Question : Which of the following persons won the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award for his first play, "Larins Sahib"?
Option 1: Amitav Ghosh
Option 2: Gurcharan Das
Option 3: Ramchandra Guha
Option 4: Shashi Tharoor
Correct Answer: Gurcharan Das
Solution : The correct answer is Gurcharan Das.
In 1968, Gurcharan Das's play "Larins Sahib", his first, was awarded the Sultan Padamsee Prize for Playwriting. This historical drama about the British in India centres on Henry Lawrence, an eccentric Englishman living in India and is set in the chaotic aftermath of Ranjit Singh's death in Punjab.
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Option 2: N. R. Narayana Murthy
Option 3: Gurcharan Das
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Option 1: Shashi Tharoor
Option 2: Khushwant Singh
Option 3: Sarojini Naidu
Option 4: Kuldip Nayyar
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Option 2: Bhalchandra Nemade
Option 3: Amitav Ghosh
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Option 1: Jhumpa Lahiri
Option 2: Arundhati Roy
Option 3: Anita Desai
Option 4: Amitav Ghosh
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Option 2: Shuja Nawaz
Option 3: S. D. Muni
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