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| 2021 | Received the Princess of Asturias Award and the Gold Medal from The National Institute of Social Sciences. |
| 2020 | Awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade). |
| 2019 | Received the Bodley Medal. London School of Economics announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies in his honor. |
| August 2019 | Criticized the Indian government's actions in Kashmir, condemning the clampdown and curfew following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. |
| 2017 | Awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. |
| 2017 | A documentary titled 'The Argumentative Indian' (named after one of Sen's own books) was released. |
| 2016 | Received the Albert O. Hirschman Prize from the Social Science Research Council. |
| 2015 | Won the Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize. |
| February 20 2015 | Withdrew his candidature for a second term as chancellor of Nalanda University. |
| 2014 | Named one of the Top 100 thinkers who have defined the century by The New Republic. |
| December 2014 | Conceded that Modi gave people a sense of faith that things can happen. |
| August 2014 | Teaching began at Nalanda University after previous delays. |
| April 2014 | Criticized Narendra Modi, stating he would not make a good prime minister during the BJP's prime ministerial candidacy announcement. |
| 2013 | Named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. Also recognized as one of the 25 Greatest Global Living Legends in India by NDTV. |
| 2013 | Wrote an article in The New York Times analyzing why India trailed behind China in economic development and advocating for healthcare and education reforms. |
| 2012 | Began chairing the Humanities jury for the Infosys Prize, a position he held until 2018. |
| 2012 | Received the Order of the Aztec Eagle. |
| July 19 2012 | Named the first chancellor of the proposed Nalanda University. |
| 2011 |
Indira Gandhi
Posthumously awarded the Bangladesh Freedom Honour, Bangladesh's highest civilian award for foreign nationals, in recognition of her contributions to Bangladesh's Liberation War.
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| 2011 | Sen attended the Rabindra Utsab ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Bangladesh, where he unveiled the cover of Sruti Gitobitan, a Rabindrasangeet album containing all 2222 Tagore songs. |
| 2011 | Awarded the National Humanities Medal. |
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