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  2. Bharat Ratna - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Recipients of the Bharat Ratna - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Recipients of the Bharat Ratna" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. ... This page was last edited on 25 April 2024, at 00 ...

  4. List of people who have declined or renounced Indian honours ...

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    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 ...

  5. Orders, decorations, and medals of India - Wikipedia

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    Union of India, (1996) [5] while the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards do not come under the definition of "titles" under Article 18 of Fundamental Rights in India, no titles or honorifics are associated with the Bharat Ratna or any of the Padma awards; awardees cannot use them or their initials as suffixes, prefixes or pre- and post-nominals ...

  6. Karpoori Thakur - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of National Sports Award recipients in cricket - Wikipedia

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    He is also the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket and the first sportsperson to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 2014. [ 5 ] The second recipient, MS Dhoni , is the former captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.

  8. M. S. Swaminathan - Wikipedia

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    On 9 February 2024, he was conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously, the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. On that occasion, then PM of India, Narendra Modi wrote: [ 102 ] It is a matter of immense joy that the Government of India is conferring the Bharat Ratna on Dr. MS Swaminathan Ji, in recognition of his monumental ...

  9. Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) - Wikipedia

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    Bharat Ratna: Equivalent: Param Vir Chakra [a] [5] ... List of award recipients, showing the year Year ... (2024) is a biopic of Major Mukund Varadarajan.