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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.
Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. He vehemently opposed the use of nuclear weapons and was a proponent of world peace and disarmament. During his lifetime, he also acquired the nickname 'Mango of Salem'. [5]
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 ...
In 1976, Kamaraj was posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. [92] In 2004, Government of India issued special commemorative coins of ₹ 100 and ₹ 5 denomination to mark the centenary celebrations of him. [93] Many public places, roads and buildings are named after Kamaraj.
Bharat Ratna (2024) Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar , first from December 1970 to June 1971, and then from June 1977 to April 1979.
Vajpayee's government introduced many domestic economic and infrastructural reforms, ... Bharat Ratna, by the then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. He died in ...
Bharat Ratna (9 February 2024, posthumous) [98] Rao was honoured India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna (posthumously) on 9 February 2024 by the Government of India. Rao was awarded the Pratibha Murthy Lifetime Achievement Award. [99] Many people across the party line supported the name of P. V. Narasimha Rao for Bharat Ratna.
Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones. Shankar was born to a Bengali family [5] [6] in India, [7] and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar.