Sunil Bharti Mittal KBE: Some telecom companies in India are quite old. One of which is Airtel. Airtel company was established in the year 1995. Its founder is Sunil Bharti Mittal. Airtel company is one of the leading telecom companies of India these days. Which has more than 474 million subscribers. Airtel owner Sunil Bharti Mittal does business not only in the telecom sector but also in agriculture, real estate, insurance, education, mall food and hospitality sectors. Sunil Bharti Mittal lives in England. Recently, King Charles III of England honored him with the title of KBE. He has become the first Indian to receive this title. What is KBE and who gets it? Let us know.
What is KBE Award?
KBE means Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. This honor is one of Britain’s biggest honors. This is given to those people. People who have made a significant contribution to any work in any field. King Charles III has bestowed this honor on Sunil Mittal, who is known as India’s telecom tycoon. Sunil Mittal has become the first Indian to receive this honour. Sunil Mittal has been given the award for his contribution in building good business relations between India and Britain. KBE is awarded as an honorary title to foreign citizens.
Rabindranath Tagore returned the title
In the year 1915, the British government honored India’s only literary Nobel laureate, Rabindra Nath Tagore, with the honor of knighthood. But Ravindra Nath Tagore returned this title while condemning the British rule against the Jallianwala massacre of 1917.
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