Facts about Bharat Ratna Awardees

Some facts about the recipients of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award -

  • Bidhan Chandra Roy, M. Visvesvaraya, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, C. V. Raman, C. N. R. Rao are the men of  science who have been bestowed with the award
  • M. S. Subbulakshmi, Ravi Shankar, Lata Mangeshkar and Bismillah Khan, Bhimsen Joshi  are awardees from the world of music
  • Nelson Mandela, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan/Bacha Khan/'Frontier Gandhi', Mother Teresa are foreign born
  • Indian Theosophist & Sanskrit scholar, Bhagwan Das who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1955,   was an opponent of rioting as a form of protest.
  • Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the youngest recipient to date (at 40) and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.
  • Maharishi Karve/Dhondo Keshav Karve was awarded the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday

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