AWARDS –STATIC INFORMATION

S.No AWARD/PRIZE FIELD

1. Nobel Prize Peace, Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, (from
1901) and Economics (From 1969)
2. Pulitzer Prize Journalism (from 1917)
3. Academy (Oscar) Film (From 1929)
Awards
4. Kalinga Award Science (From 1952)
5. The man Booker Prize Literature (from 1929)
6. Grammy Award Music (From 1958)
7. Ramon Magasaysay Government(Public)Service, Social Service, Journalism,
Award Literature, Communication and International Understanding
(From 1957)
8. Bharat Ratna For outstanding contributions in the field of Art/ Literature/
Science and Public Service
9. Dada saheb Phalke Film (From 1969)
Award
10. Janpith Award Literature (From 1965)
11. Sarswati Samman Literature (1991)
12. Vachaspati Samman Sanskrit Literature (From 1992)
13. Shankar Award Indian Philosophy, Culture and Art
14. Vyasa Samman Literature
15. Kabir Samman Socio – Communal Harmony
16. Dronacharya Award Sports Coaching/ Training (From 1985)
17. Arjuna Award Sports (From 1961)
18. Bhatnagar Award Science (From1957)
19. Dhanwantari Award Medical Science (From 1971)
20. Borlaug Award Agriculture (From 1992)

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Bharat Ratna
 Highest Civilian award of India
 Presented for exceptional service and advancement in the field of Art,
literature, and science
 First three recipients of Bharat Ratna were Dr. Radhakrishnan, C.
Rajagopalachari and Dr. C.V. Raman in 1954
 First foreigner to be honoured with Bharat Ratna was Khan Abdul
Ghaffar khan in 1987
 1st Person Awarded Posthumously – Lal Bahadur Shastri
 1st women Recipient – Indra Gandhi

Padma Vibhushan
 Second highest civilian award
 Awarder for distinguish service in any field including Government
service
 Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree are the other important civilian
award

Noble Prize
 The Nobel Prizes regarded as the most prestigious awards given for
intellectual achievement in the world
 It is announced every year for excellence in Physics, Chemistry,
Medicine, Literature, Economics, and a distinguished achievement
towards humanity
 On December 10, 1901, the Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first
time in Stockholm

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Oscar Awards
 Instituted in 1929
 Awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures in USA.
 The first Indian to get an Oscar was Bhanu Athaiya for the costume
design work in movie 'Gandhi'
 Satyajit Ray was the first Indian awarded Oscar for lifetime
achievements in cinema in 1992.
 George Bernard Shaw is the only person to get both Noble Prize and
Oscar Award.
 Mother India, Gulzar, Resul Pookutty are the persons who got Oscar
- Oscars Prize 2020
 Parasite for Best Picture
 Renee Zellweger, Judy For Best actress
 Joaquin Phoenix, Joker for Best Actor
 Bong joon –Ho For Best Director (Movie Parasite)
 For Animated Short film – Hair love
 For Animated Feature Film – Toy Story

Ramon Magsaysay Awards

 Instituted in 1957 and named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former
President of Philippines
 Given for outstanding contributions to public service, community
leadership, journalism, literature and creative arts and international
understanding
 First Indian to be awarded was Vinoba Bhave in 1958
 Mother Teresa – Peace, 1962
 Only for Political Background – Arvind Kejriwal
 First for journalism – Amitabh Chowdhary
 Public Service –Jaya Prakash Naryan

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Kalinga Prize
 Given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas
 It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder
President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India
 Jagjit Singh was the first Indian to receive this award

Arjuna Awards
 Instituted in 1961
 Given by Sports Ministry, Government of India.
 These are given for the special achievements in different types of
sports
 Good performance consistently for 4 years at International
level.
 Not more than 15 awards in an year
 Revised 5 lakh from 15 lakh INR
 1st Krishna Das in field of Archery in 1961

Dronacharya Awards
• Instituted in 1985
• These are given to sports coaches.
 Not more than 5 Awards an year
 Revised from 5 Lakh to 15 lakh INR

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

• It was instituted in 1992
• Presented for commendable display by the players.

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 Outstanding sports performance over a period of 4 years immediately
preceding the year award immediately preceding the year award is
given.
 First Given to Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand for his performance in
the year 1991 -92
 Youngest recipient – Abhinav Bindra (Age 18)
 He is a shooter.
 Karnam Malleshwari – 1st women (1994 – 95).
 Pankaj Adwani – Only player to receive award for 2 different games –
Snooker & Billiard.
 Revised from 7.5 lakh to 25 lakh INR.
Dhyan Chand Award
 Instituted in 2002
 Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian Field Hockey Player.
 3 Awards each year
 The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for
their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is
named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in
Sports and Games
Gallantry Awards
• Param Vir Chakra: It is India's highest award for bravery.
• Mahavir Chakra: It is the second highest gallantry award.
• Vir Chakra: It is the third highest gallantry award.
• Ashok Chakra: It is the highest peace-time gallantry award

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Booker Prize
 Instituted in 1969
 In 1970, Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the
Booker Prize, for The Elected Member.
Indians to win Booker Prize

 V.S Naipaul, In free State (1971)

 Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (1981)
 Arundhati Roy, The God of small Things (1997)
 Kiran Desai, The inheritance of Loss (2006)
 Aravind Adiga, The white Tiger (2008)
Dada Saheb Falke Award
 First recipient – Devika Rani
 Awards carries – Swarna Kamai/ Golden Lotus
 Award 2021
 Rajnikant (51st Recipient)
Pulitzer Prize
 First Awarded in 1917
 First winner Jean Jules Jusserand
 First Indian – Gobind Behari Lal for Journalism in 1937
 Country – United States
 Excellence in Newspaper Journalism, Literary Achievements,
Musical Composition.
 Pulitzer 2021
 David Zucchino won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-
fiction for his book 'Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of
1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy'

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