Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for international understanding. It was established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people “for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world.”

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Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for international understanding. It was established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to people “for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world.”

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understandingwas established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It is awarded to people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world. It was established in honour of Jawaharlal Nehru.

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The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understandingwas established in 1965 and is administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It is awarded to people for their outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among people of the world. It was established in honour of Jawaharlal Nehru.

South Korean author, Han Kang, on 16 May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’’. It is a novel about a woman who “wants to reject human brutality” and gives up eating meat. The novel was translated by Deborah Smith and was published by Portobello Books

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South Korean author, Han Kang, on 16 May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’’. It is a novel about a woman who “wants to reject human brutality” and gives up eating meat. The novel was translated by Deborah Smith and was published by Portobello Books

Mahashweta Devi was an Indian Bengali fiction writer and social activist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali) in 1979 for her novel, titled Aranyer Adhikar. She then won the Jnanpith Award in 1996, Ramon Magsaysay Award (Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts) in 1997 and the Padma Vibhushan for Literature & Educationin 2006.

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Mahashweta Devi was an Indian Bengali fiction writer and social activist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali) in 1979 for her novel, titled Aranyer Adhikar. She then won the Jnanpith Award in 1996, Ramon Magsaysay Award (Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts) in 1997 and the Padma Vibhushan for Literature & Educationin 2006.

The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.

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The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the “most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice” other than in the face of the enemy.