Renowned sculptor Ram Sutar has been conferred with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award. The announcement was made by CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday( 20 March) in the state Legislative Assembly.

• A committee, headed by Fadnavis, to select the name for the award on March 12, unanimously decided on Sutar’s name for the award.
• Sutar designed the Statue of Unity the world’s tallest statue in Gujarat.
• He has also been assigned by the Maharashtra government to make a statue of Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar to be installed at Chaityabhoomi.
• Sutar, who turned 100 last month, hails from the Dhule district of Maharashtra.