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== Awards and honours ==
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* 15 January 1977: Selected in Ten Noteworthy Youth of the country by Indian Jaycees.
* 1978: Second choice as most popular Minister in the survey by 'Manohar' a weekly.
* 1981: Honoured with Basav Bhushan Award as "Ideal Youth" by Congress Party.
* 9 March 1996: "National Citizen Award" as a Best Member of Parliament at the hands of [[Mother Teresa]].
* 2003: Bhai Bagal Award 2003, Third place at [[India Today]] – Reader's Choice The Best Chief Minister.
* 2005: Guruvarya Shankarrao Kanitkar Award at the hands of senior journalist Arun Tikekar.
* 22 September 2005 to 21 September 2007 & 21 November 2007 to 24 December 2009: Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor.]]
* 23 January 2007: First D Lit. awarded by D Y Patil University. (Subject – Literature)
* 9 September 2007: Second D Lit. degree awarded by Srikrishna Devrai University, Andhra Pradesh. (Subject – Literature)
* 18 February 2009: Third D Lit. awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. (Subject – Science)
* 9 May 2009: "Navshakti Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar" awarded by Navshakti Times.
* 19 July 2009: Government Award of "Ideal Teacher" in memory of Education Officer Hon. B.C. Dhegale.