President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna to former PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, two others posthumously
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- The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan were received by their kin.
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President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, to two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The award was received by his son Ram Nath Thakur. Karpoori Thakur served as chief minister from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979.(PTI)
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Another picture of the Bharat Ratna award being received by Karpoori Thakur's son Ram Nath Thakur ar Rashtrapati Bhavan today.(PTI)
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President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred the Bharat Ratna award to agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan posthumously at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. MS Swaminathan, the ‘father of the Green Revolution’ in India, was an agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator, and humanitarian. Swaminathan also held administration positions in various agricultural research laboratories. He served as the director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and International Rice Research Institute.(PTI)
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PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM PV Narasimha Rao, receives Bharat Ratna conferred to his father. Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was a lawyer and a towering Congress leader in undivided Andhra Pradesh, who became the 9th prime minister of India. He ruled the country between 1991 and 1996. In 1991, when India was facing a foreign reserves crisis, Narasimha Rao's government brought about the three big-ticket economic reforms -- globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation.(PTI)
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RLD chief Jayant Singh receives Bharat Ratna conferred to former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh. Chaudhary Charan Singh started his political career with the Congress. However, he quit the Congress in 1967 and became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time after being elected as the leader of Sanyukta Vidhayak Dal coalition. Chaudhary Charan Singh took oath as prime minister on July 28, 1979 but soon resigned.(PTI)
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