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- BCCI named the “Indian Cricketer of the year 2011-12” to honour
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Virat Kohli won the ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award in New Delhi in January 2013. Kohli pipped South African batsman Hashim Amla, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, Australian captain Michael Clarke and Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal to get the award. Note : Ravichandran Ashwin has become the third India player and 12th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016.
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Virat Kohli won the ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award in New Delhi in January 2013. Kohli pipped South African batsman Hashim Amla, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, Australian captain Michael Clarke and Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal to get the award. Note : Ravichandran Ashwin has become the third India player and 12th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016.
- Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaj has been chosen for the Jnanpith Award, 2012 for his outstanding literary contribution in
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Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja was, on 17 April 2013, selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. He got the award for his contributions to Telugu Literature for over a period of six decades. Note : The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.
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Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja was, on 17 April 2013, selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. He got the award for his contributions to Telugu Literature for over a period of six decades. Note : The most recent 52nd Jnanpith Award recipient of the award is Bengali poet and critic Shankha Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2016.
- Which prestigious award was given in 2013 to Aparajita Datta for her outstanding contribution for the conservation of hornbills?
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Dr. Aparajita Datta was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013. She is the head of the program for conservation of the hornbills in dense tropical forests of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Dr. Aparajita Datta was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013. She is the head of the program for conservation of the hornbills in dense tropical forests of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Among the following Nobel laureates, who was not a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace?
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Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his numerous published works, especially his six-volume set The Second World War. Linus Carl Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962, making him the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
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Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his numerous published works, especially his six-volume set The Second World War. Linus Carl Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962, making him the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
- Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
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Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966. Other posthumous recipients of the Bharat Ratna include: K. Kamaraj: 1976, M. G. Ramachandran: 1988, and B.R. Ambedkar: 1990.
