what are padma awards? and how they got that name? on which basis all those are given?
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President A P J Abdul Kalam today bestowed Padma Awards, the nation's highest civilian honours, on 96 prominent personalities for their valuable contributions in different walks of life.\n\nAt a glittering ceremony at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President honoured nine Padma Vibhushan awardees, 30 Padma Bhushan awardees and 57 Padma Shri winners. Nobody had been chosen in the Republic Day honours this year for the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award.\n\nGo to http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar282005/i22.asp for more details
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He is a citizen of a republic and could not accept a titular honour. However he has already received an honorary Order of Merit from the Queen, which in my opinion is much better. There are over 1000 knights, some of doubtful worth, but only 24 holders of the OM. It is the highest of the honours which do not come with a title, and the overall quality of its membership is higher than that of the orders of knighthood. All of its holders are very distinguished.
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Absolutley nothing (generally).\n\nThere are several orders of knighthood, and with most of them the only benefit is being addressed as "Sir."\n\nIn some cases, someone who is knighted may be appointed to the house of lords, but this is seperate, and confers on its own.
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The making of this icon(Rajkumar) roughly coincided with the formation and development of Karnataka, the linguistic state of the Kannadigas. Over the years, Rajkumar came to symbolise the pride and honour of Kannadigas more than any political stalwart, social worker or litterateur. \n\nFor more information visit the site listedhttp://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr132006/panorama176502006412.asp
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Well it came from the 68th Quarter Master Unit during WWII at Burma campaign. It is called a Distinctive Unit Insignia so I would guess it is given for battle service of delivery of the fuel & supplies & helping bring back the wounded.\nOriginally that was what it was for.
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Some are also medals (or orders of something) are part of their family history. Some are such things as orders of the Queen's Own such and such, awards they recieve as royals visiting foreign parts, and there's probably one from grandma for not embarassing her for the last three weeks or something.
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An MBE is a Member in the Order of the British Empire--the lowest rank.\n\nAn OBE means either the Order of the British Empire itself, or an Officer of the Order--the second lowest rank.
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It is called "military funeral honors". Any military recruiter should be able to get a copy for you.
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The Nobel Prizes, named after the Swede Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, and funded by the profits he made selling dynamite, are awarded each year by the Nobel Foundation on Dec. 10, the anniversary of his death. According to the Nobel Foundation, which administers the funds Nobel willed to endow the prizes, the Swedish Academy or various other affiliated organizations in Stockholm accepts nominations for the various categories for which prizes are given and votes to select a winner. For the Peace Prize, often considered the most prestigious of the prizes, the nominees are chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. Winners are announced in October. In case of ties, multiple winners split the award money, which in 2005 amounted to 10 million Swedish crowns (roughly $1,315,000 US) per award. The award to Nobel laureates (those who receive the award) is a medal bestowed at a ceremony each year in Stockholm.\n\nThe various awards have each their own criteria, but in general are given for excellence in the field of study or past contributions to the knowledge or advancement of the world. \n\n2006 is the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Peace Prize to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese War earlier in the 1900s.
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depends if you in the military or not, there are alot of medals/awards/ribbons/decoration that is available, check it out at \n\nhttp://usmilitary.about.com/od/armymedals/l/blarmedal.htm
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Talk to your S-1 (personnel section).  They should have plenty of copies of already submitted and approved awards.
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My personal favorite is ACE Cable Awards\n\nACE stands for Awards for Cable Excellence, so you have Awards for Cable Excellence Cable Awards
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Nominations for the prize may be made by a broad array of qualified individuals, including former recipients, members of national assemblies and congresses, university professors, international judges, and special advisors to the prize committee. In some years as many as 199 nominations have been received. The nominations are kept secret by the committee which asks that nominators do the same. Over time many individuals have become known as "Nobel Peace Prize Nominees", but this designation has no official standing. Nominations from 1901 to 1951 have been released in a database. When the past nominations were released it was discovered that Adolf Hitler was once nominated in 1939, though the nomination was retracted in February of the same year. Other infamous nominees included Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini.\n\n\nThe Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose members are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament, is appointed to select the laureate for the Peace Prize, and the prize is awarded by its chairman, currently Dr. Ole Danbolt Mjøs. At the time of Alfred Nobel's death Sweden and Norway were in a personal union in which the Swedish government was solely responsible for foreign policy, and the Norwegian Parliament was responsible for Norwegian domestic policy. While Alfred Nobel never told anybody why he didn't give a Swedish body the task of awarding the Peace Prize, one of the suggested reasons has been to prevent the manipulation of the selection process by foreign powers. Other suggestions point to the fact that the Norwegian Assembly (Storting) was the first national legislature to vote support for the international peace movement and Nobel's admiration of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, the Norwegian patriot and leading author at that time.
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They're all on wikipedia, just go to wikipedia.org and enter one name at a time. It will give you all the info you need.
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Hereis a link that will explain it all to you:http://www.heraldica.org/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm
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I am not sure but i think there is the lev jashin award.
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1913) \nNobel Prize for Literature \n\nPopularly known as Gurudev, India's most famous writer and poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of his work Geetanjali, a collection of poems, in 1913. Tagore was also involved in teaching. In 1901 he founded the famous Santiniketan which later came to be known as Vishwabharati University. \n\nDID YOU KNOW? \nRabindranath Tagore is also the author of India's National Anthem.