Gita Mehta, a New York-based author, declined the Padma Shri for distinguished contribution to literature and education while claiming that the honour may be “misconstrued” as a “general election is looming”.
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Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was conferred upon former President Pranab Mukherjee. The award was also posthumously conferred upon Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika.
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