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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi awarded Bharat Ratna Award
November 5th, 2008Posted in General Knowledge
Popular Indian classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has been nominated for the coveted Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian award.
Rastrapati Bhavan anoounced this on November 04, 2008.
Bharat Ratna was last awarded in the year 2001 as we posted earlier.
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has won many awards for his contribution to Indian classical music.
Padma Vibhushan - 1999
Padma Bhushan - 1985
Padma Shri - 1972
Karnataka Samman - 2005 (by Karnataka Government)
Personal Details:
Born: February 04, 1922
Born at: Gadag, Karnataka
Check out the list of awardees at: Bharat Ratna Awards - General Knowledge
This is a great news as it has been a long time since these awards were last presented. We hope that the trend will end here and we will see more people like Pandit Bhimsen being awarded the National Highest Award.
We congratulate all music lovers on this great achievement.
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