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French Government has decided to bestow the highest French civilian honour - Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur to Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor for his writings and speeches. In 2010, Shashi Tharoor received an honour from the Spanish Government, the ‘Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III’, established by the King of Spain Charles III to reward people for their actions benefiting the country and the Crown. About Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur The Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour) was constituted by Napoleon Bonaparte to recognise outstanding contributions to the recipient’s field of expertise, regardless of their nationality. Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur was constituted in 1802 as the highest civilian award given by the French Republic. Before Shashi Thaoor, several prominent names from India have been honoured with the French Highest Civilian Honour Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Azim Premji, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw are some of the Indians who have received it. About France Capital: Paris Prime minister: Élisabeth Borne President: Emmanuel Macron
For the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, protective measures are enshrined in the Railway Act of 1989, which replaced the:
What is the purpose of Rail Green Points (RGP) introduced by Indian Railways?
Indian Railways’ zonal training centres are located in zones for training ______ staff.
The first passenger train that ran between Boribunder and Thane, covered a distance of:
What method is used for tunnel construction in rocky terrains?
On the recommendation of _____ in 1978, a number of electrification works were taken up in Indian Railways.
_____, a member of the 1967 batch, made it to the position of Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railways Board.
Which system manages freight operations in Indian Railways?
By the year 2006, how many railway zones were created under Indian Railways?
As on 31 March 2011, the total route length of the broad gauge of the Indian Railways was: