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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on the microblogging site X on February 3 that veteran BJP leader LK Advani will receive the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country.

Government will confer Bharat Ratna to Lal Krishna Adani. Advani was a former deputy prime minister and home minister of india. Karpoori Thakur will conferred with Bharat Ratna. Thakur was an ...

In January 2024, veteran socialist leader and former Chief Minister of the State Karpoori Thakur was posthumously awarded highest civilian award Bharat Ratna by the Government of India.

Former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh as well Green Revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan will be conferred the Bharat Ratna ... chief minister Karpoori Thakur, a champion ...

However, curiosity got the better of me and I checked when the Bharat Ratna was instituted. The award, for the record, was first presented in 1954. Secondly, Dhyan Chand passed away in 1979.