BHARAT RATNA
●BHARAT RATNA IS INDIA'S FIRST CIVILIAN AWARD.IT WAS STARTED IN 1954 BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
●BHARAT RATNA WAS AWARDED TO RECEPIENTS ON REPUBLIC DAY (JAN 26TH).
●Recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–shaped medallion on which Bharat Ratna is written in devanagarik lipi.
●There is no monetary grant associated with the award.
●Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh(7(a)) in the Indian order of precedence.
●Article 18 of constitution says about titles(even about bharat ratna).
●Bharat Ratna was given by President on advice of Prime Minister.Maximum recepients of Bharat Ratna is three in an year.
●The award was given in the fields of arts, literature, science, and public services.(from dec 2011 government extended any field of human endeavour)from 1954-2014 45 members were awarded .
FIRST RECEPIENTS OF BHARAT RATNA:
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1.C.RAJA GOPALA CHARY (1954)
2.SARVEPALLI RADHA KRISHNAN(1954)
3.C.V.RAMAN(1954)
FIRST PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : Babu Rajendra prasad(1962)
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : Sarvepelli Radha Krishnan(1954)
FIRST PRIME MINISTER TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : Jawaharlal Nehru(1955)
FIRST WOMEN TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : Indira Gandhi(1971)
FIRST POSTHUMOUS TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA :Lal Bhahadhur Sastry(1966)
FIRST POSTHUMOUS WOMEN TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : ARUNA ASAF ALI (1997)
FIRST FOREIGNER TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA :Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan(1987)
(FRONTIER GANDHI, PAKISTHAN)
FIRST ACTOR TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : M.G.Ramachandran(1988)
FIRST DIRECTOR TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA :Satyajithrey(1992)
FIRST MUSICIAN(SINGER)TO RECEIVE BHARAT RATNA : M.S. Subbha laxmi(1998)
POSTHUMOUS RECEPIENTS OF BHARAT
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1.LAL BAHADHUR SASTRY(1966)
2.KUMARA SWAMY KAMRAJ(1976)
3.SHRI ACHARYA VINOBHA BHAVE(1983)
4.M.G.RAMACHANDRAN(1988)
5.B.R.AMBHEDKAR(1990)
6.RAJIV GANDHI (1991)
7.SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL(1991)
8.MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD (1992)
9.ARUNA ASAF ALI(1997)
10.JAYA PRAKASH NARAYANA(1999)
11.LOK PRIYA GOPINATH BARDOLIYA(1999)
PERSONS WHO RECEIVED BHARAT RATNA AND NOBEL PRIZE : C.V.Raman,Mother Teresa,Amarthya Sen.
YOUNGEST RECEIPEINT OF BHARAT RATNA :Sachin Tendulkar(40 years).
OLDEST RECEIPEINT OF BHARAT RATNA :Karve (100 years)
SCIENTIST WHO RECEIVED BHARAT RATNA :
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1.C.V.RAMAN(1954)
2.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM(1997)
3.C.N. RAO(2014)
BHARAT RATNA RECEPEINTS IN 2014:
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1.CINTAMANI NAGESWARA RAO(C.N.RAO)
2.SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR
BHARAT RATNA RECEPEINTS IN 2015:
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1.MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA
2.ATAL BIHARI VAJPAI