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Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and a freedom fighter who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to August 1979. [2] [3] Singh was principally known for his land and agricultural reform initiatives was Member of Parliament (MP) for Baghpat.
The Bharat Ratna (Hindi pronunciation: [bʱaːɾət̪ ɾət̪n̪ə]; lit. ' Jewel of India ') is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position or gender.
The following is an incomplete list of people who have either declined or renounced an Indian honour or decoration. These include recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), along with other Indian governmental awards. In some instances, the families of an intended posthumous recipient of a ...
Chaudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister on 28 July 1979, with outside support by Indira Congress and Yashwantrao Chavan of Congress (Socialist) faction as his Deputy PM. Just before Singh was to prove his majority in Lok Sabha, Indira Gandhi withdrew support to his government, and he resigned on 20 August 1979, after just 23 days ...
Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian award) awardee [3] Sita Ram Goel, historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century; S. N. Goenka, Padma Bhushan awardee, Vipassana meditation teacher; Bharatendu Harishchandra, Known as the "father of modern Hindi literature and Hindi theatre" [4]
On 2 January 1954, a press release was published from the office of the secretary to the President of India announcing the creation of two civilian awards—Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, and the three-tier Padma Vibhushan, classified into "Pahela Varg" (Class I), "Dusra Varg" (Class II), and "Tisra Varg" (Class III), which rank ...
The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private ...
Bharata Ratna is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. [1] The film stars Vijayashanti in a dual role as Vijaya and Bhavani, alongside Vinod Kumar , Kota Srinivasa Rao , and Raghunatha Reddy.