Complex sentence: A linguist and Francophile who was fluent in French, and also knew Russian, Bhoothalingam served as President of the Alliance Francaise of New Delhi for many years, for which he was decorated with the Legion of Honour by the French government in 1983.
Split into simpler sentences: A linguist and Francophile who was fluent in French, and also knew Russian, Bhoothalingam served as President of the Alliance Francaise of New Delhi for many years. He was decorated with the Legion of Honour by the French government in 1983.