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Which Indian personality is the recipient of the Oxford University's Bodley Medal 2019?

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Raghuram Rajan
  • Amartya Sen
  • Manmohan Singh
  • Shashi Tharoor
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The question is about the Indian recipient of Oxford's Bodley Medal in 2019.

  1. Raghuram Rajan: He is a respected economist but was not given this particular award in 2019.
  2. Amartya Sen: The Bodleian Libraries at Oxford conferred the Bodley Medal on Sen in 2019, honouring his body of work in economics and related scholarship.
  3. Manmohan Singh: Though an accomplished economist and former Prime Minister, he did not receive this medal that year.
  4. Shashi Tharoor: His recognition has come mostly through literature and public life, not through this particular Oxford honour.

The correct answer is Amartya Sen, who was awarded the Bodley Medal in 2019.

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The Bodley Medal is Oxford's Bodleian Libraries' way of recognising a lifetime of scholarly or cultural contribution, so the right answer here has to be someone honoured specifically for that kind of standing, not for a political or literary career alone.

  1. Raghuram Rajan: A respected economist and former central bank governor, but not the one given this Bodleian Libraries honour in 2019.
  2. Amartya Sen: As a Nobel Prize-winning economist whose scholarship on welfare and development economics is globally recognised, Sen fits the profile the medal was created for, and he is the one Oxford honoured with it in 2019.
  3. Manmohan Singh: An accomplished economist and former Prime Minister, but this particular award was not conferred on him that year.
  4. Shashi Tharoor: Recognised mainly for literature and public life rather than for the kind of scholarly contribution this medal honours.

The correct answer is Amartya Sen, honoured by Oxford's Bodleian Libraries with the Bodley Medal in 2019.

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