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As of 9th February 2024, the Government of India has selected five people for India's Highest Award i.e. Bharat Ratna. These five personalities are PV Narasimha Rao, Ch Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan, LK Advani, and Karpoori Thakur. Usually, the government of India named three Bharat Ratna awards in a year, but this year (2024), the government has named five people for Bharat Ratna. With the names of these five renowned personalities, the number of Bharat Ratna goes to 53. In January 2024, the Indian Government announced the name of the former CM of Bihar, Karpoori Thakur, later LK Advani, PV Narasimha Rao, Ch Charan Singh, and M S Swaminathan. Here is the brief about the Bharat Ratna 2024 awardees.
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Bharat Ratna 2024: Highlights |
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Awarded by |
The Government of India |
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First Bharat Ratna |
1954 |
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First Bharat Ratna Awardees |
C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C. V. Raman |
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Latest Bharat Ratna |
2024 |
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Latest Bharat Ratna awardees |
PV Narasimha Rao, Ch Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan, LK Advani, and Karpoori Thakur |
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Total Number of Bharat Ratna Awardees |
53 |
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (PV Narasimha Rao) was a veteran politician, who served as the prime minister of India from June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996 for 1,791 days.
PV Narasimha Rao was born in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, in 1921.
He was born in a Telugu Niyogi Brahmin family.
He studied studied at Osmania University in Hyderabad, Bombay University, and Nagpur University.
He was an agriculturist and an advocate by profession.
He also served a chief minister of Andhra Pradesh till 1973.
He served as the Minister for External Affairs from January 14, 1980, to July 18, 1984.
Later appointed as the Minister of Home Affairs from July 1984 to December 1984, and the Minister of Defence from December 1984 to September 1985.
He was credited with bringing economic reforms to India in 1991.
Chaudhary Charan Singh was a renowned Indian politician and freedom fighter, who served as the 5th prime minister of India from 28 July 1979 to 20 August 1979, for 170 days.
He was sworn in as the fifth PM of India on July 28, 1979, and stepped down after 170 days, as his government failed to prove a majority on the floor of Parliament.
Chaudhary Charan Singh was born on 23rd December 1902, which is observed as National Farmers Day, in Noorpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India, (present-day Uttar Pradesh).
He was first elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1937 from Chhaprauli.
He represented the constituency in 1946, 1952, 1962 and 1967.
He also served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh twice (1967 and 1970).
MS Swaminathan is a veteran agriculturist and popularly known as the father of the Green Revolution in India.
He was born in 1925 and obtained a BSc degree in Zoology from the Maharajas College in Thiruvananthapuram.
He also received a degree in agricultural Sciences from the Coimbatore Agricultural College.
He is credited for introducing changes in farming in the 1960s and ‘70s that helped India achieve food security.
Lal Kishan Advani, a BJP Leader, was also named for the Bharat Ratna 2024.
He served as the BJP national president from 1986-90, 1993-98, and 2004-05.
He was first the Home Minister and later, the Deputy Prime Minister in the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet from 1999 to 2004.
Karpoori Thakur was born on 24th January 1924 in Pitaunjhia, Bihar, and Orissa Province, British India.
He was known for his deep connection with the backward classes.
He joined the Quit India Movement (1942) and was jailed with other freedom fighters but kept struggling to push the Britishers out of the country.
He served as Chief Minister of Bihar twice, first from December 1970 to June 1971 and later from December 1977 to April 1979.
He also served as the second Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 5 March 1967 to 31 January 1968.
Before this, he also served as the Education minister of Bihar.
He also emerged as the leading backward caste leader in Bihar.
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Name of Awardee |
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Remarks |
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Chakaravarti Rajagopalachari |
1954 |
Statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activist |
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Philosopher, politician and former President of India |
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Physicist |
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Bhagwan Das |
1955 |
Independence activist, philosopher, and educationist |
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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya |
Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore |
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Jawaharlal Nehru |
Independence activist, author and former Prime Minister of India |
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Govind Ballabh Pant |
1957 |
Independence activist |
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Dhondo Keshav Karve |
1958 |
Social reformer and educator |
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Bidhan Chandra Roy |
1961 |
Physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker |
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Purushottam Das Tandon |
1961 |
Independence activist |
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Rajendra Prasad |
1962 |
Independence activist, lawyer, statesman, scholar and former President of India |
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Zakir Husain |
1963 |
Independence activist |
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Pandurang Vaman Kane |
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar |
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Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) |
1966 |
Independence activist and former Prime Minister of India |
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Indira Gandhi |
1971 |
politician and former Prime Minister of India |
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Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
1975 |
Independence activist and former President of India |
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Kumaraswamy Kamraj (Posthumous) |
1976 |
Politician and former Tamil Nadu chief minister |
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Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) |
1980 |
Founder of the Missionaries of Charity |
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Vinoba Bhave (Posthumous) |
1983 |
Independence activist, social reformer |
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
1987 |
Independence activist |
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Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous) |
1988 |
Actor turned politician |
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Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) |
1990 |
Social reformer |
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
anti-apartheid activist |
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Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) |
1991 |
Politician and former Prime Minister of India |
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) |
Independence activist |
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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai |
Independence activist and Prime Minister of India |
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) |
1992 |
Independence activist |
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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata |
Industrialist |
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Satyajit Ray |
Filmmaker |
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Gulzari Lal Nanda |
1997 |
Independence activist |
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Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) |
Independence activist |
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
Aerospace, defence scientist and former President of India |
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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi |
1998 |
Carnatic classical vocalist |
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Chidambaram Subramaniam |
1998 |
Independence activist |
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Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) |
1999 |
Independence activist, social reformer |
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Amartya Sen |
economist |
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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) |
Independence activist |
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Ravi Shankar |
sitar player |
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Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar |
2001 |
Playback singer |
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Ustad Bismillah Khan |
Hindustani classical shehnai player |
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Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi |
2009 |
Hindustani classical vocalist |
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C. N. R. Rao |
2014 |
chemist and professor |
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar |
2014 |
Cricketer |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
2015 |
Politician and former Prime Minister of India |
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Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumous) |
Scholar and educational reformer |
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Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumous) |
2019 |
social activist |
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Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (Posthumous) |
Playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, and film-maker |
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Pranab Mukherjee |
Politician and former President of India |
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Karpoori Thakur (Posthumous) |
2024 |
Politician and former Bihar chief minister |
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L K Advani |
BJP leader |
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PV Narasimha Rao (Posthumous) |
Former Prime Minister of India |
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Ch Charan Singh (Posthumous) |
Former Prime Minister of India |
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M S Swaminathan |
Father of Green Revolution |
Instituted: 1954
First recipient (1954): Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, and Dr. ChandrasekharaVenkata Raman
Latest recipient (2024): Karpoori Thakur (49th)
Recognition: The award honor to recognize exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor.
The Prime Minister of India sends the recommendation for the Bharat Ratna to the President of India.
The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
The medal is in the form of a peepal leaf which is 5.8 cm long, 4.7 cm wide, and 3.1 mm thick
1. How many personalities have been selected for the Bharat Ratna 2024?
Ans: In 2024, five renowned personalities have been selected for the Bharat Ratna 2024. These five people are PV Narasimha Rao, Ch Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan, LK Advani, and Karpoori Thakur.
2. The first Bharat Ratna award was announced in which year?
Ans: The first Bharat Ratna award was announced in 1954.
3. Who was the first recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
Ans: C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C. V. Raman are the first recipients of the Bharat Ratna Award.
4. As of February 2024, how many Bharat Ratna awards have been given to awardees?
Ans: Only 53, Bharat Ratna awards have been given to awardees.
5. In which year Bharat Ratna waa given to a veteran Playback singer, Lata Mangeskar?
Ans: A veteran Playback singer, Lata Mangeskar was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001.
