

Category: Short stories

Author: Atin Bandopadhyay

Year: 2002

Book Name: Ami O Banabehari

Category: Novel

Author: Sandipan Chottopadhyay

Year: 2003

Book Name: Krantikal

Category: Novel

Author: Prafulla Roy

Year: 2004

Book Name: Baul Fakir Katha

Category: Essays

Author: Sudhir Chakraborty

Year: 2005

Book Name: Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha

Category: Poetry

Author: Binoy Majumder

Year: 2006

Book Name: Dhrubaputra

Category: Novel

Author: Amar Mitra

Year: 2007

Book Name: Amar Samay Alpa

Category: Poetry

Author: Samarendra Sengupta

Year: 2009

Book Name: Bangali jibane Rabindranath

Category: Essays

Author: Saurin Bhattacharya

Year: 2010

Book Name: Khanamihirere Dhipi'

Category: Novel

Author: Bani Basu

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List of Arjuna Awardees 2011 and sport personalities from West Bengal

List of the Arjuna Awardees 2011 is announced by the national awards selection committee today and Bengal players have done well.

The selection panel for the awards was headed by veteran sprint queen of India P T Usha and the other members were tennis ace Leander Paes, Olympian hockey player Ashok Kumar, ace woman boxer M C Mary Kom, shooter Anjali Bhagwat and national squash coach Cyrus Poncha. The panel has announced the list of  Arjuna Awardees 2011 and the list has to be approved by the Ministry of Sports.

From Bengal Rahul Bannerjee in Archery and Sunil Chetri in Football has been nominated for Arjuna Award. Somdev Devvarman is Bengali but he is from Tripura and Somdev Devvarman is nominated in Tennis.

Complete list for Arjuna Awardees 2011

Archery – Rahul Bannerjee

Athletics – Preeja Sreedharan, Vijas Gowda

Badminton – Jwala Gutta

Boxing – Suronjoy

Cricket – Zaheer Khan

Disabled – Prashant Karmakar

Football – Sunil Chhetri

Gymnastics – Ashish Kumar

Hockey – Rajpal Singh

Kabaddi – Rakesh Kumar, Tejaswini Bai

Shooting – Tejaswini Sawant

Swimming – Virdhaval Khade

Tennis – Somdev Devvarman

Volleyball – Sanjay Kumar

Weightlifting – Ravi Kumar

Wrestling – Ravindra Singh

Wushu – Sandhya Rani Devi

In football maximum Arjuna Awardees are from Bengal. This year also Arjuna Award goes to a Bengal player.

Previous Arjuna Awardees in Football

1 1961 P. K. Banerjee

2 1962 Tulsidas Balaram

3 1963 Chuni Goswami

4 1964 Jarnail Singh

5 1965 Arun Lal Ghosh

6 1966 Yusuf Khan

7 1967 Peter Thangaraj

8 1969 Inder Singh

9 1970 Syed Nayeemuddin

10 1971 C. P. Singh

11 1973 Magan Singh

12 1978 Gurdev Singh Gill

13 1979 Prasun Banerjee

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Bongoshree Award for eminent Bengalis by West Bengal state government

West Bengal state government has decided to award the eminent Bengalis with Bongoshree award. This article is on this award, when the award will be given and who will be awarded.

This is a noble decision of West Bengal state government to pay respect to eminent Bengalis with Bongoshree award this year. Manna Dey, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Amala Shankar, Supriya Devi, Mahasweta Devi and Haradhan Bandopadhyay will be awarded Bongoshree award this year and one more Bengali from minority group will be awarded the award of state government.

On several occasions, Mamata Banerjee has shown her interest in paying the due respect to eminent personalities from different fields of life.

Her decision is welcomed by Bengalis as the new generation will come to know about the work of these eminent personalities.

The award giving ceremony will be held on 25 July in Science city of Kolkata.

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