Dr. Surendra Gambhir is a

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based Indian author, writer and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of South Asia Studies. He received

Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award (Devnagari: पद्मभूषण डॉ. मोटूरि सत्यानारायण पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, (Central Hindi Org ...

in 2009 by

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. He also received the Presidential Award in June 2012.

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