{"id":17257,"date":"2018-08-01T20:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T15:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=17257"},"modified":"2018-08-02T17:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:05:56","slug":"fact-check-has-dr-manmohan-singh-been-awarded-as-the-strongest-pm-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-has-dr-manmohan-singh-been-awarded-as-the-strongest-pm-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Has Dr. Manmohan Singh been awarded as the ‘strongest PM in the world’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been bestowed with an award for being the strongest Prime Minister in the world, if social media is to be believed. The website Viral in India<\/em> <\/a>had published an article on June 16, 2018 which was titled “\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u092e\u0928\u092e\u094b\u0939\u0928 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0936\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092a\u0940\u090f\u092e \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0935\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921, \u092a\u095d\u093f\u090f \u0916\u092c\u0930” (Not Modi, Manmohan Singh receives award for strongest PM in the world, read the report- translated).\u00a0Viral in India\u00a0<\/em>is owned and managed by Abhishek Mishra<\/a>, who claims to be a ‘News\/Media personality’ and an ‘RTI activist’.<\/p>\n

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The article says, “\u091c\u093e\u092a\u093e\u0928 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0943\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u095c\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0926 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0948\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0928 \u0911\u092b \u0926 \u0911\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0911\u092b \u092a\u0949\u0906\u0932\u094b\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092b\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0905\u0930\u094d\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e.” (A prosperous country like Japan has acknowledged his contribution and honoured him with the biggest award, ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers’- translated)<\/em>. Subsequently, a website called Desh Yug<\/em><\/a> published the same report on July 4, 2018 and recently on July 29, 2018, a website Headline24<\/em><\/a> also published an article with a slightly different take, claiming Dr. Singh has been declared the most capable PM.<\/p>\n

Expectedly, this claim quickly found its way to Facebook where many individual users posted it on their timelines<\/a>. Twitter wasn’t immune either- a Twitter handle @roflravish<\/em> <\/a>which claims to be a ‘parody fan’s club’ and has a massive following of over 172,000 posted a tweet with a link to the Headline24<\/em> article. It was also tweeted by Chandigarh Congress<\/a> on July 29.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Chandigarh Congress (@INCChandigarh) July 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Has Dr.Singh been declared the ‘strongest PM’?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The article by Viral in India<\/em> mentions that Dr. Singh has been honoured with ‘The Grand Cordon of the Ordor of the Paulownia Flowers’, a rare civilian honour. This is among the highest awards conferred by the Government of Japan. It is indeed true that Japan has honoured Dr. Singh with this award. However, it must be noted that he had been awarded in 2014 and not at present, as claimed by these articles.<\/strong>\u00a0This had been reported by the Indian media in 2014. According to an article by The Hindu<\/em><\/a>, “A statement by the Japanese Embassy said Dr. Singh \u201cwill be bestowed [the honour] in recognition of his significant contributions to the enhancement of relations and the promotion of friendship between Japan and\u00a0Indiafor about 35 years.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>It had also been reported by\u00a0TV news channels. It may be noted that there is no reference to ‘strongest’ or ‘most capable’ PM with respect to this order.<\/strong><\/p>\n