Bharat Ratna ceremony will be organized today at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Draupadi Murmu will honor five eminent personalities of the country with Bharat Ratna award. Apart from former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, other four personalities, former PM Chaughari Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao, former CM Karpuri Thakur and agricultural scientist Dr. MS Swaminathan will be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Medals and citations will be handed over to the families of the honorees.
Who is Karpoori Thakur
Former Chief Minister Jannayak Karpoori Thakur will also be given Bharat Ratna today. Ramnath Thakur will receive his father’s honor from the President. Thakur is considered a leader who ignited the flame of social justice in the politics of Bihar. Karpoori Thakur was born in an ordinary barber family. It is said that he pursued anti-Congress politics throughout his life and achieved his political position. Even during the Emergency, despite all efforts, Indira Gandhi could not get him arrested.
Know about Chaudhary Charan Singh
Chaudhary Charan Singh was born in 1902 in a middle-class farmer family in Noorpur, Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. He graduated in science in 1923 and obtained a master’s degree from Agra University in 1925. Trained in law, Charan started his profession from Ghaziabad. He came to Meerut in 1929 and later joined Congress.
Who is Lal Krishna Advani?
Senior BJP leader and the country’s seventh Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani was born in Karachi, Pakistan on November 8, 1927 in a Hindu Sindhi family. Advani held the post of the seventh Deputy Prime Minister of India in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 2002 and 2004. Before this, he had been the Home Minister in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) between 1998 and 2004. During the 10th and 14th Lok Sabha, he has played the role of Leader of Opposition very well. He started his political career through Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Former PM Narasimha Rao
Rao won eight consecutive elections and became the Prime Minister of India after spending more than 50 years in the Congress Party. Rao is called Chanakya of Indian politics. He is considered the father of economic liberalization in India. He could speak in 10 languages.
Who was MS Swaminathan
Renowned agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan was born in Madras Presidency in the year 1925. Swaminathan was only 11 years old when he lost his father. His elder brother educated him and brought him up. His family wanted him to study medicine, but he started his studies with zoology.
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