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Dear All,
Awards and honours[edit
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Tully was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire> in 1985 and was
awarded the Padma Shree <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shree> in 1992.
[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6> He was
knighted <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight> in the New Year Honours 2002
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_Honours_2002>,[16]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-PTI-16> receiving a KBE
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBE>, and in 2005 he received the Padma
Bhushan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan>.[17]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ig-17>
I understand from Wendell that Mike alias Mark Tully is Padma Shri awardee
given to foreigner? But in fact he was born in Kolkatta ( Tollygunge)
British India.in Oct. 24, 1935 His father was a British businessman. He is
veteran journalist. Sir William Mark Tully is the former Bureau Chief of
BBC New Delhi..( REPORTED BY NDTV)
Just for information to ALL.
Stephen Dias, Dona Paula
dATE: 28.12.2015
Message: 2
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:46:17 +0530
From: Wendell Rodricks <[email protected]>
To: Stephen Dias <[email protected]>
Cc: Goanet <[email protected]>, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb.
1994!" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] REMO NATIONAL AWARD
Dear all,
Having been at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan myself, there are foreigners who get
the Padma Shri award. In my year there were a few of them. Two stood out
the most... for their contribution to education in India.
If I am not wrong, BBC correspondent Mike Tully is a Padma Shri awardee.
Foreign nationals can get the award
Just for information.
Wendell
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Mark Tully
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Sir Mark Tully[image: Mark Tully 1.jpg]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Tully_1.jpg>BornWilliam Mark Tully
24 October 1935 (age 80)
Tollygunge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollygunge>, British India
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India>EducationMarlborough College
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_College>
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge>OccupationJournalist,
writerTitleSirReligionAnglican ChristianSignature[image: MarkTully
Autograph.jpg] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarkTully_Autograph.jpg>
*Sir William Mark Tully*, KBE
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire>
(born
24 Oct 1935)[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-1>[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2> is the former
Bureau Chief of BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC>, New Delhi. He
worked with BBC for a period of 30 years before resigning in July 1994.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ti-3> He held the
position of Chief of Bureau, BBC, Delhi for 20 years.[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th-4> He has received
awards and he has also written books. Tully is also a member of The
Oriental Club <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Club>.
Personal life[edit
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]
Tully was born in Tollygunge
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollygunge>, British
India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India>.[5]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-5> His father was a
British businessman who was a partner in one of the leading managing
agencies of the British Raj <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj>. He
spent the first decade of his childhood in India, although without being
allowed to socialise with Indian people; at the age of four, he was sent to
a "British boarding school" in Darjeeling
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling>,[6]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6>[7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-unt-7> before going to
England for further schooling from the age of nine.
He was educated at Twyford School
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyford_School>, Marlborough College
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_College> and at Trinity Hall,
Cambridge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge>, where he
studied Theology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology>.[6]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-th2-6> After Cambridge,
he intended becoming a priest in the Church of England
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England> but abandoned the
vocation after just two terms at Lincoln Theological College
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Theological_College>, admitting
later that he had doubts about "trusting [his] sexuality to behave as a
Christian priest".[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2>
Journalistic career[edit
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Tully joined the BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC> in 1964 and moved
back to India in 1965 to work as the India Correspondent.[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-2>[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-uy-8>[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-LAT-9> He covered all
major incidents in South Asia during his tenure, ranging from Indo-Pakistan
conflicts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistan_conflict>, Bhopal
gas tragedy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_gas_tragedy>, Operation
Blue Star <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star> (and the
subsequent assassination of Indira Gandhi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi>, anti-Sikh riots
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Sikh_riots>), Assassination of Rajiv
Gandhi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi>
to the Demolition
of Babri Masjid
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya_debate#Demolition_of_Babri_Masjid>.
[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-CNN-10>[11]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-bluestar-11>[12]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-BBC-babri-12> He was
barred from entering India during Emergency in 1975-77 when Prime Minister
Mrs Gandhi had imposed censorship curbs on the media.
Tully resigned from BBC in July 1994, after an argument with John Birt
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt>, the then Director General. He
accused Birt of "running the corporation by fear" and "turning the BBC into
a secretive monolith with poor ratings and a demoralised staff".[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-ti-3>In 1994 he
presented an episode of BBCs Great Railway Journeys "Karachi to The Khyber
Pass" travelling by train across Pakistan. Since 1994 he has been working
as a freelance journalist and broadcaster based in New Delhi.[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-uy-8>[10]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-CNN-10> He is currently
the regular presenter of the weekly BBC Radio 4
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4> programme *Something Understood
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Understood>*.[13]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-13>
As a guest of the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Initiative_for_Religious_Dialogue> on
7 October 2010 he spoke on *How certain should we be? The problem of
religious pluralism*. He described his experiences and the fact that India
had historically been home to all the world's major religions. He said that
had taught him that there are many ways to God.[14]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-14> Tully is patron of
the British branch of Child in Need India
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_In_Need_Institute_(CINI)> (CINI UK).
[15] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully#cite_note-15> Tully is
equally well versed in English and Hindi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi>.
Padma Shri
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Padma Shree
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Padma_Shree&redirect=no>)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#mw-head>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#p-search>
Padma Shri[image: Padma Shri India IIIe Klasse.jpg]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Padma_Shri_India_IIIe_Klasse.jpg>Type
CivilianCategoryNationalInstituted1954First awarded1954Last awarded2015
Total awarded2680Awarded byGovernment of India
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India>Ribbon[image: IND Padma
Shri BAR.png] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IND_Padma_Shri_BAR.png>Award
rank← Kirti Chakra <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirti_Chakra>[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-precedence-1>Sarvottam
Jeevan Raksha Padak
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak>[1]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-precedence-1> →
*Padma Shri* (also *Padmashree*) is the fourth highest civilian award
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_honours_system> in theRepublic of
India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_India>, after the Bharat
Ratna <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna>, the Padma Vibhushan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan> and thePadma Bhushan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan>. Awarded by the Government of
India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India>, it is announced
every year on India's Republic Day
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)>.[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-2>Padma Awards were
instituted in 1954 to be awarded to citizens of India in recognition of
their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including
the Arts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts>, Education
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education>, Industry
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry>, Literature
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature>, Science
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science>, Sports
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports>, Medicine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine>,Social Service
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Service> and Public Affairs
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)>. It has also
been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of
India but did contribute in various ways to India.
The selection criteria have been criticized in some quarters with the claim
that many highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favor
certain individuals.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-3>[*citation needed
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*]
On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit>, and "Shri
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri>", a Sanskrit-derived honorific
equivalent to 'Mr.' or 'Ms.', appear in Devanagari
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari>above and below a lotus
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera> flower. The geometrical
pattern on either side is in burnished bronze
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze>. All embossing is in white gold
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_gold>.
As of 2014, 2680 people have received the award.[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#cite_note-4>[*needs update
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items>*
]
