Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in Hebrew. Your job is to translate the Hebrew sentence into English.
Q: ולא האמנתי כי, בארבעים שנה, הייתי ההודי הראשון שאליו הוענק אותו כבוד.
A:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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And unbelievably, in 40 years, I was the first Indian to be honored.