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Bismillah
Khan awards
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On February
2, 2008
Amitabh
Bachchan,
sand artiste
Sudershan
Patnaik,
former
cricketer
Kapil Dev
and Kiran
Bedi first
woman IPS
officer got
among 12
recipients
of the
“First Ustad
Bismillah
Khan Awards
For
Excellence
2008”
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The other
recipients
of the award
are Farouque
Sheikh
(culture),
Rajya Sabha
MP Amar
Singh
(harmony),
Haryana
Chief
Minister
Bhupinder
Singh Hoda
(leadership),
Sulabh
International
founder
Bindeshwar
Pathak
(social
service),
Jyotsna Suri
(entrepreneurship),
Rajendra
Prashanna
(music) and
Amity
International
director
Ashok
Chauhan
(education)
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The award
has been
instituted
by
Bismillah:
The
Beginning
Foundation,
a private
initiative
that had
also brought
out a
pictorial
monograph on
the life and
art of the
shehnai
maestro in
2006 to
extend
financial
support to
him.
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The awards
will be
conferred on
March 21,
the 93rd
birthday of
the late
maestro.
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Each award
carries a
shawl,
citation
and a
shehnai
made of
silver.
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