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From which universities S.R. Ranganathan was awarded D. Litt (Honoris Causa) ?

(a) University of Delhi (b) University of Madras (c) University of London (d) University of Pittsburgh Code :

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    Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan is World -renowned in the field of Library and information science. There is hardly any aspect of library science that he has on touched and made significant contributions to it. Hes Five Laws of Library Science laid the foundations of library and information service; and his Prolegomena to Library Classification to Knowledge organization (Subject structuring, classification and indexing); Dr. Ranganathan received many honours -- the National Research Professorship in Library Science in March 1965 conferred by the Government of India.: D. Litt ( Honoris causa) by the Delhi University in 1948 Doctorate in Library Science by the University of Pittsburgh in 1964, Padma Shri in 1956; and the Margaret Mann award in 1971 by the American Library Association for his contribution to cataloguing theory and practice.

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