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I nt er nat i onal
Nobel Prize
Origin of Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize was instituted by the Swedish Chem-
ist Alfred Nobel (1833-96).
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Subjects in which Nobel Prizes are
giving
Nobel Prize is awarded each year to people, re-
gardless of Nationality, who have made valuable
contributions to the 'good of humanity'. In his
will Alfred Nobel directed that the income from
his $9-million estate be used to fund five annual
prizes. The awards are given for the most impor-
tant discoveries or inventions in the fields of
Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, the most distin-
guished literary work of an idealistic nature, and
the most effective work in the interest of Interna-
tional peace. Prize for the above mentioned sub-
jects first given in 1901. The sixth prize in memory
of Alfred Nobel for Economics was first given in
1969. The fund for economics Nobel Prize is con-
tributed by 'Bank of Sweden.' (Rikz Bank)
Noted winners of Nobel Prize
First woman to receive Nobel Prize was Madame
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\p- amb Herman Hesse v kmln- Xy- n- \p
t\m_ k- m\w (1946) e`nn- pv.
First American President to win the Nobel Prize
was Theodore Roosevelt for Peace in 1906.
Second American President to win the Nobel was
Woodrow Wilson in 1919 for Peace.
AWARDS & HONOURS
Alfred Nobel
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First English writer to win the Nobel Prize was
Rudyard Kipling for Literature in 1907.
Only one Russian President to win the Nobel Prize
was Michael Gorbachev for Peace.
The First U.N. Secretary General to win the Nobel
Prize was Dag Hammarskjold for Peace (1961).
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BWv (1970).
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km\w t\Sp cmjv {Sob t\Xmhv Winston
Churchill BWv (1953).
Only Pakistani to get Nobel Prize is Abdussalam
for Physics in 1979.
The first muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace
prize - Shirin Ebadi (Iran, 2003)
The African women to win the Nobel Peace Prize
- Wangari Mathai (Kenya, 2004)
The international Red cross has won three Nobel
Prizes for peace in 1917, 1944 & 1963. The founder
of the Red cross Jean Henri Dunnant won the
Nobel prize for peace in 1901.
The second person to win two Nobel prizes was
Linus Pauling of USA who won it for Chemistry
in 1954 and Perace in 1962.
The first American to win the Nobel prize for lit-
erature was Sinclair Lewis (1930)
The Russian writer who declined the Nobel Prize
for literature was Boris Pasternak (1958)
The Nobel prize for literature has won by French
language in 14 times.
Nobel Prize 2006
Physics - John C. Mather (USA)
George F. Smoot (USA)
Medicine - Andrew Z. Fire (USA)
Craig C. Mello (USA)
Chemistry - Roger Kornberg (USA)
(Son of Arthur Kornberge
who won 1959 Nobel Prize for
medicine)
Economics - Edmund S. Phelps (USA)
Literuature - Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)
Peace - Muhammed Yunus (Bengla
desh) and Grameen Bank.
Nobel Prize 2005
Medicine - Barry J. Marshall (Australia)
J. Robinwarren (Australia)
Physics - Roy Glauber (USA)
John Hall (USA)
Theodor Haensch (Germany)
Chemistry - Yves Chauvin (France)
Robert H.Grubbs (USA)
Richard H. Shrock (USA)
Literature - Harold Pinter (Britain)
Peace - IAEA and its chief
Mohammed El Baradi (Egypt)
Economics - Robert J.Aumann (USA)
Thomas C. Schelling (USA)
Indian winners of Nobel Prize
First Indian to win
Nobel Prize was
Rabindranath Tagore
(1861-1941) in 1913 for
Literature for his fa-
mous book Gitanjali.
He is also the first per-
son to win the Nobel
Prize in Asia.
C.V. Raman (1888-1970)
got Nobel Prize in 1930
for Physics. DuX{n\v t\m_ km\w
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His theory is known as Raman Effect.
Har Gobind Khorana (1922 - ) win the Nobel
Prize in 1968 for Medicine.
Mother Teresa (1910-1997) win the Nobel Prize in
1979 for Peace.
Subramanyam Chandrashekhar (1910 - 1995) in
1983 for Physics. His theory is known as
'Chandrashekhar Limit'
Amartya Sen (1933 - ) in 1998 for Economics.
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General Facts, Nobel Prize
The country which gives Nobel Prize is Sweden.
Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896. CXns
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Pulitzer Prize
U.S. publisher, Joseph Pulitzer instituted Pulitzer
Prize in 1970.
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Jhumpa Lahiri is the first Indian woman to get
Pulitzer prize. She won 2000 Pulitzer for her book
Interpreter of Maladies.
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Ata- cn- hmm ]{Xamb Wall Street Jour-
nal-s correspondent Bbn tPmen t\mp
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Geraldines Brooks novel March was awarded
the 2006 pulitzer prize for fiction.
Marilynne Robinsons novel Gilead was awarded
the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Magsaysay Award
Magsaysay Award
has been consti-
tuted by the Philip-
pines government
in the memory of
R a m o n
Magsaysay, the
President of the
country who died
in an aircrash on
1957.
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Vinoba Bhave, the leader of Bhoodan Movement
was the first Indian to receive Magsaysay Award
(1958)
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[hfhnhns ]nXmhmb hKokv Ipcy BWv .
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1996- T.N. tij\v Government Service hn`mK
n amKvksk e`npIbpmbn.
1994 amKvksk AhmUv e`n Cy Kiran
Bedi-bmWv.
The 2001 Indian winner of Magsaysay Award was
Rajendra Singh of Rajasthan. Johad F t]cn
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san\v t\XrXzw \InbXn\mWv Ctln\v
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BWv. 2000- C\mjW AmnwKn\v
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mbn.
2002se Magsaysay Award Community leadership
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BWv. ZfnXv hn`mKnse IpnImbn {]hn
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2003 -se Magsaysay Award\v cv `mc- Xo- b
Al- cm- bn. Government Service hn`m- K- n\v
J.M. Lyngdoh-v A- hmUv e`n- p. He is the
present Chief Election Commissioner of India.
2003 amKvksk AhmUv t\Snb asmcny
Santha Sinha bmWv. Community Leadership hn`m
Vinoba Bhave
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In 2005 Dr. V. Shanta, Chairperson of Adayar Can-
cer Institute, Chennai won the Magsaysay award
in public service.
Arvind Kejriwal founder of NGO Parivartan was
awarded Magsaysay award for the year 2006 in
the emergent Leadership category.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Booker Prize was instituted in 1969. It is the most
prestigious award given to literature by England.
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50,000 ]umbn Dbnbnpv. Now this Award
is known as Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
2003 Booker Prize : DBC Pierre is the winner of
2003 Booker prize for his debut novel Vernon God
Little. He was born in Australia spent time in
Mexico and now lives in Ireland. He is the third
Australian to receive the Award. In his novel Pierre
tells the story of a 15 year old Texas school boy
wrongly accused of a Columbine high - style mass
shooting.
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2001 Winner: Peter Carey for his book True History of
the Kelley Gang. He is the second person to win
Booker Prize two times. The first being Coetzee.
Booker Prize 2000: Margaret Atwood has won
the Booker Prize. She won the prize for her book
The Blind Assassin.
Coetzee is the first writer to win the Booker Prize
twice. He had won the prize for The Life and Times
of Michael K in 1983, and for Disgrace in 1999.
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t\m_ km\w e`n- Xv.
Anita Desai of India has been nominated three
times for the Booker Prize. Clear Light of the Day
(1980), In Custody (1994) and Fasting and Feast-
ing (1999).
The Booker Prize is considered to be the ultimate
literary prize in the English-speaking world and
has worth 50,000.
The Indians who have won the Booker Prize in-
clude V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie and Arundhati
Roy.
In 1998 Ian McEwan won the award for his book
Amsterdam.
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Earlier money wise the biggest literary award given
in Britain was David Cohen Prize (30,000).
2005 - John Banville won the prize for his book
The sea
2006 - Kiran Desai
won the award for
her second novel
Inheritance of
Loss she is the
daughter of famous
Indian writer Anitha
Desai. She is the
youngest women
who won this
award.
The youngest male winner of Booker Prize was
Ben Okri in 1991 for his novel the famished Road.
Booker International Prize 2005 was won by Ismail
Kadre. He was the first winner of Booker Interna-
tional Prize.
Right Livelihood Award
Right Livelihood Award is known as 'Alternative
Nobel Prize.' ]cnnXn kwc--Wn\v \Ip
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Award e`nn- pv.
Kiran Desai
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Dr. Hanumappa Reddy Sudersan (1994), Vandana
Siva (1993), Medha Padkar (1992) Fo Cy-
mpw Cu _lp- aXn e`nn- pv.
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\yqkn- emns ap {][m- \- a{n David Lang
BWv.
Ruth Manorama (Indian Social activist) won Right
Livelihood Award for 2006.
Oscar award
The highest international award given to films in
Hollywood is Oscar Award.
The award is given by U.S. Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
This award was also known as Academy Award.
Oscar Award was set up in 1929.
The first Indian to win Oscar Award was Bhanu
Athaiya. dnmUv B_tdm kwhn[m\w sNbvX
Gandhi F Nn{X- nse hkv {Xm- e- mc- n-
\mbncpp AhmUv (1982).
Satyajit Ray won special Oscar Award in 1992.
The only actress to win Oscar Award four times
was Katherine Hepburn. Ch 2003- ac-W- a-
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The director who has won most number of Oscar
for direction?
John Ford (4 times)
Oscar Awards 2005 (78
th
)
Best film - Crash
Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Film -
Capote)
Best Actress - Reese Witherspoon (Film - Walk
the line)
Best Director - Ang Lee (Film Brokeback Moun-
tain)
Oscar Awards 2006 (79
th
)
Best Film - The Departed
Best Actor - Forest Whitaker (Film -The last king
of Scotland)
Best Actress -Helen Mirren (Film -The Queen)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese (Film - The De-
parted)
Miss Universe
2004 Miss Universe
- Jennifer Hawkins
(Australia)
Natalie Glebova of
Canada was crowned
Miss Universe 2005
at Thailand.
Zuleyka Rivera
Mendoza (Puerto
Rico) was crowned
Miss Universe 2006
at Los Angles.
2003 Miss Universe
is Amelia Vega of
Dominican Republic.
2002 Miss Universe : Justeen Paseka of Panama.
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Oxana Federova Bbn - cp - s- n ep w 5 0
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Denise Quinones, Miss Puerto Rico was selected
Miss Universe 2001 in the contest held at
Bayamon in Puerto Rico.
Beauty with Brains is the motto of Miss Universe.
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IncoS-amWv NqSnbXv.
2000 Miss Universe: Lara Dutta (India).
1994 Miss Universe: Susmitha Sen (India).
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Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza
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Miss World
Beauty with a Purpose is the motto of Miss World.
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Reita Faria : 1966
Aiswarya Rai : 1994
Diana Hayden : 1997
Yukta Mukhey : 1999
Priyanka Chopra : 2000
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acw \S- p--Xv.
Tatana Kucharova
(Czech Republic) won
Miss world 2006. The
venue for this contest
was Warsaw in
Polland.
Miss Iceland Unnur
Birna Vilhjalmsdottir
was crowned Miss
World 2005 at Sanya
city in China.
Miss India
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Miss India 2006 - Nekha Kapur
Miss India World 2006 - Ms Natasha Suri
Miss India Earth 2006 - Ms Amrita Patki
Kalinga Prize
Kalinga Prize was instituted in 1952. The award is
given by UNESCO for the popularisation of
Science and Technology. The Prize is awarded in
October - November of every year. It is awarded
in Paris France in odd years (like1997,1999) and
in New Delhi in evenyears (like 2000, 2002)
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Marian Ewurama Addy of Ghana and Emil
Gebrelian of Armenia jointly won Kalinga Prize
in 1999.
Year 2000 winner was Ernest W. Hamberger
(Brazil).
Simon Boliver Prize
The award given to individual fighting for free-
dom, independence and dignity of people is Simon
Boliver Prize
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Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize
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n\v cq]oIrXamb AhmUmWv Mahatma Gan-
dhi Peace Prize. It was set up in 1994. ap Smkm
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2004 - Gandhi peace Prize recipient Coretla scott
king widow of Martin Luther king Jr.
2005 - Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu won the
Gandhi Peace prize in 2005. Tutu is the Second
South African after Nelson Mandela to be
honoured with this Prize.
2006 Gandhi Peace Prize - Sabhana Azmi first
Indian Woman won this Prize.
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lmh (ap sNv {]knUv)
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b- am- Wn- Xv .
Gandhi Peace Prize 2001: John Hume from Ireland.
2000 Gandhi Peace Prize winners : Nelson Mandela
& Bangladesh Gramin Bank.
1999 Gandhi Peace Prize winner was Baba Amte.
Earlier winners were:
(i) Julius Nyerere of Tanzania won the first
Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995.
(ii) Gerhard Fischer of Germany 1996.
(iii) A.T. Ariyaratne of Sri Lanka 1997.
(iv) Ramakrishna Mission 1998.
Tatana Kucharova
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Grammy Awards
The Award is given for Music.
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aIfmWv t\mdm tPmkv.
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AhmUmWv {Kman AhmUv.
Polar Prize:- "kwKoXns t\m_ km\w'
FdnbsSpp.
Grammy Awards - 2006
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb an album of the
Irish rock band U
2
won the Grammy for the Album
of the year at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.
U
2
also bagged the Awards for the song of the
year. Best rock Song, Best rock album, and Best
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
Grammy Awards - 2007
The Dixie Chicks : Most Coveted Song Award,
Record of the year Award.
Joan Baez : Lifetime Achievement Award.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Best Rock and Vocal per-
formance.
Mary J Blige : Best Rhythm Award.
Gnarls Barkley : Best Alternative Music and al-
bum Award.
Bob Dylan : Best Contemporary Folk American
album.
Commonwealth Writers Prize
The award was instituted by Commonwealth
foundation in 1987 for Promoting literary works
in Commonwealth countries. The award carries a
cash Prize of 10000 Pound sterling
Year Winner Book
2004 Philip Karal A Distant shore
2005 Andrea Levy Small Island
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Interna-
tional understanding
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International under-
standing was instituted in 1965 by the Govern-
ment of India.
The award is given to persons for outstanding
contributions to the promotion of International
understanding, goodwill and friendship among
the people of the world.
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AhmUv \IpXv .
The first recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Award for
International understanding is U. Thant in 1965.
Rs. 15 lakh is the amount of prize money.
When the Award was presented in 2003 it was won
by Goh Chok Tong, the Prime Minister of
Singapore.
2004 - Qaboos bin said bin Taimour
2005 - Wangari Maathai
2006 - Luiz Nacio Lula da Silva
Golden Lion
60th Golden Lion Award in 2003was awarded to
Omer Sherif for total contribution.
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kn\n- a- bv p AhmUv Russian kwhn- [m-
bI\mb Andre Swyagin kwhn[m\w sNbvX The
Return F Nn{Xw Ic--amn.
Mira Nairs Monsoon Wedding won the Golden
Lion Award for the best film at the 58th Venice
International Film Festival in 2001. CXmZyambmWv
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km\w t\Sp-Xv.
Millennium Peace Award
Koffi Annan, the Secretary-General of UNO won
the Millennium Peace Award instituted on the
occasion of 2600-th anniversary of Mahavir in
2001. The amount of the award is Rs. 1 million.
Nora Johns
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Grand Prize of the World Academy of
Culture 2001
Arundhati Roy, the winner of Booker Prize 1997,
won the prestigious Grand Prize of World Acad-
emy.
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Ifpw a\pjymhImi ]cnnXn {]h\fpw
]cnKWnmWv AhmUv \InbncnpXv.
Rochdale Pioneers Prize
Dr. Varghese Kurian won the first Rochdale Pio-
neers Prize
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{]hnXns t]cnemWv Cu AhmUv.
International Nutrition Award 2001
Dr. Rajammal P. Devdas won the award instituted
by the International Union of Nutrition Sciences.
Dr. Rajammal was the Chancellor and Chairperson
of Avinashilingam Trust and Institute for Home
Science and Higher Education for Women,
Coimbatore.
Templeton Prize
Templeton Prize was instituted by John M.
Templeton of USA.
Templeton Prize is given to contributions for
progress of religion.
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The Prize money is 10 lakh dollar. temIn
hthpw IqSp- X AhmUv XpI \Ip-Xv
Cu AhmUmWv.
2005 winner - Charles H. Townes (California)
2006 winner - John D. Barrow (New York)
UNESCO National Literacy Award for
Continuing Education
Kerala on August 26, 2000 selected for the
UNESCO National Literary Award for Continu-
ing Education in recognition of the progress
achieved in continuing education.
2003 UNESCO - National Literacy Award has been
conferred to Kerala State Resource Centre. tIcf
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2005 Award winner - Kerala University
Other International Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour : Lata
Mangeshkar was selected for the knight of the
Legion Award. The French Governments highest
civilian honour.
UNESCO Peace Award is known as Little Nobel
Prize Award.
Chevaliar Award : It is given by French Govern-
ment in the field of Cinema. The first Indian and
the first Malayalee to win Chevaliar Award was
Shaji N. Karun.
Lennan Award : This is an international award
given to the field of literature.
In 2002 this award was won by Arundhati Roy.
Whitley Golden Prize : This award is known as
Green Oscar and it is given for Environment Pro-
tection.
Commander of the order of Arts and Letters
It is the second highest Award presented by the
French Government. Adoor Gopalakrishanan got
this Award in 2003.
Indira Gandhi Prize for peace Disarmament and
Development : Indira Gandhi prize is given to the
persons who made great contributions to world
peace. The prize was instituted by Indira Gandhi
memorial Trust.
2004 - Mahachakri (Thai Princes)
2005 - Hameed Karsai (Afghanistan President)
Orange Prize : This is Britains biggest prize for
womens fiction. The prize is open to all women
writing in English.
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Year Winner Book
2005 Lionel Shriver We need to talk
about kevin
2006 Zadie Smith On beauty
Golden Palm Award : The award is given to the
best film in Canne film festival.
Year Film
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11
2005 Enfant
Gandhi - King Prize : The award is given inter-
nationally for peace and non violence.
2002 Mata Amruthanandamayi
2003 Mavai Kabaki
Jitgil Award 2006 : Dr. Samuel Paul was awarded
the Jitgil award 2006 for the best social worker by
the world bank.
Gandhi Peace Award : It is an annual award be-
stowed by London based Religious society of
friends affiliated organisation Promoting endur-
ing peace for contributions made in the promo-
tion of international peace and good will. The
award was first proposed by Jerome Davis
2006 winner Shabana Azmi
Asturias Prize : Arundhati Roy has been nomi-
nated for the prestigious Spanish of Asturias
prize for 2006.
UNESCO Prize for peace education 2006
SriLankan Judge and former president of the in-
ternational court of Justice (ICJ) C.G.
Neeramanthry has been awarded UNESCO Prize
for peace Education 2006.
SAARC Award : Former President of Bangladesh
Zia-ur- Rahman has got first SAARC award for
2004 (Posthumously)
Stockholm Water Prize
2005 - Sunita Narayan
2006 - Azit Biswas
Hiroshima Peace Award : Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
was presented the Hiroshima peace Award.
Olof Palme Prize : Aung San Suu kyi has been
choosen for Olof palme Prize 2006.
World Food Prize : Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta of
India has won the World Food prize 2005.
Nat i onal
Bharat Ratna
Highest civilian award given in India is Bharat Ratna.
The first recipient of Bharat Ratna is
C. Rajagopalachari in 1954.
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hjw (1954) `mcXcXv\w t\Sn.
First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna is Khan
Abdul Ghaffer Ghan in 1987. ]noSv 1990
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jmC]mInm) ]c-tamX knhnenb
AhmUv t\Snbnp Htc Hcp hyn samdmPn
tZimbn BWv.
Bharat Ratna 1999
The Nations highest civilian award was conferred
to Pandit Ravi Sankar, the world renowned sitar-
ist, Prof. Amartya Sen, the Indian Nobel laureate,
Gopinath Bordoloi, the freedom fighter and former
Chief Minister of Assam, Loknayak Jaya Prakash
Narayan (Posthumously), the veteran freedom
fighter and leader of Sarvodaya Movement in
February 1999.
Bharat Ratna 2001
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XcXv\w _lpaXn \In.
2002 apX 2007 hsc `mc-XcXv\w \Inbnn.
Padma Vibhushan
Second highest Civilian Award in India.
1. Prof. Balu Sankaran (Medicine)
2. Fali Sam Nariman (Public Affairs)
3. Khushwant Singh (Literature)
4. N.N. Vohra (Civil Service)
5. Naresh Chandra (Civil Service)
6. Justice P.N. Bhagwati (Public Affairs)
7. Raja Rao (Posthumous) (literature)
8. Dr. Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (Public Affairs)
9. E.C.G. Sudarshan (Science & Engineering)
10. Dr. V. Krishnamurthy (Civil Service)
In 2006, 9 persons were awarded with
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Padmavibhushan includes Adoor
Gopalakrishnan, Mahashweta Devi, Nirmala
Deshpande, Norman E. Borlaug, Justice V.N. Khare
etc.
Padma Bhushan
Third highest Civilian Award in India.
In 2007, 32 persons were awarded with Padma
Bhushan includes.
Ela Gandhi (Public Affairs)
Javed Jan Nissar Akhtar (literature)
Justice K.T. Thomas (Public Affairs)
Kavalam Narayana Panicker (Art)
Raman Kutty Nair (Art)
Dr. V. Mohini Giri (Social worker)
Pandit Sajan Misra (Art)
In 2006 36 persons were awarded with
PadmaBhushan includes P. Leela (Posthumous)
Prof. M.V. Pylee, K.P.P. Nambiar, Konidala
Chiranjeevi, N.S. Ramaswamy, Devaki Jain, etc.
Padma Shri
In 2007, 79 persons were awarded with Padmashri
includes
Dr. AtulKumar (Medicine)
Bharat Balachandra Menon (Art)
Jeev Milkha Singh (Sports)
Koneru Humpy (Sports)
Dr. Lalit Pande (Environment Protection)
P. Gopinath (Art)
Dr. Sukumar Azhikode (Literature) (He declined
the award)
In 2006, 61 persons were awarded with Padmashri
includes Kavungal Chatunni Panicker,
Madhumita Bisht, Pankaj Udhas, Sania Mirza,
Sugatha kumari etc.
Gallentary Awards
Highest gallentary award given in India is Param
Vir Chakra.
The second highest gallentary award is Mahavir
Chakra.
a Io.
Jnanpith Award is the
highest literary award
given in India.
The award was set up by
the famous Indian busi-
ness man Santhi Prasad
Jain.
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kwLS\bmWv AhmUn
\lXbp FgppIm
cs\ IspXv.
The first winner of
Jnanpith Award is
G. Sankara Kurup in 1965. Ctln\p ]pdsa
Fkv. sI. s]mmSv (1980), XIgn inhicn
(1984), Fw.Sn. hmkptZh \mb (1995) FnhcmWv
Cu _lpaXn t\Snb aebmf kmlnXyImcm.
The first woman writer to receive Jnanpith is
Ashapurna Devi of West Bengal. {]Ya {]Xn{ipXn
F AhcpsS t\mhen\mWv AhmUv e`nXv.
Chv ]pdsa m\]oTw e`nnp Fgpp
ImcnI AarXm {]oXw (1981), almtZhn h (1982),
almtizXm tZhn (1996), Cncm tKmkzman (2000)
FnhcmWv.
Ctm m\-]oTw AhmUv XpI Av e
ambn Dbnbnpv.
In 2001 the 37th, Jnanpith Award is given to the
Gujarathi poet Rajendra Keshavlal Shah.
2002 - Jaya Kanthan (Tamil)
2003 - Vinda Karandikar (Marathi)
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given in India for
life long contribution to
Indian Cinema.
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AhmUv BZyw e`nXv
tZhn- Im- dmWn tdmdn- n-
\mWv (1969).
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km\pI 2 eam
Wv. t\cs Hcp e
ambncpp.
2001 - se AhmUv
tPXmhv Yash Chopra bmWv.
G. Sankara Kurup
Devika Rani Roerich
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Dada Saheb Phalke Awards
2004 : Adoor Gopalakrshnan
2003 : Mrinal Sen
2002 : Dev Anand
2001 : Yash Chopra
2000 : Asha Bhosle
1999 : Hrishikesh Mukherji
1998 : B.R. Chopra
1997 : Kavi Pradeep
m_ moa_m'
Arjuna Award is given to prominent sports
persons in India. It was instituted in 1961.
Hcew cq]bmbncpp CXns km\pI.
Ctm AhmUv XpI 3 eamnbnpv.
Ap\ AhmUv t\Sp BZy aebmfn h\nX
sI.kn. Ge BWv (thmfnt_m). (1975)
First Malayali who won Arjuna Award was
Halvidar - C. Balakrishnan Nair (1965)
The only football player from Kerala won Arjuna
award was I.M. Vijayan (2002)
Winner of Arjuna award 2005
Tarundeep Rai (Archery), Dola Banerjee (Ar-
chery), Manjit Kaur (Athletics), Aparna Popat
(Badminton), Anuja Prakash Thakur (Billiards),
Akhil Kumar (Boxing), Surya Shekhar Ganguly
(Chess), Anjujain (Cricket), Viren Rasquinha
(Hockey), Ramesh Kumar (Kabaddi), Gagan
Narang (shooting), Shikha Tandon (Swimming),
Soumya deep Roy, (Table Tennis), Sushil kumar
(Wrestling), Rajinder Singh Rehelu (Physically
Handicapped)
c[oaaaej moa_m'
Dronacharya Award is given to best Sports
Coaches in India. 1985-emWv CXv \ne-hn h-
Xv. BZys t{ZmWmNmcy AhmUv e`n hyn
ae- bm- fn- bmb O.M. Nambiar BWv . Ctm
AhmUv XpI 5 ew cq]bmWv.
Prof. Sunny Thomas - (2001)
Robert Bobby George (2003)
are the Malayalies who won this Award.
In 2004 Aravind Savar (Billiards & Snooker)
M.S. Sunitha Sharma (Cricket)
Cyrusm Poncha (Squash) were awarded this prize
In 2005 Captain M. Venu (Boxing)
Balwan Singh (Kabadi)
Maha Singh Rao (Wrestling)
Isman Baig (Rowing) were awarded this prize.
eamIo' ma | ce e'
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award is the most presti-
gious award to sports per-
sons in India.
The first winner of this
award was Vishwanathan
Anand (1991-1992).
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Ratna e`nXneqsS Cu AhmUv Icamp
BZys ae-bmfn F _lpa-Xnbpw Chv
ssIhp.
In 2006 Pankaj Advani (Billiards/Snooker) has
won the award.
Dhyanchand Award
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[ymNv AhmUn\v 2002- BZyambn tPXm
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XpI.
In 2005
Manoj Kumar Kothari (Billiards & Snooker)
Rajendar Singh (Hockey) Maruti Dhyane Mane
Patil (wrestling) were the winners of this award.
Pankaj Advani
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Dhanvanthari Award
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[\z- cn ]pc- kv Imcw sshZy- imkv {X cwKv
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P.K. Warrier of Kottakkal Arya Vaidhyasala won
Dhanvanthari Award 2001.
52nd National Film Awards - 2004
Best film - Page 3 (Director - Madhur
Bhandarkar)
Best Actor - Saif Ali Khan (film - Hum
Tum)
Best Actress - Tara (Film - Haseen)
Best Directoe - Buddhadeb Das gupta
(film - Swapner Din)
Best Popular film - Veer Zara (Director -
Yashchopra)
- Autograph (Director -
Cheran)
Nargis Dutt Award - Netaji Subhash
for National integration Chandra Bose - The For-
gotten Hero
Indira Gandhi Award - Graham
for thebest film directed by a new face
Best supporting Actor - Haradhan Banerjee (Film
- Krantikar)
Best supporting Actress - Sheela (film Akale)
Special Jury Award - J Philip for his incredible
acting and dance perfor-
mance in film Dancer (Tamil)
despite being a physical
challenged person
National film awards were first distributed in 1953.
Award for best actor is known as Bharath and
for best actress is urvasi.
Swarnakamal is presented to best film and
RajatKamal is for best second film.
Nargis Dut Award is presented
for best film on National Inte-
gration and Indira Gandhi award
is given to the best first film of a
director .
Shabana Azmi won most num-
ber of Urvasi awards (5 times)
Nurgis Dutt was the first winner
of Urvasi award.
The Malayalam film which got the award for the
best film for the first time - Chemmeen (1965)
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sSmw \Ip AhmUpIfmWv Cncm Kmn
AhmUpw \okv Zv AhmUpw.
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awards are given to
young scientists in India. AhmUv XpI Hcp
ew cq] hoXw.
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for Scientific and Industrial Research BWv. CSIR
s BZys UbdIvSdmbncpp Shanti Swaroop
Bhatnagar.
Bhatnagar Award is known as the 'Nobel Prize of
India.'
K George Thomas of Regional Research Labora-
tory Thiruvananthapuram and other 13 persons
were honoured with Bhatnagar award in 2006.
Saraswathi Samman
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anI AhmUpIfnsemv kc-kzXn km\-am
Wv . K.K. Birla Foundation \Ip Cu
AhmUns XpI Ctm 5 ew cq]bmWv.
Winners of Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award
Pankaj Advani Billiards / Snooker 2005-06
RajVardhan Singh Rathore Shooting 2004-05
Anju Bobby George Athletics 2003-04
Anjali Bhagavat Shooting 2002-03
K.M. Beenamol Atheletics 2002-03
Abhinav Bindra Shooting 2001-02
P. Gopichand Badminton 2000-01
Dhanraj Pillai Hockey 1999-2000
Jothirmayi Sikdar Athletics 1998-99
Sachin Tendulkar Cricket 1997-98
Leander Paes Tennis 1996-97
Kunjurani Devi Weightlifting 1995-96
Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting 1994-95
P.K. Garg Yating 1993-94
Homi. D. Mottiwala Yating 1993-94
Geeth Sethi Billiards 1992-93
Viswanathan Anand Chess 1991-92
Shabana Azmi
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Cu AhmUv e`n BZy
ae-bmfn _memaWn b-bm
Wv. (1995).
The second Malayali won
this award was Aiyappa
Panicker (2005) for Aiyappa
Panickerude Krithikal (1990-
99)
Vyas Samman : It is award
to an outstanding Hindi lit-
erary writing. The award was instituted by the
K.K. Birla Foundation.
Year Winner Book
2004 Mridula Garg Katgulaab
2005 Chandrakanta Katha Satisar
2006 Prof. Paramanand Kavita ka
Srivastava Arthaat
Chameli Devi Award : It is given to an outstand-
ing woman mediaperson. The award has been in-
stituted by the Delhi based Media Foundation.
Indira Gandhi National Integration Award : The
award is presented to the persons who give major
contributions to communal harmony and National
integration . The award consist of 1.51 lakhs ru-
pees.
2004 - Mahaswethadevi the famous Hindi
novelist
2005 - Javed Akthar Cinema Lyrist, and
Hindi Poet.
Sahitya Academy Awards : The awards are given
every year to literary work published in any one
of indian languages. The award was instituted in
1954.
In 2005, Kakkanadan (George Varghese) won the
award (Malayalam) for his novel Jappanam
pukayila
In 2006 M. Sukumaran won the award (Malayalam)
for his book Chuvanna chignangal.
Lata Mangeshkar Award : The award was insti-
tuted by Madhya Pradesh Government for the
encouraging eminent personalities in the field of
music.
2004 - A.R. Rehman
Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavan Award : This award is
distributed to the persons who gave contribu-
tions to peace and communal Harmony. The award
consists of 2.5 lakhs ruppees and Citation.
13th Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award winner
(2005) - K.R. Narayanan
14th Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana award winner
(2006) - Nirmala desh pande.
Kalidasa Saman : Kalidas Samman was instituted
by the Madhya Pradesh Government for the per-
sons belongs to classical dance, the awards con-
sists of 1.5 lakhs rupees.
The first winner of this award was Rugmini Devi
Arundal (1983)
2005 - Dr. Kanku Raelie
2006 - Sonal Mansingh
Chandra Sekhara Saraswathy Award (2006) won
by Former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee
Regional
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2003 Sakaria kJdnb-bpsS IYI
2004 P.Surendran ssN\okv amv
2005 Kalamandalam \mSmNmcys PohnX
Padmanabhan Nair ap{ZI
& Balan Njayat
2006 R.Radhakrishnan XoS ISv
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Wv e`n- Xv.
2001 winner : T. Padmanabhan
2002 winner : M. Leelavathi
2003 winner : Sugatha Kumari
2004 winner : Dr. K. Aiyappa Panicker
2005 winner : M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Aiyappa Panicker
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2006 winner : O.N.V.Kurup
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Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is
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2005 : Prof. S. Guptan Nair
2004 : Dr. Sukumar Azhikode
2003 : T. Padmanabhan
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hnZ- Kv- \mb sim- pSn {io\n- hm- k- (1997)
BWv.
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e`n- - Xv .
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jv W
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J.C. Daniel Award
J.C. Daniel Award is given
for the life long contribu-
tion to Malayalam Film.
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J.C. Daniel is known as the father of Malayalam
Cinema first winner of this award was A.E.
Vasudevan (1992)
2002 - K.J. Yesudas
2004 - Madhu
2005 - Aranmula Ponnamma (first women re
cipient of this award)
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\Ip hbem ]pckvImcw 1977emWv Gs
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kmnmWv hb-em ]pc-kvImcw BZyw e`n
Xv. 25,000 cq]bmWv AhmUv XpI.
2004 - Sara Joseph (Allahayude Penmakkal)
2005 - K. Sachidhandan (Sakshiyangal)
2006 - Sethu (Adayalangal)
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2005 - Kilimanoor Remakanthan
2006 - D. Vinayachandran
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2005 - Ezacheri Ramacandran won the award
for this book Kedara Gauri
Kovilan
Aranmula Ponnamma
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hn ^utj\mWv AhmUv GsSpnbXv.
First winner of this award was O.V. Vijayan (1992)
2004 - C. Radhakrishnan
2005 - Paul Sacharia
2006 - Kamala Surrayya
m[o em'eae.
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mWv ]pckvImcw. 55,000 cq]bmWv AhmUp XpI.
2005 - O.N.V. Kurup
2006 - Kamala Surrayya
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sNbvX tijhpw Alambn.
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Best film in 2005 - Kazhcha (direction - Blessy)
amma_moa_m'
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tkXp (ssIap{ZI)
2006 - Perumbadhavam Sreedhar his Book -
Narayanam
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kvImcw.
2005 - K.P. Udayabhanu
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]{XhpaSpXmWv.
First winner of this award was Vaikom Mohammed
Basheer (1992)
2003 - M.T. Vasudevan Nair
2004 - C. Radhakrishnan
2005 - Ponkunnam Varkey
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2005 - Dr. K. Aiyyappapanicker
2006 - T. Padmanabhan
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State film Awards 2006
Best film - Drishthantham
Best Actor - Prithviraj (Film - Vastavam)
Best actress - Urvasi (Film -Madhuchandra
lekha)
Best Director - Lenin Rajendran
(film - Rathrimazha)
Best story - James Albert (Film Class-
mates)
Best script writer - Major Ravi
(film - Keerthichakra)
Second best film - Note book
Second best actor - Saikumar
(Film - Anandabhairavi)
Second best actress - PadmaPriya
(Film - Karuthapakshikal and
Yes Your Honour)
Popular film - Classmates
(Director -Lal Jose)
Special award - Sreenivasan
(Film - Thakarachenda)
Jury Chairman - T.K. Rajeev kumar
State Film Awards - 2005
Best Film - Thanmatra
(Director - Blessey)
Best Actor - Mohanlal (Thanmatra)
Best Actress - Navya Nair (Film - Saira,
Kanne Madanguka)
Best Director - Blessy (film - Thanmatra)
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Best Second Actor - Salim Kumar
(film - Achanuranghata
Veedu)
Best Second Actress - Bhavana
(film Daivanamathil)
Best child artist - Baby Neeraja
(film Kanne Madanguka)
Jury Chairman - Sibi Malayil
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Swaraj Trophy for best Gramma Panchayat 2003 -
2004 was won by Mangattidam (Kannur)
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(Deepika) shared the award for 2006.
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Swaralaya-Yesudas Award (2006)
Famous music director A.R. Rehman won the
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Pulitzer Prize ............................................... Journalism
Goenka Award ............................................. Journalism
G.K. Reddy Memorial Award ...................... Journalism
Firoz Gandhi Award ................................... Journalism
Chameli Devi Award ..................... Journalism (women)
Emmey Award ........................ Investigative Journalism
Swadeshabhimani Puraskar .......................... Journalism
Booker Prize .................................................. Literature
Frankfurt- e - Book Award............................. Literature
Whitebred Award ................. European Union Literary Award
Commonwealth Writers Prize .......... Top most Literary
Award among Commonwealth Nations
Lennon Award ................................................ Literature
Orange Prize .................................... Literature (women)
Mythili Saran Gupta Award .......................... Literature
Saraswathy Samman ...................................... Literature
Moorthi Devi Award ..................................... Literature
Mundassery Award .................. Best Writer among teachers
Vyasa Samman ............................................... Literature
Jnanpith Award .............................................. Literature
Right Livelihood Award ................... Environmental Protection
Global 500 Award ....................... Environmental Protection
Goldman Award .......................... Environmental Protection
Whitley Golden Award ................ Environmental Protection
Oscar Award (Academy Award) ............................ Film
Chavaliar Award ..................................................... Film
Golden Palm Award ............................................... Film
Golden Peacock Award .......................................... Film
Golden Lion Award ................................................ Film
Cannes Award ........................................................ Film
Shantharam Award ................................................. Film
Awards and Fields
Dada Saheb Phalke Award................ Total Contribution
to Indian Film
J.C. Daniel Award ..... Total Contribution in Malayalam Film
Grammy Award .................................................. Music
Polar Prize ........................................................... Music
Swathy Award ....................... Music (by Kerala Govt.)
Mrinalini Sarabhai Award ............... Classical Excellence
Gandhi Peace Prize ............................................... Peace
Gandhi King Award .............................................. Peace
Jamnalal Bajaj Award .............. Promoting Gandhian Values
outside India
Amnesty International Global Award ............ Human Rights
Ambedkar International Award ............... Social equality
and human dignity
Olof Plame Prize ...................................... Public Service
G.B. Pant Award .............. Best Parliamentarian of India
Jawaharlal Nehru Award ............ International Understanding
Templeton Prize ................... Popularisation of Religion
B.C. Roy Award ............................................. Medicine
Dhanvanthari Award ....................................... Medicine
Kalinga Prize ...................................................... Science
Meghnath Saha Award ....................................... Science
Bhatnagar Award ................... Young Scientists in India
Neeraja Bhanot Award ... Exceptional Courage (women)
M.V. Pylee Award ............... Best Academicians in India
R. Shankar Award ......................... Best College in India
Karshakothama Award ................ Best Farmer in Kerala
Kerakesari Award .......... Best Coconut Farmer in Kerala
Sree Shakthi Award ................ Best Agricultural Labour
Nelkathir Award ............... Best Group Farming Samithi
Borlaug Award ............................................. Agriculture
R. Shankar Award is given to the best college in Kerala.
Mundassery Award is given to the best writer
among teachers.
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Other Regional Awards 2006
Panampally Award - Sugatha Kumari
Sri Chithira
Thirunal Award - Dr. G. Madhavan Nair
Balan K. Nair Award - Nedumudi Venu
Dala Award - K.T. Mohamed
Symphony Award - P. Bhaskaran
Satyan Award - Nedumudi Venu
(Satyan foundation)
Satyan Award - Dileep
(Kerala Cultural forum)
Jimmy George
Award (17th) - Jobi Joseph
Mathrubhumi
Sahitya Award - M.T. Vasudevan Nair
(2005), M. Mukundan
(2006)
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Awards : Objective Questions
1. Which country awards the Nobel Prize?
(a) Switzerland (b) Sweden
(c) India (d) U.S.A
2. Which is the highest award given for exceptional
work in art, literature and recognition of public
services of the highest order?
(a) Bharat Ratna (b) Param Vir Chakra
(c) Jnanpith Award (d) Kalinga Award
3. The Kalinga Prize is given by which of the fol-
lowing organisations?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru Peace Foundation
(b) Government of India
(c) UNESCO
(d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
4. Which award is known as Asia's Nobel Prize?
(a) Magsaysay Award
(b) Right Livelihood Award
(c) Bharat Ratna
(d) Commonwealth Writers Prize
5. The state award given to the best farmer in Kerala
(a) Kera Kesari Award
(b) Nelkathir Award
(c) Karshakothama Award
(d) Karshakasri Award
6. Who among the following is not a winner of
Jnanpith Award?
(a) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (b) S.K. Pottakkad
(c) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
(d) Vaikom Muhammed Basheer
7. Which award is known as the Alternate Nobel
Prize?
(a) Right Livelihood Award
(b) Magsaysay Award
(c) Gandhi Peace Prize (d) None of these
Ans: 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d)
8. Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding work in
the field of
(a) Journalism
(b) Environmental Studies
(c) International Understanding
(d) Science and Technology
9. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for outstand-
ing contribution in the field of
(a) Cinema (b) Literature
(c) Music (d) Medicine
10. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awards are given for
outstanding contributions in which of the
following fields?
(a) Journalism (b) Social Service
(c) Sports (d) Science
11. First Indian to receive Pulitzer Prize is
(a) Geet Anand
(b) M.P. Veerendrakumar
(c) Nikitha Anand (d) Jhumpa Lahiri
12. Name the women who won maximum number of
Oscars for best actress?
(a) Katherine Hepburn (b) Madonna
(c) Nicole Kidman (d) Halle Berry
13. The only film-actor who won Bharat Ratna award
(a) Ashok Kumar (b) M.G. Ramachandran
(c) N.T. Rama Rao (d) Raj Kapoor
14. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Under-
standing 2003 is won by
(a) Aung San Suukyi (b) Dalai Lama
(c) Goh Chok Tong (d) Nelson Mandela
15. Which is the biggest Award in the world in terms
of prize money?
(a) Nobel Prize (b) Gandhi Peace Prize
(c) Booker Prize (d) Templeton Prize
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16. Which Award is known as 'Little Nobel Prize'?
(a) UNESCO Peace Prize
(b) Magsaysay Award
(c) Bhatnagar Award
(d) Golden Peacock Award
17. Mention the prize money of 'Man Booker for Fic-
tion' Award?
(a) 20,000 (b) 30,000
(c) 40,000 (d) 50,000
18. Which of the following Malayalee is the winner
of 2003 Padma Bhushan?
(a) V.R. Krishnayyar (b) Appu Marar
(c) M. Mukundan (d) T.V.R. Shenoy
19. Award for the total contribution in the field of
Sports, Dhyanchand Award is first given in the
year
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
20. 'Dhanvanthari Award' is given in the field of
(a) Medicine (b) Science
(c) Astronomy (d) Philosophy
21. The Scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Phys-
ics with his son was
(a) H.A. Becquerel (b) Pierre Curie
(c) Louis De Broglie (d) W.H. Bragg
22. First Malayalee to receive 'Saraswathy Samman'
(a) Balamany Amma (b) Sugatha Kumari
(c) Kamala Surayya (d) Sara Joseph
23. 'Arjuna Award' which is giving in the field of
sports instituted in the year
(a) 1985 (b) 1971
(c) 1975 (d) 1961
24. Asan Award 2006 was awarded to
(a) Pala Narayanan Nair
(b) M.T. Vasudevan Nair
(c) D. Vinayachandran
(d) O.N.V. Kurup
25. R. Shankar Award is giving for which of the
following Institution?
(a) Best Grama Pandhayat in Kerala
(b) Best Corporation in Kerala
(c) Best College in Kerala
(d) Best Taluk in Kerala
26. First Muslim women to receive Nobel Prize
(a) Imre Kertesz (b) Sherin Ebadi
(c) Subaida Khan (d) Raziya Beegum
27. First Indian to receive Magsaysay Award?
(a) Mother Theresa (b) Vonoba Bhave
(c) Baba Amte (d) Mahatma Gandhi
28. Who was the first Indian to receive the world
food prize?
(a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(b) Dr. Varghese Kurian
(c) Dr. Amrita Patel (d) Dr. K. Venugopal
29. The first recipient of Bharat Ratna?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) S. Radhakrishnan
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (d) C.V. Raman
30. The highest gallentary award which is giving in
India is
(a) Padma Vibhushan (b) Bhart Ratna
(c) Param Vir Chakra (d) Ashok Chakra
31. Name the Indian language which won Jnanpith
most time
(a) Hindi (b) Kannada
(c) Telugu (d) Bengali
32. The Award which is giving for the best sports
coaches in India is
(a) Dronacharya Award
(b) Bhaskaracharya Award
(c) Kripacharya Award
(d) Bhishmacharya Award
33. J.C. Daniel Award 2005 was presented to
(a) P.N. Menon (b) Murali
(c) M. Krishnan Nair
(d) Aranmula Ponnamma
34. 2003-04 Swaraj Trophy for the best Grama
Panchayat in Kerala is won by
(a) Alaparamba (b) Avanoor
(c) Elamkulam (d) Mangattidam
Ans: 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (c)
26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (d)