France's Legion of Honour

Awardee

Jawed Ashraf

Former Indian Ambassador to France

Rank

Commandeur

Significance

First Indian Ambassador to receive this honour.

Highest French Civilian Award

Légion d'Honneur

Previous Indian Recipients

• JRD Tata
• Ratan Tata
• Amartya Sen
• Ravi Shankar
• Satyajit Ray
• Manna Dey