Question: Who among the following noted film personality has been selected for the prestigious Yash Bharti Samman, for the year 2016-17?
(a) Aamir Khan
(b) Salman Khan
(c) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
(d) Naseeruddin Shah
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- On 25 October 2016 Uttar Pradesh government named 65 persons for the coveted ‘Yash Bharti’ awards given away annually by the state, for the year 2016-17.
- Among those who have made it to the list are Ustad Gulfaam (Classical music), Soni Chaurasiya (Kathak), Kashinath Yadav (Birha singing), Aaftab and Hashmi of the Sabri brothers (Qawwali) and Keval Kumar (Singing and music direction).
- Others include Aslam Warsi (Sufi singing), Anupma Rag (Writing and film direction), Suman Yadav (Sports), Swaroop Kumari Bakshi (Literature) and Mohd Basheer Badra (Education).
- Cricketer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Begum Habibullah, ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh and Sarvesh Asthana (Writer) have also made it to the list.
- Sabiha Anwar (Education & Literature), Yogesh Mishra (Journalism & Literature), Rajkrishna Mishra (Literature), Manendra Kumar Mishra (Writer), Maheshwar Tiwari (Literature), Sarvesh Asthana (Literature), Oma Dapak (Literature) were some of awardees from field of literature.
- Prof Rakesh Kapoor, Deepak Agarwal, Dr Ramratan Banerjee, Syed Muhammed Hassan were awarded in the field of medicine.
- The other winners are Ashok Nigam (Journalist), Arjun Bajpai (Mountaineer), Gargi Yadav (Wrestling), Dr Ramakant Yadav (Medical University Saifai), Atma Prakash Mishra (Doordarshan Lucknow) and Gaurdas Chaudhary (Doctor).
- Yash Bharti is a coveted award of Uttar Pradesh and is given to eminent people from various walks of life. It carries a citation, a shawl and a cash award of Rs 11 lakh.
- The award is conferred by the Uttar Pradesh Government for excellence in literature, fine arts, folk and classical music and sports.
Reference:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Samajwadi-Party-government-declares-its-last-list-of-Yash-Bharati-awardees/articleshow/55019147.cms
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/54-eminent-persons-named-for-up-s-yash-bharti-awards-116102300494_1.html