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- Grammy Award is given in the field of
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The Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959.
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The Grammy Award is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959.
- The first woman to get the Bharat Ratna Award is
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Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1971. She served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Instituted in 1954, the Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India.
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Indira Gandhi became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1971. She served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Instituted in 1954, the Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India.
- The 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 was conferred to
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The Madhya Pradesh government, in May 2013, conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan. Instituted in 1984, the award is conferred upon to a music composer and singer alternately.
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The Madhya Pradesh government, in May 2013, conferred the 28th Annual Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran 2013 on famous playback singer Hariharan. Instituted in 1984, the award is conferred upon to a music composer and singer alternately.
- Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi National Sabhavana Award ?
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The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on Mother Teresa in 1992. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It is given on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
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The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on Mother Teresa in 1992. The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress Party in 1992 to commemorate the lasting contribution made by the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It is given on August 20, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
- The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award was
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Though usually conferred on Indian citizens, the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Pakistan national Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1987 and former South African President Nelson Mandela in 1990.
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Though usually conferred on Indian citizens, the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Pakistan national Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1987 and former South African President Nelson Mandela in 1990.