The London-based scions of the Hinduja Group conglomerate were given the award at the annual Asian Achievers Awards (AAA) here last night by American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.
"This is a great honour and makes our responsibility more difficult and harder. Our dharma and duty is to serve the Asian community in Britain as best as we can," Gopichand Hinduja, co-chairman of the Hinduja Group, said in his acceptance speech.
The Hindujas were nominated alongside another NRI businessman Vedanta Resources chairman Anil Agarwal as well as former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain and Indian-born 102-year-old marathon runner Fauja Singh.
The awards, in their 13th year now, are organised by the ABPL Group, publishers of 'Asian Voice' and 'Gujarat Samachar' newspapers in the UK, to celebrate the achievements of South Asians based in Britain.
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"The level of development of a society is not necessarily gauged or judged by its per capita income or even education. I feel it is judged on the status of women.
"Large countries have lots of problems and these take time to solve. But I love the idea of India and I am confident that the time for India has come," said Jaimini Bhagwati, Indian high commissioner to the UK, a special guest at the event along with sari-clad Cherie Blair - the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair - who described herself as "an honorary member of the Asian community".