Putin awards Modi Russia\'s highest civilian honour

PM Modi awarded Russia’s highest state honour

New Delhi, Apr 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred on the Order of St Andrew the Apostle highest state decoration of Russia for exceptional services in promoting special and privileged strategic partnership between Russian and India.

"On April 12, 2019, Indian PM Narendra Modi was decorated with Order of St Andrew the Apostle-highest state decoration of Russia -for exceptional services in promoting special and privileged strategic partnership between Russian and India," tweeted Russian government.

The Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called is the highest order of the Russian Federation. Established in 1698, the honour was the first and highest order of chivalry in Russian Empire. During the Soviet rule, the award was abolished. It was reinstated in 1998.

In 2017, Chinese president Xi Jinping was awarded the Order of St Andrew the Apostle.

Recently, PM Modi has been awarded the United Arab Emirates's top honour as well as of countries including South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Afghanistan.

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Year
Candidate's Name Party Result Vote Vote Share Margin
2014
Thambidurai,m. AIADMK Winner 5,40,722 52% 1,95,247
Chinnasamy, M. DMK Runner Up 3,45,475 33% 0
2009
Thambidurai.m AIADMK Winner 3,80,542 46% 47,254
Pallanishamy. K.c. DMK Runner Up 3,33,288 40% 0
2004
Palanisamy, K. C. DMK Winner 4,50,407 61% 1,90,876
Palanichamy, Raja. N AIADMK Runner Up 2,59,531 35% 0
1999
Chinnasamy, M. AIADMK Winner 3,34,407 46% 2,847
Palanisamy, K.c. DMK Runner Up 3,31,560 46% 0
1998
Thambi Durai.m AIADMK Winner 3,27,480 50% 43,673
Natrayan. K TMC(M) Runner Up 2,83,807 44% 0
1996
Natrayan.k TMC(M) Winner 4,09,830 56% 1,68,274
Thambidurai.m AIADMK Runner Up 2,41,556 33% 0
1991
Murugesan N. AIADMK Winner 4,75,571 69% 2,69,969
Thirunavukkarasu D. DMK Runner Up 2,05,602 30% 0
1989
Thambithurai, M. AIADMK Winner 4,84,492 66% 2,38,751
Palanisamy. K.c. DMK Runner Up 2,45,741 33% 0
1984
Murugaiah A. R. INC Winner 4,13,533 68% 2,35,563
Kandaswamy, M. DMK Runner Up 1,77,970 29% 0
1980
Dorai Sebastian S.a. INC(I) Winner 2,81,149 55% 74,134
Kanagaraj K. AIADMK Runner Up 2,07,015 41% 0
1977
Gopal K. INC Winner 3,15,259 62% 1,45,520
Meenakshisundaram M. NCO Runner Up 1,69,739 34% 0
1971
Gopal INC Winner 2,38,315 59% 73,293
V. Ramanathan NCO Runner Up 1,65,022 41% 0
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