Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna will be
conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015-16
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The singer, who won the Ramon Magsaysay award
for bringing “social inclusiveness in culture” in 2016, will be presented with
the honour by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on October 31, Indira Gandhi’s
death anniversary.
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Award is given for his services in promoting
and preserving national integration in the country,
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The Indira Gandhi Award for National
Integration was instituted in 1985 by the Congress in its centenary year. The
award is conferred on October 31 for promoting national integration,
understanding and fellowship among different communities and cultures of India.
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The earlier recipients include spiritual
leader Swami Ranganathananda, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali, the Bharat Scouts
and Guides, bureaucrat P.N. Haksar, singer M.S. Subbulakshmi, former prime
minister Rajiv Gandhi (posthumously) and former presidents A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
and Shankar Dayal Sharma (posthumously), Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial
Trust (Indore, Madhya Pradesh), musician A.R. Rahman, Ramakrishna Mission
Ashram, Narainpur, Chhattisgarh (jointly), poet Gulzar, scientist M.S.
Swaminathan and activist P.V. Rajagopal, besides filmmaker Shyam Benegal and
lyricist Javed Akhtar.
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