Noted Musician A R Rahman has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Award National Integration for the year 2009. Rahman shares the award with Narainpur Ashram branch of Ramkrishna Mission in Chhattisgarh for their services in promoting and preserving national integration in the country, a release from the All India Congress Committee said.
This year the award consists of a citation and cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will present the award to both the winners on October 31 in New Delhi, the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
Prominent among those who have received the award in the past include Rajiv Gandhi (posthumously), former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, former Presidents A P J Abdul Kalam and Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, film-maker
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