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Indian Civilian Awards

Bharat Ratna

  • Status: The Highest civilian award of India.
  • Criteria: Exceptional service towards the advancement of Art, Literature, Science, and public service.
  • Recipients (from the list):
    • Indian Citizens: Lata Mangeshkar, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Satyajit Ray, Pandit Ravi Shankar.
    • Foreign Recipients: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pakistani national, 1987), Nelson Mandela (1990).
  • Non-Recipients (based on this data): Raj Kapoor, Pandit Jasraj.

Padma Awards

  • Padma Shri: The fourth-highest civilian award.
  • Notable Fact: The first Indian actress to receive a Padma Shri was Nargis Dutt.

Indian Awards for Specific Fields

Science and Technology

  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award: For outstanding contributions to Science and Technology.

Literature

  • Jnanpith Award (Gyanpeeth): A prestigious literary award.
  • Notable Fact: The first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award was Ashapurna Devi.

Sports

  • Arjuna Award: For excellence in sports.
    • Cash Prize (2003 data): ₹5.0 Lakhs.
  • Dronacharya Award: For outstanding coaching in sports.

Arts

  • Kalidas Samman: For contributions to Art.
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award: For contribution to Indian cinema.

Medicine

  • Dr. B.C. Roy Award: For contributions to Medicine.

Women’s Recognition

  • Stree Shakti Puraskar: Awarded to women for courage, enterprise for the betterment of women, and contribution to the nation.

Classical Arts

  • Gandharva Award: For contributions to Classical Art.

International Awards

Nobel Prize

  • Indian Citizen Recipients: C.V. Raman (Physics), Rabindranath Tagore (Literature), Mother Teresa (Peace).
  • Non-Indian Citizen at time of award: Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar (American citizen).
  • Not a Nobel Laureate (from list): Homi J. Bhabha.
  • Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (from list): Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lech Walesa, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat.
  • Special Case: Norman Borlaug (Agricultural Scientist) won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

  • Status: Often considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.
  • Notable Fact: The first Indian to receive the award was Vinoba Bhave.
  • Other Recipient: Among Indian journalists, Arun Shourie is a recipient.

Additional Facts from Second Set of Data

Bharat Ratna – Additional Details

  • First Awarded: 1954.
  • First Recipients (1954): Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, C.V. Raman.
    • Therefore, the first individual recipient was Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
  • Other Notable Recipients: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, J.R.D. Tata (1992).
  • Notable Non-Recipients: Amjad Ali Khan, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Dr. Sarvapalli Gopal, Acharya Narendra Dev, C. Subramaniam.

Other Indian Awards & Honours

  • Vyas Samman (Literary): First woman recipient was Prabha Khetan.
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus): Awarded in the field of Cinema (National Film Awards).
  • Jnanpith Award: Notable winners include Firaq Gorakhpuri and Makhanlal Chaturvedi.
  • Maharana Pratap Award: For excellence in Sports.
  • Chakradhar Fellowship: For Classical Dance.

International Awards – Additional Details

  • Nobel Prize: Awarded by the Government of Sweden (and Norway for the Peace Prize).
  • Booker Prize: The first person of Indian origin to win was Salman Rushdie. (Note: Arundhati Roy was the first Indian resident to win).
  • Oscar Awards: Satyajit Ray received a Special Oscar Award.

Indian Cinema Milestones

  • First Indian Cinemascope Film: Kagaz Ke Phool (1959).
  • First Indian Film to use Playback Singing: Alam Ara (1931).
  • First Full-Length Tamil Feature Film: Keechak Vadham (1918).
  • First Indian Film to be Nominated for an Oscar: Mother India (1957).

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