Awards, Prizes and Honors

Choose the statement that best explains Padma Shri.

• A. An international award recognizing a living architect for a body of work, often considered architecture's highest honor
• B. The newspaper publisher whose bequest established the prize that bears his name, awarded annually in the United States
• C. A civilian award of India recognizing distinguished contributions in various fields ✓
• D. The highest French order of merit, established by Napoleon Bonaparte in the early nineteenth century