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- How many person distinguished in the field of music have so far been awarded ‘‘Bharat Ratna’’ ?
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M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998): Carnatic classical singer; Ravi Shankar (1999): Sitar player; Lata Mangeshkar (2001): playback singer; Bismillah Khan (2001): Hindustani classical shehnai player; and Bhimsen Joshi (2008): Hindustani classical singer. Note : so far 6 people got Baharat Ratna award in the field of music 6th one was Pandit bhim sen joshi (2008). Last time Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee got this award in 2015.
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M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998): Carnatic classical singer; Ravi Shankar (1999): Sitar player; Lata Mangeshkar (2001): playback singer; Bismillah Khan (2001): Hindustani classical shehnai player; and Bhimsen Joshi (2008): Hindustani classical singer. Note : so far 6 people got Baharat Ratna award in the field of music 6th one was Pandit bhim sen joshi (2008). Last time Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee got this award in 2015.
- The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields?
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The Global 500 Roll of Honour was launched in 1987 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to recognize and honor environmental achievement. This award is a tribute to success on the front lines of environmental action. It honors individuals and organizations that combat environmental issues despite immense social, political and logistical obstacles.
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The Global 500 Roll of Honour was launched in 1987 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to recognize and honor environmental achievement. This award is a tribute to success on the front lines of environmental action. It honors individuals and organizations that combat environmental issues despite immense social, political and logistical obstacles.
- Which Indian scientist has had the distinction of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat Ratna?
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Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. In 1954 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
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Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. In 1954 he was awarded the Bharat Ratna.
- The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was
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Though Ronal Ross (Medicine: 1902) and Rudyard Kipling (1907: Literature) won the Nobel Prizes, they were both foreign citizens born in India. Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
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Though Ronal Ross (Medicine: 1902) and Rudyard Kipling (1907: Literature) won the Nobel Prizes, they were both foreign citizens born in India. Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
- Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics?
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries in astrophysics that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries in astrophysics that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.