President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has conferred the Padma Shri on civil servant-turned-journalist-cum-writer Mamang Dai in a glittering function held in the Ashok Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on April 1. Mamang became third (and first for literature and education) from Arunachal Pradesh to be decorated with the fourth-highest civilian award. Veteran politician and first woman parliamentarian […]
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