PM Modi Announced- L K Advani To Be Awarded Bharat Ratna Award
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21-02-2024
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani will be honored with Bharat Ratna.
About LK Advani
- Lal Krishna Advani was born on November 8, 1927 in Karachi, present-day Pakistan.
- He served as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the longest period since its foundation in 1980.
- He was first Home Minister and later Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999–2004).
- He is one of the co-founders and Upar Advani ji served as the 7th Deputy PM. He is one of the co-founders of the BJP and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Advani holds the record for being the longest-serving Home Minister and the longest-serving Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
- He was the BJP's prime ministerial candidate during the 2009 general elections.
- Advani is widely regarded as a man of great intellectual ability, strong principles and unwavering support for the idea of a strong and prosperous India.
About Bharat Ratna
- Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award and was instituted in 1954. It is awarded to any person regardless of his caste, occupation, status or gender.
- The award is given in:
- recognition of outstanding service or performance in any field of human endeavour.
- The Prime Minister himself recommends Bharat Ratna recipients to the President and no formal recommendation is required.
- The recipient is presented with a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medal.
- No monetary grant is given in this award.
- According to Article 18(1) of the Constitution, it cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the name of the recipient.
Few Facts About Bharat Ratna
- The first Bharat Ratna was provided to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sir C.V. Raman, and Chakravarti Rajaopalachari in 1954.
- In 2019, the award was given to three eminent personalities: Nanaji Deshmukh, Pranab Mukherjee and Bhupen Hazarika.
- Earlier, the PM also announced that former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.
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Answer: Karpoori Thakur and LK Advani
Answer: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sir C.V. Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1954
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