New Delhi. Four eminent personalities of the country were given the highest honor Bharat Ratna today. Bharat Ratna recipients include former PM PV Narasimha Rao, former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur and eminent agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan. Former Deputy PM and senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani will be honored with Bharat Ratna on Sunday. President Draupadi Murmu herself will visit Advani’s house and give him this honour.
#WATCH , President Droupadi Murmu presents the Bharat Ratna award to former PM PV Narasimha Rao (posthumously)
The award was received by his son PV Prabhakar Rao pic.twitter.com/le4Re9viLM
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Bharat Ratna recipient PV Narasimha Rao was a veteran Congress leader. Narasimha Rao, who won the Lok Sabha elections 8 times, held the post of PM after the death of Rajiv Gandhi after being in Congress for 50 years. Economic liberalization started in India during Rao’s era. It was during his period that the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished. Rao ran the government for 5 years despite being in minority. For this reason he was considered the Chanakya of politics.
#WATCH , President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna upon former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh (posthumously)
The award was received by Chaudhary Charan Singh’s grandson Jayant Singh. pic.twitter.com/uaNUOAdz0N
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Former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh has also been awarded Bharat Ratna. Chaudhary Charan Singh was in Congress. He later joined the Janata Party. Chaudhary Charan Singh opposed the Emergency. After the split in the Janata Party, Chaudhary Charan Singh achieved the post of PM with the support of Congress. Suddenly Congress withdrew support from Charan Singh’s government. Because of this he was forced to resign even before the trust vote. It is said that Chaudhary Charan Singh had refused to meet Indira Gandhi at her residence. Due to which the angry Congress withdrew support from his government.
#WATCH , Bharat Ratna award conferred upon former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur by President Murmu at Rahstrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
The award was received by his son Ram Nath Thakur pic.twitter.com/3vx5lkxwI2
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Karpoori Thakur has also been awarded Bharat Ratna by the Modi government. Karpoori Thakur, born in a barber family of Bihar, did politics against Congress. He could not be arrested even during the Emergency. Karpoori Thakur did a lot of work to provide respect and rights to the backward and Dalit community in Bihar. People still praise his simplicity. Leaders like Karpoori Thakur are not seen in today’s times. He also donated the bricks from his house to build a school.
#WATCH , President Droupadi Murmu confers Bharat Ratna upon agronomist MS Swaminathan
The award was received by MS Swaminathan’s daughter Nitya Rao. pic.twitter.com/lZSdGmzNNt
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MS Swaminathan is very famous as an agricultural scientist. He was born in 1925 in Madras (now Chennai). There was a severe famine in Bengal in the year 1943. Many people died in that famine. MS Swaminathan was saddened to see this. He did B.Sc. in Agricultural Science from Madras Agricultural College in 1944. Then after doing MSc in 1949, he did PhD on potato. MS Swaminathan also received Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Magsaysay Award and World Food Award for his work in the agriculture sector.
Everyone knows Lal Krishna Advani. He took out Ram Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya. Advani was called the Iron Man of BJP. He was the Deputy PM and Home Minister in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. If the dream of Ram temple in Ayodhya has come true, then the main reason for it was Lal Krishna Advani’s Rath Yatra. It was only after this Rath Yatra that BJP included the construction of Ram Temple in its agenda. In the year 2015, Lal Krishna Advani was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.