Abhishek to be honored with the prestigious Uttar Pradesh state award

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan to be honored with the prestigious Uttar Pradesh state award, Yash Bharti. As per latest cricketer Mohammad Kaif also will receive the same award for his outstanding contribution to cricket. Besides Abhishek and Kaif, those who have been selected for this award are teacher and litterateur Viveki Rai, journalists Shitla Singh and Vijay Kumar, historian Yogesh Praveen, MP and litterateur Uday Pratap Singh as also Jagdish Kali Raman, Talukdar Yadav, S Tomar and Rajiv Tomar, all from the field of sports.
The state government had instituted the award in 1994-95, and almost 54 personalities from different fields have been conferred this honor so far.