| Names |
KHUSHWANT SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
February 02, 1915
- Khushab, Punjab (now in Pakistan) |
| Date of
Death |
March 20, 2014
- New Delhi, India. |
| Identity |
Indian novelist,
lawyer, journalist and politician. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 25, 1978: On this day,
a week before he was to retire, the management asked him to
leave "with immediate effect". A new editor was installed
the same day. After his departure, the weekly suffered a
huge drop in readership, as if this was the beginning of its
end.
- 1980 - 1986: He was a
member of Rajya Sabha.
- October 2013: "The Good,
The Bad and The Ridiculous" published during this month, was
his last book.
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| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He was educated at Modern School, New Delhi, Government
College, Lahore, St. Stephen's College in Delhi and King's
College London.
- He has been editor of Yojana, an Indian government
journal; The Illustrated Weekly of India, a newsweekly; and
two major Indian newspapers, The National Herald and the
Hindustan Times.
- During his tenure, The Illustrated Weekly became India's
pre-eminent newsweekly.
- His faith in the Indian political system was shaken by
events such as anti-Sikh riots that followed Indira Gandhi's
assassination.
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| Awards
and Accolades |
He was a recipient of :
- 1966: Rockfeller Grant
- 1974: Padma Bhushan,
Government of India (Returned in 1984 in protest against
Blue Star operation at the Golden Temple, Amritsar).
- 2000: Honest Man of the
Year, Sulabh International.
- 2006: Punjab Rattan
Award, The Government of Punjab.
- 2007: Padma Vibhushan,
Government of India.
- 2010: Sahitya academy
fellowship award by Sahitya academy of India
- 2012: All-India Minorities
Forum Annual Fellowship Award by Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
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