Prabodh Chandra Dey (born 1 May 1919), better known by his nickname Manna Dey is a playback singer in Hindi and Bengali films. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.Dey was born to Purna Chandra (father) and Mahamaya Dey (mother)on 1 May 1919. Besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle Sangeetacharya (meaning "Venerable Teacher of Music" in Sanskrit) K. C. Dey highly inspired and influenced him. Dey has been honored with the titles Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. The following is the list of Manna Dey's other awards: * 1969 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Hindi Film Mere Huzur. * 1971 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Bengali film Nishi .Padma * 1971 Padma Shri Award by Government of India. * 1985 Lata Mangeshkar Award awarded by Government of Madhya Pradesh. * 1988 Michale Sahittyo Puraskar awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dhaka. * 1990 Shyamal Mitra Award by Mithun Fans Association. * 1991 Sangeet Swarnachurr Award awarded by Shree Khetra Kala Prakashika, Puri. * 1993 P.C.Chandra Award by P.C.Chandra Group & others. * 1999 Kamala Devi Roy Award by Kamala Devi Group. * 2001 Anandalok Lifetime Award by Anandabazar Group * 2002 Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music. * 2003 Alauddin Khan Award by Government of West Bengal. * 2004 National Award as Playback singer by Government of Kerala. * 2004 D. Litt Honouris Causa by Rabindra Bharati University. * 2005 Life Time Achievement award by Government of Maharashtra. * 2005 D.Litt Honouris Causa by Burdwan University. * 2005 Padma Bhushan Award by Government of India. * 2007 First AKSHAYA Award by Government of orissa. * 2008 D.Litt Honouris Causa by Jadavpur University. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/OSV-96_MAKS-2009.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/SeaKing_Mk42B_Indian_Navy_2005.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARCOS -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Mumbai_(D62) -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Sea_King -- Following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Pakistan invested heavily in modern submarines and long-range torpedoes. In response, India opted to procure six Westland Sea Kings from Britain in 1969, for ASW duties, designated as Mk42. The purchase also included the provision of air-droppable homing torpedoes for use against submarines. The delivery of the aircraft began a few months before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Due to training shortfalls on the new helicopters, Sea King operations were considerably restricted during the 1971 war; by November 1971, increased aircrew experience had enabled offensive anti-submarine operations to be conducted. The Majestic class aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was also refitted in 1972--1974 to enable extensive Sea King operations, becoming the carrier's primary anti-submarine aircraft. In May 1998, the United States enacted sanctions upon India as a part of the international response to a series of nuclear weapons tests by India. As of 1999, these sanctions effectively grounded India's Sea Kings because India could not purchase any U.S.-supplied spare parts for the fleet. Westland also complied with the sanctions by refusing to maintain any U.S.-made components. A limited number of Sea Kings were kept operational by cannibalising other aircraft and the manufacture of some components by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). In December 2000, President Bill Clinton permitted a relaxation of the sanctions. In the late 2000s, HAL and AgustaWestland signed an agreement to jointly maintain and perform upgrades to India's fleet of Sea Kings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_chain_reaction

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