Padma Shri Winning Indian Author Giriraj Kishore Passes Away
- Veteran writer and academician Giriraj Kishore passed away following a prolonged illness. He was 82-years-old.
- Giriraj was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in the year 2007, for his work Pahla Girmitiya (The Girmitiya Saga).
- He also received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, and the Vyas Samman in 2000.