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In 2015 he was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honor.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/padma-awards-announced-for-lk-advani-amitabh-bachchan-bill-gates_1536246.html "Padma awards 2015 announced: Advani, Amitabh among 104 awardees"], Zee News, 26 January 2015.</ref> | In 2015 he was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honor.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/padma-awards-announced-for-lk-advani-amitabh-bachchan-bill-gates_1536246.html "Padma awards 2015 announced: Advani, Amitabh among 104 awardees"], Zee News, 26 January 2015.</ref> | ||
==Early and personal life== | |||
L. K. Advani was born in Karachi in a Sindhi Hindu family of businessmen<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111006183815/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20110930&page=7</ref> to parents Kishanchand D. Advani and Gyani Devi.[3] He completed his early schooling from Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi, and then enrolled in Government College Hyderabad, Sindh. His family migrated to India during Partition and settled down in Bombay, where he graduated in Law from the Government Law College of the Bombay University, where he became friends with Deewan Parmanand Gangwani, and considered him, Ram Jethmalani and A.K Brohi the best lawyers produced by Government Law College.<ref>http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=9</ref> | |||
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