Khushwant Singh - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

  • Rockfeller Grant,1966
  • Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974)[He returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the Union government's siege of the Golden Temple, Amritsar)
  • Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)
  • Punjab Rattan Award, The Government of Punjab (2006)
  • Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007)
  • Sahitya academy fellowship award by Sahitya academy of India (2010)

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