P.C. SORCAR INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY

AWARDS AND HONORS FOR THE GREAT P.C. SORCAR, Sr.

The Great Sorcar received numerous national and international awards and honors, a partial list is given below:

-"JADUSAMRAT P.C. SORCAR SARANI" (TW'sGM P.C. Sorcar Avenue), Govt. of India names a major street in Calcutta, dedicated to the Great Sorcar

-"PADMASHRI" (the Lotus), awarded by the President of India on January 26, 1964 (Republic Day of India)

-"THE SPHINX" (Nobel Prize of Magic), USA, , 1946

-"THE SPHINX" (Nobel Prize of Magic), USA, , 1954

-"THE GOLDEN LAUREL", and Germany, 1956

-"THE ROYAL MEDALLION" for World's Greatest Magician, German Magic Circle

-"GOVERNOR'S MEDAL", State of Bengal, India, 1943

-"FELLOW", Royal Asiatic Society, Great Britain.

-"NATIONAL HONOUR", All Bengal Reception Committee, India, October 18, 1958
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"You are the true messanger of Indian culture and world peace", Sorcar receives

congratulations from His Excellency Dr. V.V. Giri, the President of India (left),

Mr. Kenneth B. Keating, the U.S. Ambassador in India (middle), and Shri K. B. Desai,

Governor of Andhra Pradesh (right).

Sorcar receives Silver Cup from All Bengal Reception Committee President Shri Sookamal Kanti Ghosh, Editor-in-Chief of Jugantar, at Rabindra Varati, Calcutta, India, October 18, 1958

-"CIVIC HONOUR", Corporation of Calcutta, India, July 30, 1958

-"Justice of Peace", Calcutta, 1968, 1969, 1970
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The Mayor of Calcutta bestows the insignia of honour to Sorcar on behalf of citizens of Calcutta and the Corporation, on July, 1958

-"HONORARY MEMBER", National and International Magic Associations of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1957

-"GOLD MEDAL", awarded by Aleksander Voloshin, Principal of the Soviet Circus College, Russia, Soviet Union, 1962
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Aleksandar Voloshin, Principal of Soviet Circus College pins medal on Sorcar, 1962

-"CIVIC RECEPTION", by the Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, 1955

-"CIVIC RECEPTION", by the Mayor of Wellington, Australia, 1955

-"HONORARY MEMBER", Australian Society of Magicians, Adelaide, Australia.

-"HONORARY MEMBER", Japan Magic Association, March 18, 1954
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Sorcar elected as Honorary Member of the National and International Magic Associationo Christchurch, New Zealand, 1955

-"HONORARY MEMBER", France Magic Circle

-"HONORARY MEMBER", Lister Magic Association, Great Britain

-"HONORARY MEMBER", Belgium Magic Circle

-"HONORARY MEMBER", Germany Magician Assoc.

Over the decades thousands of international magazines have published portraits of SORCAR on the front cover and carried story inside. Here is a partial list of the renowned magic magazines of the West:

THE SPHINX, USA, July, 1946 * GENII the Conjurer's Magazine, USA, April, 1958 * TOPS, USA, March, 1947 * LINKING RING, USA, March, 1948 * LINKING RING, USA, April, 1961 * MAGISCHE WELT, Germany, February, 1954 * MAGIE, Germany, December, 1949 * MAGIE, Germany, August, 1950 * ILLUSIONISMO, Spain, April, 1949 * PRESTI, Belgium, January, 1950 * DE MAGIER, Holland, August, 1954 * TRIKS, Holland, February, 1950 * TRIKS, Holland, August, 1950 *THE MAGIC MAGAZINE, London, August, 1953 and many more.

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