Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award ?
M.S. Subbulakshmi
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, given by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in the Philippines, is often called Asia's Nobel Prize.
Carnatic vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi received it in 1974 in the Public Service category, becoming the first Indian musician to win this award; she was later also the first musician to receive the Bharat Ratna (1998).
Lata Mangeshkar, Bhimsen Joshi and M. Balamuralikrishna were celebrated musicians who received major Indian honours, but none of them was the first Indian musician to win the Magsaysay Award.
Hence, M.S. Subbulakshmi.
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