| Names |
MADANJEET SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
April 16, 1924 |
| Date of
Death |
January 06, 2013 |
| Identity |
Indian artist, writer, diplomat and philanthropist.
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| Special
Achievements / Events |
- From the year 2000, he was a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
- He sponsored the bi-annual UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize
for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence.
- He created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a regional youth
movement and it has now grown to have chapters in eight countries.
- He was praised as a "freedom fighter and a secular humanist" by
Taslima Nasreen, for whom he had helped secure Indian Residency.
- He is a Secular Humanist and a lifelong adherent and a supporter
of India's secular and plural culture.
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