Tokyo: Former Prime Minister of the country Manmohan Singh has been chosen for one of the top national awards by Japan. The Japanese Embassy had announced that Singh will be conferred The Grand Cordon of the Paulownia Flowers which is one of the top national awards given by Japan.
A Japanese Embassy statement in Delhi called the award a “high level National Order” and a rare honour awarded to those who are recognised for their distinguished contribution, adding “Manmohan Singh is the first Indian recipient of this Order.
He said it had been his dream to see India-Japan relationship grow and prosper and “this is an objective towards which I have worked, not only in my tenure as the Prime Minister of India, but across the larger part of my career in public service”.
Singh had served as the prime minister of India for 10 years from 2004 till 2014 when the Congress lost power to the Narendra Modi-led BJP. He is among 57 foreign recipients named for the 2014 Autumn Imperial Decorations.
Bureau Report
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