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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.
In 1955, Nehru was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. [315] President Rajendra Prasad awarded him the honour without taking advice from the Prime Minister and added that "I am taking this step on my own initiative". [316] In 1970, he was posthumously awarded with the World Peace Council Prize. [317]
In 1990, the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, ... Ambedkar also accused Jawaharlal Nehru of being "conscious of the fact that he is a Brahmin".
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 ...
Bharat Ratna (1957) Govind Ballabh Pant (10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh . Alongside Mahatma Gandhi , Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabh Bhai Patel , Pant was a key figure in the movement for India's Independence and later a pivotal figure in the Indian Government.
He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively. Both his terms ended after the ruling Indian National Congress's parliamentary party elected a new prime minister. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1967) Bharat Ratna (1987) Abdul Ghaffar Khan ( Pashto : عبدالغفار خان ; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan ( Pashto : باچا خان ) or Badshah Khan ( بادشاه خان , ' King of Chiefs '), was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province , and ...
J. R. D. nourished and nurtured his airline baby through to 1953, when the government of Jawaharlal Nehru nationalised Air India along with several other private Airlines and appointed JRD as its first Chairman. JRD continued as chairman for 25 years before being removed by Morarji Desai in 1978. He joined Tata Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925.