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List of people who have declined or renounced Indian honours and decorations
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The following is an incomplete list of people who have either declined or renounced an Indian honour or decoration:
==Padma awards==
===Refused multiple honours===
*Sitarist [[Vilayat Khan]],
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===Padma Vibhushan===
====Refused the honour====
*[[P. N. Haksar]] was offered the award in 1973 for, among other services, his crucial diplomatic role in brokering the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation]] and the [[Shimla Agreement]], but declined as "Accepting an award for work done somehow causes an inexplicable discomfort to me."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]],Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Swami Ranganathananda]] declined the award in 2000 as it was conferred to him as an individual and not to the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=PB2000/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]] refused the award;<ref></ref>
*The family members of [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] (2011) and [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] (2016) declined their posthumous conferments,Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Jain was against accepting state honours.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]]'s family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Joshi's work for good of farmers was not reflected in the Government policies for them.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}}
====Returned the honour====
In 1991, [[Baba Amte]] returned the award, along with the [[Padma Shri]] conferred in 1971, to protest against the treatment given to the tribals during the construction of [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]].<ref>
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==Padma Shri==
===Refused, but later accepted===
*[[Mother Teresa]] initially declined the Padma Shri in 1960 and 1961 as she felt it improper to receive recognition for service in the name of God. The Archbishop of Kolkata finally persuaded her to accept the honour in 1962. She was later awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]] in 1980, the year after she received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
===Refused the honour===
*[[Sitar]] player [[Vilayat Khan]] declined the honour in 1964, stating "the selection committees were incompetent to judge [his] music." Khan subsequently declined the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1968 and turned down the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2000.<ref name="refusals"></ref>
*Environmental activist and [[Chipko movement]] leader [[Sunderlal Bahuguna]] refused the Padma Shri in 1981 to protest the felling of trees in the Himalayan regions of India. He later accepted the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2009.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[English billiards]] champion [[Michael Ferreira]] refused the honour in 1981 as cricketer [[Sunil Gavaskar]] had been awarded the more prestigious [[Padma Bhushan]]; as Ferreira noted, his "achievements in billiards were no less than Sunil Gavaskar's in cricket" and deserved equal recognition.<ref name="question_mark">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He accepted an award of the Padma Bhushan in 1983.<ref name="Padma Awards">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Academic and author [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]] declined the honour in 2002 after admirers observed she had previously received the [[Jnanpith Award]] and therefore should not accept a less-prestigious Padma Shri.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Assamese journalist Kanak Sen Deka declined the honour in 2005, stating his acceptance of the lowest-ranking Padma award would have diminished the prestigious literary and journalism awards he had already received.<ref name="question_mark"/>
*Noted [[Bollywood]] screenwriter [[Salim Khan]] refused the Padma Shri in 2015 as "it does not match my status and work."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Citing personal reasons, in 2015 the family of [[Mohammed Burhanuddin]], the [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] of the [[Dawoodi Bohra]] sect of [[Ismaili]] [[Shia Muslims]], declined a posthumous Padma Shri on his behalf.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Sitarist [[Imrat Khan]], the younger brother of Vilayat Khan, declined the honour in 2017 as he had "mixed feelings about...the purpose of this award which comes perhaps many decades late — while my juniors receive the Padma Bhushan."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Spiritual teacher Siddeshwar Swami of the Jnana Yogashrama in Vijayapura declined the honour in 2018 as a ''[[sanyasi]]'' did not need "any award or honour," and that he had "not accepted any awards" before.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
===Returned the honour===
*In 1977, author [[Phanishwar Nath 'Renu']] returned the Padma Shri he had received in 1970, as a protest against [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref></ref>
*In October 2015, Punjabi author [[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]] returned the Padma Shri she had been awarded in 2004, citing her "anguish" over a growing intolerance towards free speech and expression in 21st-century India.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*In November 2015, noted poet [[Jayanta Mahapatra]] returned the honour which he had been awarded in 2009, due to "growing intolerance" in India.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]
[[Category:Honours systems]]
[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of India]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian award winners]]
==Padma awards==
===Refused multiple honours===
*Sitarist [[Vilayat Khan]],
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=PB2000>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}},
===Padma Vibhushan===
====Refused the honour====
*[[P. N. Haksar]] was offered the award in 1973 for, among other services, his crucial diplomatic role in brokering the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation]] and the [[Shimla Agreement]], but declined as "Accepting an award for work done somehow causes an inexplicable discomfort to me."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]],Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Swami Ranganathananda]] declined the award in 2000 as it was conferred to him as an individual and not to the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].<ref name=PB2000/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Manikonda Chalapathi Rau]] refused the award;<ref></ref>
*The family members of [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] (2011) and [[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]] (2016) declined their posthumous conferments,Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Jain was against accepting state honours.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[Sharad Anantrao Joshi]]'s family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Joshi's work for good of farmers was not reflected in the Government policies for them.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>}}
====Returned the honour====
In 1991, [[Baba Amte]] returned the award, along with the [[Padma Shri]] conferred in 1971, to protest against the treatment given to the tribals during the construction of [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]].<ref>
* Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Padma Shri==
===Refused, but later accepted===
*[[Mother Teresa]] initially declined the Padma Shri in 1960 and 1961 as she felt it improper to receive recognition for service in the name of God. The Archbishop of Kolkata finally persuaded her to accept the honour in 1962. She was later awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]] in 1980, the year after she received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
===Refused the honour===
*[[Sitar]] player [[Vilayat Khan]] declined the honour in 1964, stating "the selection committees were incompetent to judge [his] music." Khan subsequently declined the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1968 and turned down the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2000.<ref name="refusals"></ref>
*Environmental activist and [[Chipko movement]] leader [[Sunderlal Bahuguna]] refused the Padma Shri in 1981 to protest the felling of trees in the Himalayan regions of India. He later accepted the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2009.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*[[English billiards]] champion [[Michael Ferreira]] refused the honour in 1981 as cricketer [[Sunil Gavaskar]] had been awarded the more prestigious [[Padma Bhushan]]; as Ferreira noted, his "achievements in billiards were no less than Sunil Gavaskar's in cricket" and deserved equal recognition.<ref name="question_mark">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He accepted an award of the Padma Bhushan in 1983.<ref name="Padma Awards">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Academic and author [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]] declined the honour in 2002 after admirers observed she had previously received the [[Jnanpith Award]] and therefore should not accept a less-prestigious Padma Shri.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Assamese journalist Kanak Sen Deka declined the honour in 2005, stating his acceptance of the lowest-ranking Padma award would have diminished the prestigious literary and journalism awards he had already received.<ref name="question_mark"/>
*Noted [[Bollywood]] screenwriter [[Salim Khan]] refused the Padma Shri in 2015 as "it does not match my status and work."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Citing personal reasons, in 2015 the family of [[Mohammed Burhanuddin]], the [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] of the [[Dawoodi Bohra]] sect of [[Ismaili]] [[Shia Muslims]], declined a posthumous Padma Shri on his behalf.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Sitarist [[Imrat Khan]], the younger brother of Vilayat Khan, declined the honour in 2017 as he had "mixed feelings about...the purpose of this award which comes perhaps many decades late — while my juniors receive the Padma Bhushan."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*Spiritual teacher Siddeshwar Swami of the Jnana Yogashrama in Vijayapura declined the honour in 2018 as a ''[[sanyasi]]'' did not need "any award or honour," and that he had "not accepted any awards" before.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
===Returned the honour===
*In 1977, author [[Phanishwar Nath 'Renu']] returned the Padma Shri he had received in 1970, as a protest against [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref></ref>
*In October 2015, Punjabi author [[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]] returned the Padma Shri she had been awarded in 2004, citing her "anguish" over a growing intolerance towards free speech and expression in 21st-century India.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
*In November 2015, noted poet [[Jayanta Mahapatra]] returned the honour which he had been awarded in 2009, due to "growing intolerance" in India.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]
[[Category:Honours systems]]
[[Category:Civil awards and decorations of India]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian award winners]]
June 19, 2018 at 09:35AM
