"uproar over Sachin's Order of Australia award"

There was an uproar on the social microblogging site Twitter after Australian Primer Minister Julia Gillard announced that Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar would be conferred with the Member of the Order of Australia award.

Gillard, who made the announcement during a visit to a cricket clinic here organised by an NGO Magic Bus, said the "special honour", known as AM, would be awarded by Australian Cabinet Minister Simon Crean when he visits India soon.

"I'm very pleased we're going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar membership of the Order of Australia, an AM," she told reporters here.