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INDIAN WINNERS
MAN-BOOKER
PRIZE AND ROMAN
MAGSAYSAY AWARD
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Q1) What was the name of Arvind Adiga’s novel which won the Man Booker
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a. The Bengal Tiger
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d. The White Tiger
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Man-Booker Prize – The award is to “to promote the finest in fiction by

rewarding the best novel of the year written in English and published in the
United Kingdom”. It has been awarded annually since 1969. The prize isn’t
awarded to an author, but rather to a specific work of fiction.

List of Indian Winners of Man Booker Prize

1)
V.S. Naipaul – The Prized was awarded in 1971
for his Novel – “In a Free State”. The book is
constructed of three interrelated stories. Each of
the stories considers the impact of British
imperialism, in different parts of the world and
at different times, on the characters

2) Salman Rushdie’s famous Novel “Midnight’s

Children” was awarded the Prize in 1981. 25
years later, the novel won the “Booker of
Bookers”—the best book awarded the prize
during its first 25 years. It deals with India's
transition from British colonialism to
independence and the partition of British India.

3) Arundhati Roy’s “God of Small Things” was

awarded the Prize in 1997. The novel follows
two seven-year-old twins, Estha and Rahel, as
their individual experiences begin to reflect
upon larger political unrest in India.
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4) “The Inheritance of Loss” written by Kiran

Desai was awarded the Prize in 2006. The book
grapples with legacy of British colonization on
the Indian subcontinent and the losses that
have resulted.

5) “The White Tiger” by Arvind Adiga was

awarded the prestigious prize in 2008. The
novel provides a darkly humorous
perspective of India’s class struggle in a
globalized world as told through a
retrospective narration from Balram Halwai,
village boy.
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List of Indian Winners of Roman Magsaysay Award

Year Recipient Category
1958 Vinoba Bhave Community Leadership
Journalism, Literature, and
1961 Amitabha Chowdhury the Creative
Communication Arts
1963 Verghese Kurien Community Leadership
1963 Dara Nusserwanji Khurody Community Leadership
1963 Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel Community Leadership
1965 Jayaprakash Narayan Public Service
1966 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Community Leadership
Journalism, Literature, and
1967 Satyajit Ray the Creative
Communication Arts
1971 M.S. Swaminathan Community Leadership
1974 M.S. Subbulakshmi Public Service
Journalism, Literature, and
1975 Boobli George Verghese the Creative
Communication Arts
Journalism, Literature, and
1976 Sombhu Mitra the Creative
Communication Arts
1977 Ela Bhatt Community Leadership
1979 Mabelle Arole Community Leadership
1979 Rajanikant Arole Community Leadership
1981 Pramod Karan Sethi Community Leadership
Journalism, Literature, and
1981 Gour Kishore Ghos the Creative
Communication Arts
1982 Manibhai Desai Public Service
1982 Chandi Prasad Bhatt Community Leadership
Journalism, Literature, and
1982 Arun Shourie the Creative
Communication Arts
Journalism, Literature, and
1984 R. K. Laxman the Creative
Communication Arts
1985 Baba Amte Public Service
1989 Lakshmi Chand Jain Public Service
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Journalism, Literature, and

1991 K.V. Subbanna the Creative
Communication Arts
1992 Ravi Shankar
1993 Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Public Service
1994 Kiran Bedi Government Service
1996 Pandurang Shastri Athavale Emergent Leadership
1996 T N Seshan Government Service
1996 Pandurang Shastri Athavale Community Leadership
1997 Mahasweta Devi
2000 Aruna Roy Community Leadership
2001 Rajendra Singh Community Leadership
2002 Sandeep Pandey Emergent Leadership
2003 James Michael Lyngdoh Government Service
2003 Shantha Sinha Community Leadership
2005 V. Shanta Public Service
2006 Arvind Kejriwal Emergent Leadership
2007 Palagummi Sainath
2008 Prakash Amte Community Leadership
2008 Mandakini Amte Community Leadership
2009 Deep Joshi Uncategorized
2011 Nileema Mishra Emergent Leadership
2011 Harish Hande Uncategorized
2012 Kulandei Francis Uncategorized
2015 Sanjiv Chaturvedi Emergent Leadership
2015 Anshu Gupta Uncategorized
2016 Thodur Madabusi Krishna Emergent Leadership
2016 Bezwada Wilson Community Leadership