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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998February%2Fsignposts-1_090412122034.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img><b>Selected:</b><b>Ali Sardar Jafri,</b><p>noted Urdu writer, for the 33rd Jnanpith award for 1997. Jafri is the third Urdu writer, after Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) and Qurratulain Hyder (1989), to be honoured with the country's most prestigious literary award which carries a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh. The activist-writer gets the award for his outstanding contribution towards enriching Urdu literature during the period 1977-96.<br></p><p><b>Elected:</b> <b>J. Lalsangzuala,</b> Mizoram's finance minister, the president of the National Council of YMCAs. In 107 years, this is the first time that a member from the northeastern region has been elected as president.<br></p><p><b>Awarded:</b> <b>P.A. Sangma,</b> Lok Sabha Speaker, the Competition Success Review "Man of the Year" award, 1998, by the periodical. Sangma was recognised with the award, instituted this year, for maintaining high standards of parliamentary democracy.<br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998February%2Fsignposts-2_090412122034.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div><b>Awarded:</b><b>Pandit Ravi Shankar, </b></p><p>77, the world-renowned sitar maestro, Sweden's 1998 Polar Music Prize. Shankar, who shared the prize with American singer-musician Ray Charles, will receive $125,000 (Rs 50 lakh) as prize money at a ceremony on May 12.<br></p><p><b>Died:</b> <b>Bholanath Sen, </b>75, eminent lawyer and former Lok Sabha member, of cancer. Educated in Calcutta and England, Sen was the PWD minister in Siddhartha Shankar Ray's cabinet in West Bengal between 1972 and 1977.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Feb 2, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998February%2Fsignposts-1_090412122034.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Selected:</b><b>Ali Sardar Jafri,</b><p>noted Urdu writer, for the 33rd Jnanpith award for 1997. Jafri is the third Urdu writer, after Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) and Qurratulain Hyder (1989), to be honoured with the country's most prestigious literary award which carries a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh. The activist-writer gets the award for his outstanding contribution towards enriching Urdu literature during the period 1977-96.<br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Elected:</b> <b>J. Lalsangzuala,</b> Mizoram's finance minister, the president of the National Council of YMCAs. In 107 years, this is the first time that a member from the northeastern region has been elected as president.<br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Awarded:</b> <b>P.A. Sangma,</b> Lok Sabha Speaker, the Competition Success Review "Man of the Year" award, 1998, by the periodical. Sangma was recognised with the award, instituted this year, for maintaining high standards of parliamentary democracy.<br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998February%2Fsignposts-2_090412122034.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div></div><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Awarded:</b><b>Pandit Ravi Shankar, </b></p><p>77, the world-renowned sitar maestro, Sweden's 1998 Polar Music Prize. Shankar, who shared the prize with American singer-musician Ray Charles, will receive $125,000 (Rs 50 lakh) as prize money at a ceremony on May 12.<br></p><p><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Died:</b> <b>Bholanath Sen, </b>75, eminent lawyer and former Lok Sabha member, of cancer. Educated in Calcutta and England, Sen was the PWD minister in Siddhartha Shankar Ray's cabinet in West Bengal between 1972 and 1977.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Feb 2, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

Ali Sardar Jafri,&nbsp;noted Urdu writer, selected for the 33rd Jnanpith award for 1997. Jafri is the third Urdu writer to be honoured with the country's most prestigious literary award which carries a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh.

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