Thursday, 14 November 2013
Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[19] In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[20] He was also the first sportsperson and the first one without aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.[21][22] In 2012, he was named as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.[23]. On 14th Nov 2013, Department of Posts in India, announced to issue a set of a Miniature sheet and a sheetlet to commemorate the 200th Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar, which is also Tendulkar's last International match in any format. This has been only instance in Indian history after Mother Teresa, there have been commemorative stamps issued for a living person.
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