PM Modi conferred The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Kuwait's highest national award
Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah conferred the award on 22 December 2024, during the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Kuwait in 43 years.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, the highest national award of Kuwait, by the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on 22 December 2024. Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah also attended the ceremony. Modi dedicated the award to the friendship between India and Kuwait, the Indian community in Kuwait and the 1.4 billion people of India. The award was instituted in 1974 and has been conferred on select global leaders. The visit was the first by an Indian Prime Minister to Kuwait in 43 years.
Key facts
- Award
- The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer
- Status
- Highest national award of Kuwait
- Conferred by
- Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Date
- 22 December 2024
- Instituted
- 1974
- Visit
- First by an Indian PM to Kuwait in 43 years
- Dedicated to
- India–Kuwait friendship, Indian community in Kuwait, 1.4 billion Indians
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which award did the Amir of Kuwait confer on PM Narendra Modi on 22 December 2024?
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Correct answer: C — The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer
PIB (PMO): the Amir of Kuwait conferred The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer, the highest national award of Kuwait, on PM Modi.
In which year was Kuwait's Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer instituted?
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Correct answer: A — 1974
PIB (PMO): The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer was instituted in 1974 and has since been conferred on select global leaders.
PM Modi's visit to Kuwait in December 2024 was the first by an Indian Prime Minister to that country in how many years?
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Correct answer: D — 43 years
PIB (PMO): the award was conferred during the historic visit of a Prime Minister of India to Kuwait after 43 years.