Controversies on Bharat Ratna Award

List of Bharat Ratna award winners (1954 – 2024)

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Bharat Ratna Winner 2024 – Full List

Karpoori Thakur, Lal Krishna Advani, Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and M.S Swaminathan were conferred with the Bharat Ratna Award in 2024....

First Bharat Ratna Award Winner

The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954. It is awarded to people for their exceptional public services and performance in any field of human activity like literature science and art. The Bharat Ratna Award was constituted in 1954....

Youngest Bharat Ratna Awardee

Famous Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest recipient of Bharat Ratna Award. In 2014, Sachin honoured with this award in the age of 40 years. He is the leading run scorer in International Cricket and is popularly known as God of Cricket. Sachin played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs. He is the first and the only sportsperson to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna....

Oldest Recipient of Bharat Ratna Award

Dhondo Keshav Karve was the oldest person to receive the Bharat Ratna Award. He was honoured with this award in 1958 in the age of 40 years. Dhondo Karve was the reowned social reformer and activist. He was born on 18 April 1872 in Ratnagiri(Maharashtra). Dhondo Keshav Karve done some of the commandable job in the field of women’s welfare....

First female Bharat Ratna awardee

The first female Bharat Ratna awardee was Indira Gandhi. She is the first woman third Prime Minister of India. She got this award in 1971 due to her role in the 1971 war with Pakistan. Although some controversies arised after she was nominated for this award....

Benefits of Bharat Ratna award

The award given to Bharat Ratna winners are handsome. Below are some of the benefits given to winner of Bharat Ratna award....

Controversies on Bharat Ratna Award

Suspensions: The award was suspended twice in history. First, in 1977 when Morarji Desai’s government withdrew all personal civil honors, and it was reinstated in 1980 under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The second suspension occurred in 1992 due to legal challenges, but it was reintroduced by the Supreme Court in 1995 after litigation....

List of Bharat Ratna Award Winners – FAQs

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