Friday, 22 August 2025

PHILANTHROPIST SWARAJ PAUL PASSED AWAY

PHILANTHROPIST SWARAJ PAUL PASSED AWAY 


* BORN ON (18th FEBRUARY 1931) 
* DIED ON ( 21ST AUGUST 2025) 


* IN 1996 HE JOINED a LABOUR LIFE PEER UNDER CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER JOHN MAJOR.

* IN 2008 HE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SPEAKER OF LORDS (FIRST INDIAN) 

* IN 2009 APPOINTED AS PRIVY COUNCIL 


* CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON FROM 1998 

* CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY WESTMINSTER (2006-2014) 

* 1998-2010 AMBASSADOR FOR BRITISH BUSINESS 

 AWARDS - 

* 1983 - PADMA BHUSHAN 

* BHARAT GAURAV AWARD (1998) 

* 2014 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BLACK COUNTRY ASIAN BUSINESS  ASSOCIATION 

* 2014 HE RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL ICON OF DECADE AWARD 


* 2018 RECEIVED MAHATMA GANDHI HONOUR BY NRI INSTITUTE 


BOOKS - 

* BEYOND BOUNDARIES: A Memoir (1998) 

* Indira Gandhi - A Biography 


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