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Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram and author of several books, was conferred France’s highest civilian order ‘Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur’ at a ceremony at the French Embassy on Tuesday.
Though the French government announced the award in August 2022, it was conferred on him only on Tuesday. It was conferred by French Senate President Gerard Larcher.
This award was in recognition of Dr. Tharoor’s efforts to strengthen Indo-French ties, his commitment to international peace and cooperation and for being a long standing friend of France.
Shashi Tharoor said that he was greatly honoured to accept the Knight of the Legion of Honour award and that he looks forward to promoting and nurturing friendship and further cooperation between India and France.
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