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receive a "Sanad" (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–shaped medallion; there is no monetary grant associated with the award. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence. The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954. Since then, the award has been bestowed upon 45 individuals, including 12 who were awarded posthumously. The original statutes did not provide for posthumous awards but were amended in January 1955 to permit them. Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual
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receive a "Sanad" (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–shaped medallion; there is no monetary grant associated with the award. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence. The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954. Since then, the award has been bestowed upon 45 individuals, including 12 who were awarded posthumously. The original statutes did not provide for posthumous awards but were amended in January 1955 to permit them. Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first individual
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reverse side with the national motto, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed in silver-gilt on the lower edge. A year later, the design was modified. The current medal is in the shape of a peepal leaf, approximately long, wide and thick and rimmed in platinum. The embossed sun burst design, made of platinum, on the obverse side of the medal has a diameter of with rays spreading out from to from the center of the Sun. The words "Bharat Ratna" on the obverse side remained the same as the 1954 design as did the emblem of India
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and "Satyameva Jayate" on the reverse side. A white ribbon is attached to the medal so it can be worn around the neck. In 1957, the silver-gilt decoration was changed to burnished bronze. The Bharat Ratna medals are produced at Alipore Mint, Kolkata along with the other civilian and military awards like Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, and Param Veer Chakra. The Bharat Ratna has been surrounded by several controversies and multiple Public-Interest Litigations (PIL) had been filed against the conferral of the award. On 23 January 1992, a press release was published by the President's Secretariat to confer
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Bharat Ratna The Bharat Ratna (; "Jewel of India") is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science, and public services, but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour" in December 2011. The recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year. Recipients
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a prefix or suffix to their name, although recipients may use either the expressions "Awarded Bharat Ratna by the President" or "Recipient of Bharat Ratna Award" to indicate that they have been honoured with the award. The holders of the Bharat Ratna rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence. As with many official announcements, recipients are announced and registered in "The Gazette of India", a publication released by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development used for official government notices; without publication in the "Gazette", conferral of the award is not considered official. Recipients whose awards have been
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Satyajit Ray received an Academy Honorary Award in 1992 followed by the Bharat Ratna the same year. In 1999, Amartya Sen was awarded the Bharat Ratna, a year after his 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The award was proposed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to President K. R. Narayanan who agreed to the proposal. Though, as per the statutes for the Bharat Ratna, the recommendations for the award can only be made by the Prime Minister to the President, there have been several demands from various political parties to honour their leaders. In January 2008, Bharatiya Janata
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Trilogy". Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, 2 Silver Bears, a number of additional awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992. The Government of India honored him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1992. Ray had received all the honourable Indian awards, including Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards. In 2004, Ray was ranked number 13 in BBC's poll
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D.H. Waghela and Justice B.V. Nagarathna dismissed the petition stating that the subject is not amenable to any adjudication process and the nominations and conferment process is stated to be informal and in the discretion of the highest authority in the Government. Posthumous recipients Bharat Ratna The Bharat Ratna (; "Jewel of India") is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science, and
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election of 1974. Giri was honoured with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1975 for his contributions in the area of public affairs. As president, Giri had suo motu conferred the Bharat Ratna on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1972. Giri was in turn conferred the Bharat Ratna in 1975 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Gandhi, in an act seen as a quid pro quo measure. Giri was the fourth of five of Presidents of India to have been conferred the Bharat Ratna. Giri died of a heart attack in Madras on 24 June 1980. He was
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than Rao and his claim of publishing 1400 research papers was "physically impossible". The suit stated that as Rao had proven cases of plagiarism, he should not be presented with the award but rather should be annulled. The PIL filed against Tendulkar to the Election Commission under the Right to Information Act indicated that the awarding him the Bharat Ratna was a violation of the model code of conduct. The petitioner noted that as Tendulkar was an Indian National Congress nominated Member of Rajya Sabha, the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna would influence the voters of Delhi, Rajasthan,
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A. M. Ahmadi C. J., Kuldip Singh, B. P. Jeevan Reddy, N. P. Singh, and S. Saghir Ahmad. On 15 December 1995, the Special Division Bench restored the awards and delivered a judgement that the "Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not titles under Article 18 of the Constitution". Following the announcement, in November 2013, that C. N. R. Rao and Sachin Tendulkar were to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, multiple PILs were filed challenging the conferring of the award. The PIL filed against Rao declared that other Indian scientists, such as Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai, had contributed more
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Later in the 1960s, she composed music for following Marathi movies under the pseudonym of Anand Ghan. She won Maharashtra State Government's Best Music Director Award for the film "Sadhi Manase". The song "Airanichya Deva Tula" from the same film received best song award. Lata Mangeshkar has produced four films: Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honours, including Bharat Ratna (India's Highest Civilian Award), Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), Legion of Honour (2007), ANR National Award (2009), three National Film Awards and 15
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to be honoured posthumously. In 2014, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, then aged 40, became the youngest recipient; while social reformer Dhondo Keshav Karve was awarded on his 100th birthday. Though usually conferred on India-born citizens, the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, Mother Teresa, and to two non-Indians, Pakistan national Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and former South African President Nelson Mandela. On 24 December 2014, the Indian government announced the award to independence activist Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Bharat Ratna, along with other personal civil honours, was briefly suspended from
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Chand Jain (2011) and Sharad Anantrao Joshi (2016) declined their posthumous conferments, and Baba Amte returned his 1986 conferment in 1991. Most recently on 25 January 2018, the award has been bestowed upon three recipients; Ilaiyaraaja, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, and P. Parameswaran. On 2 January 1954, a press release was published from the office of the secretary to the President of India announcing the creation of two civilian awards—Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, and the three-tier Padma Vibhushan, classified into "Pahela Warg" (Class I), "Dusra Warg" (Class II), and "Tisra Warg" (Class III), which rank below the Bharat Ratna.
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revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are registered in the "Gazette". Recipients whose awards have been revoked are required to surrender their medals, and their names are struck from the register. The original 1954 specifications of the award was a circle made of gold in diameter with a centred sun burst design on the obverse side. The text "Bharat Ratna", in Devanagari Script, is inscribed on the upper edge in silver gilt with a wreath set along on the lower edge. A platinum State Emblem of India was placed in the centre of the
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came to an end mostly by the end of year 1949 with the amalgamation of almost all Princely States into India and formation of the Republic of India However, the legacy, spirit and essence of these awards are being carried forward in independent India, by similar other prestigious awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awarded by Government of India. Raj Ratna Raj Ratna / Raj Ratan / Rajya Ratna (literally "Gem of the Raj"), was a highest title of honor or civilian award, which was prevalent in Princely India during British Raj. "Raj Ratna" awards
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award have met with criticism. The posthumous award for M. G. Ramachandran (1988) was considered to have been aimed at placating the voters for the upcoming assembly election and posthumous awards of Madan Mohan Malaviya (2015) and Vallabhbhai Patel (1991) drew criticism for they died before the award was instituted. On 2 January 1954, a press communiqué was released from the office of the secretary to the President announcing the creation of two civilian awards—Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, and the three-tier Padma Vibhushan, classified into "Pahela Warg" (Class I), "Dusra Warg" (Class II), and "Tisra Warg" (Class III),
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assist her in the functions of the foundation, along with some notable personalities from the city of Pune. Poonawalla has been awarded several minor and major awards, including two State Awards such as the civilian honour of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1989 and the Order of the Polar Star from the King of Sweden in 2003. Her professional career earned her awards such as Best Lady Executive Award, Best in International Marketing Award, Marketing Man of the Year, Vijay Ratna, FIE Award for Excellence, Udyog Jyoti, Udyog Rattan Award, Rashtriya Udyog Award, Bharat Udyog Gold Medal,
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award for the independence activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar stating that he had been "deliberately neglected by previous governments" but his family clarified that they are not making such demand and that the freedom fighter is known for his contribution towards independence movement and did not need an award for recognition. Per the original statutes, sportspersons were not eligible for the Bharat Ratna; however, a revision of the rules in December 2011 made eligible "any field of human endeavour". Subsequently, several sportspersons' names were discussed; among the most talked-about of these was field-hockey player Dhyan Chand, who was recommended multiple times
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Bose from 18 August 1945 till date, based on the information collected by the 1956 Shah Nawaz Committee and the 1970 Khosla Commission. Bose's family members expressed their unwillingness to accept the award. To deliver the judgement, the Supreme Court formed a Special Division Bench with Judge Sujata V. Manohar and G. B. Pattanaik. The Solicitor General noted that to confer the award per the appropriate regulations pertaining to the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, the name of the recipient must be published in "The Gazette of India" and entered in the recipients register maintained under
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which rank below the Bharat Ratna. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. There is no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens. It has been awarded to a naturalised Indian citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan in 1987 and the former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1990. Sachin Tendulkar, at the age of 40, became the youngest person and first athlete
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accolades, prizes, honorary degrees and citizenships in recognition of his political achievements. Among his awards were the Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize, and the Libyan Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. In 1990, India awarded him the Bharat Ratna, and in 1992 Pakistan gave him their Nishan-e-Pakistan. The same year, he was awarded the Atatürk Peace Award by Turkey; he at first refused the award, citing human rights violations committed by Turkey at the time, but later accepted the award in 1999. He was appointed to the Order of Isabella
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one in the Kerala High Court and another in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, challenging the "constitutional validity" of the awards. The awards were reintroduced by the Supreme Court in December 1995, following the conclusion of the litigation. The Bharat Ratna is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was originally confined to the arts, literature, science, and public services, as per the 1954 regulations. In December 2011, the rules were changed to include "any field of human endeavour". The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards,
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named to mark the 150th anniversary of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award. He
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established the Mm. Dr. P.V. Kane Institute for Post Graduate studies and Research in 1974 to promote, encourage and facilitate research in oriental studies. Also, MM Dr. P.V. Kane Gold Medal is given once every three years to a scholar for outstanding contribution to the study of Vedic, Dharmashastra or Alankara Literature. Dharmasastra and Dharma Pandurang Vaman Kane Pandurang Vaman Kane (pronounced "Kaa-nay") (7 May 1880 – 8 May 1972) was a notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. He received India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1963 for his scholarly work that spanned more than 40 years of active academic
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government. A PIL was filed in the Karnataka High Court where in the petitioner requested the court to issue a direction to the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider their representation dated 26 October 2012 and confer the Bharat Ratna upon Mahatma Gandhi. On 27 January 2014, a counsel appearing for the petitioner noted that after multiple representations from the petitioner, they were provided with the information under RTI that the recommendations to confer the award on Gandhi have been received multiple times in the past and were forwarded to the Prime Minister's Office. A Division bench comprising Chief Justice
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Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram where the election process was underway at the time. Another PIL was filed against Tendulkar and a few ministers, "alleging a conspiracy to ignore" an Indian field hockey player Dhyan Chand." On 4 December 2013, the Election Commission rejected the petition stating that conferring the award on people from non-polling states did not amount to a violation of the code. Other High Courts as well rejected the petitions raised against Rao and Tendulkar. In 1988, then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1984–89) conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously on film actor and former Chief Minister of Tamil
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Brahmam, Nadabrahmam Sabha, Chennai 2013 - Sangeeta Shastra Virpannar – Lifetime Achievement Award, (SAFE) Chennai Dec 2014 - ISAI Tendral, Feb 2015, ISAI, Chennai, India - Lifetime Achievement Award, Dayananda Ashram, India - - Chitravina Kala Praveena, Federation of Sabhas, Chennai - Sangeetha Kalanidhi, The Music Academy, Madras, 2017 – Chitravina Naada Gnyana Mani, Charubala Trust, Chennai, 2017 - Sangita Kaviraja, Carnatica, 2017 – Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi Award, Music Academy, Madras, 2017 – Sangeeta Kalasagaram, Kalasagaram, Hyderabad, 2017 – Astika Ratna, Astika Samajam, Chennai, 2017 – Nada Vallabha, Nada Sudha, Chennai, 2017 - Purandara Award, Indranagar Sangeeta Sabha,
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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (formerly Ekana International Cricket Stadium) is an international standard cricket stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is a stadium under public-private partnership, built during Samajwadi Party's Government lead by Akhilesh Yadav. With a seating capacity of 50,000, it is the third largest international cricket stadium in India. Formerly known as the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, it was completed and inaugurated by then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and was renamed in honor of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former
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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (formerly Ekana International Cricket Stadium) is an international standard cricket stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is a stadium under public-private partnership, built during Samajwadi Party's Government lead by Akhilesh Yadav. With a seating capacity of 50,000, it is the third largest international cricket stadium in India. Formerly known as the Ekana International Cricket Stadium, it was completed and inaugurated by then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and was renamed in honor of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former
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were done through the municipality, including VIP rooms, gymnasiums and all-weather stadium galleries. Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium The Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium is a cricket stadium in Baramati, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. This stadium is available for national-international matches. This stadium was completed by the former Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The stadium started construction in 1991, Babasaheb Ambedkar's birth centenary. In 2016, Ambedkar's Silver Jubilee Celebration (125th Ambedkar Jayanti) was inaugurated on the eve of the stadium's debut. The inauguration ceremony was officiated by cricket player, Sachin Tendulkar on April 6, 2016. Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya
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Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium The Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium is a cricket stadium in Baramati, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. This stadium is available for national-international matches. This stadium was completed by the former Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The stadium started construction in 1991, Babasaheb Ambedkar's birth centenary. In 2016, Ambedkar's Silver Jubilee Celebration (125th Ambedkar Jayanti) was inaugurated on the eve of the stadium's debut. The inauguration ceremony was officiated by cricket player, Sachin Tendulkar on April 6, 2016. Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Wasim Jaffer, Amol Muzumdar, Ajit Agarkar, Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule were
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culture, geography, politics and demographics of the country. It introduces the nation’s national symbols, states, Union Territories, districts and national holidays. The Kids Corner and My India My Pride segments of the section educate citizens about the legacy of the country. My India My Pride is a segment which has the Presidents Address to the nation, Republic Day Webcast, poems on India, photo archive of republic day celebrations. There is a listing of awardees of Bharat Ratna, Param Vir Chakra, Padma Awards, Gallantry Awards, Bravery Awards, Correctional Service Medal Awards, Police Medal for Gallantry and Meritorious Service Awards. Business Section
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and the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1988. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1955. The French Legion of Honour was bestowed on him in 1983. In 1992, because of his selfless humanitarian endeavours, JRD Tata was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. In the same year, JRD Tata was also bestowed with the United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavours towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India, much before it became an official government policy. In his memory, the Government of Maharashtra named its first double-decker bridge the "Bharatratna JRD Tata Overbridge" at
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& (1990-till Date ). In August 1984 Krishnamurthy met with Bharat Ratna, Chidambaram Subramaniam and Professor P. S. Manisundaram, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University, to develop the idea of establishing a management institute within the grounds of an industrial company. A partnership was signed with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, leading to the formation of the Bharathidasan Institute of Management. Padma Shri was conferred in the year 1973.for civil services category. This is the Government of India's Fourth highest civilian award. Padma Bhushan was conferred in the year 1986.for civil services category. This is the Government of India's Third highest civilian award.
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Nepal Ratna Man Padavi Nepal Ratna Man Padavi (, "Order of the Jewel of Nepal") is the highest civilian award of Nepal. Instituted in 2010, the award is conferred for exemplary contributions to the nation of Nepal. Order of Tri Shakti Patta was instituted by King Tribhuvan of Nepal in on 27 November 1937. It had 5 classes plus a medal. The first class "Jyotirmaya-Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta" was regarded as the highest civilian award of that time. After the end of monarchy in 2008, the new government adapted the award, "Nepal Ratna Man Padavi". The government makes the decision to whom to
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Ramesh Vishwanath Katti Ramesh Vishwanath Katti (born 21 October 1964) is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament, representing Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency). He is rendering services to other Cooperative Institutions including: Ramesh Katti received many awards and honours including "Bharatiya Udyog Ratna Award -96″, "Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award","National Industrial Excellence Award", "Udyog Vikas Ratna Award", " S. V. Parthasarathy Award " with " Gold Medal " in appreciation of the better adoption of Water Recycling Unit and " Shrestha Sahakari" Award – 2007. Due to Centenary in Co-operative movement in Karnataka, received the "Shrestha Sahakari
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category, from the Medical Council of India in 2004. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2004 and the International Association for Preventive Cardiology honoured him with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He is also a recipient of several other awards such as Punjab Rattan Award, DMA Ratna Award, Bharat Jyoti Award, Bhaskar Award, Human Care Award and Delhi Rattan Award. S. K. Sama Surinder Kumar Sama (born 1934) is an Indian gastroenterologist, known for his expertise in endocrinology and diabetology. He is considered by many as the "Father of Gastroenterology" in
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he received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his outstanding contributions to the Kannada film industry. In 2011, during the 83rd birth anniversary of Rajkumar, the Chief Minister of Karnataka announced that the state government is "recommending Rajkumar" for a Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. Rajkumar holds the record of winning Eight South Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor category in Kannada cinema. Below is the films for which he received the Best Actor awards include: Total of 8 Filmfare awards for best actor category. On July 2005,
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to the under privileged children. He received the Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi National Award in 2015. He is also the recipient of Rotary Club’s Vocational Award for excellence in the field of music (2016), Surmani Award by 43rd Kal Ke Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan Mumbai (2004), Hari Vallabh Music Award (2003), Jhankar Music Award (2002), Kaka Saheb Gardgill Award (2000), Best Vocal Award (2000), and Suron ke Silsile Award (1999). He received a scholarship from the Sahitya Kala Parishad and the Young and Talented Artist scholarship from Government of India, Department of Culture. He is widely known for his overseas
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Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, second only to the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but excluding those working with the public sector undertakings. , the award has been bestowed on 303 individuals, including twelve posthumous and 19 non-citizen recipients. During 1 May and 15 September of every year, the recommendations for the award
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and Manikonda Chalapathi Rau refused the award; the family members of Lakshmi Chand Jain (2011) and Sharad Anantrao Joshi (2016) declined their posthumous conferments, and Baba Amte returned his 1986 conferment in 1991. On 25 January 2018, the award has been bestowed upon three recipients; Ilaiyaraaja, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, and P. Parameswaran. Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, second only to the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award criteria include "service
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awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992. Singh, a fellow of the Manipur State Kala Akademi and the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, is also a recipient of awards such as Jyotish Ratna (1978), Gavashana Archarya (1989), Bharat Excellence Award (1998), The Rising Personalities Award (1999), Glory of India Award (2000) Secular India Harmony Award (2002) and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose National Award (2002). M. Kirti Singh Moirangthem Kirti Singh is an Indian writer, scholar and educationist from Manipur. Born on 1 February 1943 at Kongba Uchekon near Imphal to M. Borajao Singh, Singh completed his
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give the award and it is conferred by the President of Nepal on Republic Day, 29th May. The decoration is an octagon having 8.5 cm diameter and bejewelled with five diamond pieces on every corner. Nepal Ratna Man Padavi Nepal Ratna Man Padavi (, "Order of the Jewel of Nepal") is the highest civilian award of Nepal. Instituted in 2010, the award is conferred for exemplary contributions to the nation of Nepal. Order of Tri Shakti Patta was instituted by King Tribhuvan of Nepal in on 27 November 1937. It had 5 classes plus a medal. The first class "Jyotirmaya-Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta"
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AIIMS, New Delhi. Dhyan Chand was among the nominees considered for India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, for 2014 and there was support for it. The award was then given to Sachin Tendulkar and C. N. R. Rao. The family members of Dhyan Chand were disappointed with government decision. The RTI was filed which suggested that the Prime Minister's Office had ignored the recommendation from sports ministry on giving the award over Sachin Tendulkar. Dhyan Chand Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian hockey player and one of the greatest hockey players in the history
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she received the Best Teacher Award of the IVRI. The Society of Animal Physiologists of India honored her again in 2012 with the Dr. A. Roy Memorial Award and she was selected for the Research Excellence Award of the Indus Global Organization the next year. In 2016, she received two awards, the Labhsetwar Award of the Indian Society for the study of Reproduction and Fertility and the Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teachers of the ICAR. G. Taru Sharma G. Taru Sharma (born August 4, 1965) is an Indian biologist and the head of the physiology and
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the award posthumously on Subhash Chandra Bose. The decision triggered much criticism and a PIL was filed in the Calcutta High Court to revoke the award. The petitioner took objection to the conferral of the award and its posthumous mention of Bose, saying that honouring a personality higher than the award is "ridiculous", and it was an act of "carelessness" to classify such a person with past and future recipients. It said that the award cannot be conferred to Bose posthumously as the Government had not officially accepted his death on 18 August 1945. The petitioner requested the whereabouts of
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Indian honours system The Indian honours system is the system of awards given to individuals for a variety of services to the Republic of India. The categories of awards are as follows - The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or gender is eligible for this award. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a "Sanad" (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion.
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Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order...without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex." The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but exclude those working with the public sector undertakings. , the award has been bestowed on 1240 individuals, including 20 posthumous and 94 non-citizen recipients. The Padma Awards Committee
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currently the coach of the same team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1999–2000. He was awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award in 2001. He was the captain of the 1998 Asian Games and 2003 Asia Cup winning hockey team. He was awarded the player of the tournament award in the 2002 Champions trophy held at Cologne, Germany. In 2017 East Bengal club conferred Pillay with "Bharat Gaurav". Pillay is currently involved in trying to start a hockey academy at Mumbai. To raise funds for his academy
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dam, which Visvesvaraya designed and supervised the construction of, are exhibited. The memorial is adjacent to his house, which was refurbished and regarded as a temple by the locals. M. Visvesvaraya Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya KCIE, FASc also spelled as Sir Mokshagondam Vishweshwarayya, popularly known as Sir MV (15 September 1860 – 12 April 1962) was an Indian Chief civil engineer, scholar, statesman, politician and the 19th Diwan (Governor) of Mysore, who served from 1912 to 1919. He received India's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by
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was honored by the Cleveland Tyagaraja group with the 'Best Teacher Award' where M. Balamuralikrishna and Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the United States was the guest of honor, and the Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi Best Teacher Award from the Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai. He was also felicitated and honoured by Shri R. K. Laxman the cartoonist. Pittsburgh University in America conducts special classes in percussive arts for which they have enlisted Nandakumar. He used to conduct classes in the Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh; Academy of Indian Music, New Jersey; Switzerland and several places in other countries.
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Narendra Modi at his residence on Sep 19th 2017. S.Aishwarya and her sister S.Saundarya sang the Prayer at the launch of Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi Rs 100 coin by the Vice President of India Sri Venkaiah Naidu . S. Aishwarya S.Aishwarya born on 27 October 1995 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu is an Indian singer of traditional Carnatic music. She is the great-granddaughter of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi. and the grand daughter of Sangeetha Ratnakara Dr.Radha Viswanathan and is the torch bearer of the MS Legacy. Aishwarya was born to Geetha Shrinivasan and V. Shrinivasan into the family of M.S. Subbulakshmi and
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July 1977 to January 1980, during the change in the national government; and for a second time from August 1992 to December 1995, when several public-interest litigations challenged the constitutional validity of the awards. In 1992, the government's decision to confer the award posthumously on Subhas Chandra Bose was opposed by those who had refused to accept the fact of his death, including some members of his extended family. Following a 1997 Supreme Court decision, the press communiqué announcing Bose's award was cancelled; it is the only time when the award was announced but not conferred. Several bestowals of the
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to 1963 and a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. Virudhunagar municipality covers an area of It is located southwest of the state capital Chennai and south of Madurai. The city has an average elevation of . The town is located to the east of the Kowsika River and to the west of the Madurai–Tirnelveli railway line. The topology is largely flat, with no major geological formations. The soil types are black and red, which are conducive for crops like cotton, chillies, spices, cardamom and millet. Paddy and sugar cane are grown in places where motor pumps
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Tunga Bridge Tunga Bridge in Thirthahalli, Karnataka, India, is the one of the oldest bridges constructed across the Tunga River. This bridge is over 75 years old and it was designed by, and built under supervision of, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The bridge connects the area Kuruvalli with Thirthahalli. Tunga Bridge is also called Jayachamarajendra Bridge. The Tunga Bridge draws many visitors, especially on weekends to see the uniqueness of the bridge. This bridge has an arc-like structure at the top which is supported by consecutive pillars on either side of the bridge. There are beam-like structures on the
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lovable disciple G. K Moopanar followed.After the demise of Perunthalaivar K. Kamarajar; G. K Moopanar led in front to realize His dream to build ‘Prosperous Tamilnadu and Powerful India’. The Party is designed on the principles of ‘Kamarajar Ideology’; which embodies ‘Liberalism, Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Integral Secular Humanism, Welfare State, National Conservatism and Green Ideology’. Party Flag: The color of the flag symbolizes the true ‘Indian Nationalism’ with saffron color representing ‘Sacrifice’ while White represents ‘Peace’ and Green represents ‘Prosperity’. The embossed leaders on the party flag are, ‘Freedom Fighter, Bharat Ratna, then Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Perunthalaivar K.
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K. B. Hedgewar (RSS founder) and M. S. Golwalkar (RSS ideologue) are offered the Bharat Ratna. Civil servant S. R. Sankaran turned down the award in 2005 without citing any reason. In 2013, playback singer S. Janaki refused to accept her award and stated that "the award has come late in her five-and-half-decade long career." The singer also mentioned that she is not against the Government and expressed happiness for the recognition but requested the Government to "show some more consideration to the artists from the southern parts of the country." In 2014, family members of J. S. Verma who
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of E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, "A Passage to India". However, none had been started when he died in 1992. Ray received numerous awards at international film festivals and elsewhere, including several Indian National Film Awards and an honorary Academy Award at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. Ray was awarded India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 1984 and India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1992. Satyajit Ray filmography Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker who worked prominently in Bengali cinema and who has often been regarded
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of Indian weekly magazine Panchjanya (magazine). In December 2016, she received Brij Ratna Award, the highest award of Brij region of Uttar Pradesh. On 18 December 2017, Geetanjali was announced as Brand Ambassador of Mathura-Vrindavan for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan, a campaign run by Government Of India. Geetanjali Sharma Geetanjali Sharma (born 3 September 1984) is an Indian Folk exponent and a Kathak dancer. She is the disciple of Uma Dogra, the senior most disciple of Pt. Durga Lal who was the Kathak maestro from Jaipur Gharana. She has been performing dance in India and abroad for more than 18 years.
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the shape of an act of personal bravery, performed intelligently in the execution of duty at imminent risk to the life of the doer, and armed with full previous knowledge of the risk involved". In 1942, the award condition was amended to "most exceptional bravery and heroism involving the risk of life in the execution of duty". The medal was designed by John F. Maxwell, a Dublin-based teacher who also designed the Garda Síochána crest. The medal is a Celtic cross which is 44mm in diameter with five panels on the face. The inscription on the top panel is "The
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known for the melody of Hindustani music. Dharwad district is the place which produced national and international level musicians like Mallikarjun Mansur, Gangubai Hangal, and winner of the Bharat Ratna award, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Hubli–Dharwad Hubballi and Dharwad are twin cities in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hubballi-Dharwad form the second-largest urban agglomeration in Karnataka after capital Bengaluru. While Dharwad is the administrative headquarters, the city of Hubballi, situated about 20 km south-east of Dharwad, is the commercial centre and business hub of North Karnataka. The cities have a single municipal corporation called Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC). Hubli–Dharwad Municipal Corporation
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majority population, and has been peaceful and has resisted separatism. Shia population is 15 lakhs of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is 14% of entire state population. There are notable Shia Muslims involved in many prominent Indian affairs, such as Arts, Business, Diplomates, Bureaucracrates, Journalism, Sports, Science, Religion, Literature, Politics, etc. Azim Hashim Premji, being 3rd richest Indian, belongs to Shia community. Bismillah Khan, the winner of Bharat Ratna award and Badey Ghulam Ali Khan are regarded as one of the most important figures in Indian music. In Politics, majority of Shia Muslims, shia muslims are generally supporters
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in 1962 and the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1969. She later received other Indian awards, including the Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian award) in 1980. Teresa's official biography, by Navin Chawla, was published in 1992. In Kolkata, she is worshipped as a goddess by some Hindus. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of her birth, the government of India issued a special 5 coin (the amount of money Teresa had when she arrived in India) on 28 August 2010. President Pratibha Patil said, "Clad in a white sari with a blue border, she and the sisters of Missionaries
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by a suicide bomber from the LTTE. His widow Sonia became the president of the Congress party in 1998 and led the party to victory in the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections. His son Rahul is a Member of Parliament and the current President of Indian National Congress. In 1991 the Indian government posthumously awarded Gandhi the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award. At the India Leadership Conclave in 2009, the "Revolutionary Leader of Modern India" award was conferred posthumously on Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay on 20 August 1944 to Indira and Feroze Gandhi. In 1951,
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Padma Vibhushan in her lifetime in 1992, and finally the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously in 1997. In 1998, a stamp commemorating her was issued. "Aruna Asaf Ali Marg" in New Delhi was named in her honour. All India Minorities Front distributes the "Dr Aruna Asaf Ali Sadbhawana Award" annually. she was the member of congress party. She was went to jail many times Aruna Asaf Ali Aruna Asaf Ali (née "Aruna Ganguly"; 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia
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Bose in 1992, who went missing since 18 August 1945. Similarly in 2015, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to award Madan Mohan Malaviya, who died in 1946, met with criticism. Janardan Dwivedi, politician of the Indian National Congress, said that Malaviya, who worked predominantly in Varanasi, was "deliberately chosen" by the Prime Minister Modi, who is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Varanasi. A few of the conferments have been criticised for honouring personalities only after they received global recognition. The award for Mother Teresa was announced in 1980, a year after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute, and Lal Bahadur Shastri became the first recipient to be honoured posthumously in 1966. Although there is no formal nomination process, recommendations for the award can only be made by the Prime Minister to the President with a maximum number of three nominees being awarded per year. However, in 1999, four individuals were awarded the honour. The recipient receives a "Sanad" (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion without any monetary grant. Under the terms of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution, the recipients cannot use the award as
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same year he was awarded Rastriya Ratna Award and Bharat Excellence award by Friendship Forum at New Delhi. Dhirendra Kumar Dhirendra Kumar is an Indian Forest Service Officer of 1983 batch. Born on 22 December 1954, he was a former Special Secretary, Industry Department cum Director of Sericulture, Handloom and Handicraft, Government of Jharkhand and Managing Director of Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation (Jharcraft) Before Joining to the forest services, he did his Post Graduation in Geology from Ranchi University and then served as lecturer at St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi. After Joining Indian Forest Service in 1983, he
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single instrument, the Saraswathi Veena. The artist has played 7 different Veena tracks and this album is one of its kind. 2018: Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal 2018: Vishwa Kala Ratna from Milapfest, London 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 : "Award for Veena" - The Music Academy, Chennai - Madras Music Academy 2016: Mudhra Vainika Award 2016: Kala Ratna from Kala Sangam, Mumbai 2015: Hamsadhwani Award 2014: Asthana Vidwan at Sringeri Sharadha Peetham 2013: Sangeetha Choodamani - Sri Krishna Ganan Sabha, Chennai 2013: Gana Varidhi - MA Narasimhachar Music Foundation 2011: XL award for the outstanding Instrumentalist of
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is constituted every year by the Prime Minister of India and the recommendations for the award are submitted between 1 May and 15 September. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, Ministers, Chief Ministers and Governors of States, Members of Parliament, and private individuals. The committee later submits their recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President of India for the further approval. The award recipients are announced on 26 January, the Republic Day
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the Dalits. The posthumous conferments of the award on the recipients who died before the Indian independence in 1947 or the award was instituted in 1954 have been criticised by historians. It was noted that such conferments could lead to more demands to honour people like Maurya Emperor Ashoka, Mughal Emperor Akbar, Maratha Emperor Shivaji, Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu spiritualist Swami Vivekananda, and independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The then Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991–96) was criticised for bestowing the award upon Vallabhbhai Patel in 1991, 41 years after his death in 1950; and upon Subhas Chandra
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pioneer of robotics and remote control technology Thomas B. Sheridan; Debian founder Ian Murdock; Chinese physicist Deng Jiaxian, a founding father and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs; mathematician Yitang Zhang; chemist Lawrence Rocks; biochemist Edwin T. Mertz, credited with the discovery of high-protein corn and beans; Indian chemist CNR Rao, who has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India; physical organic chemist and advocate for women and minorities in science Nina Roscher, who received the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences (1996) and the Presidential Award for Excellence
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Assembly. The administration of the state is led by the Chief Minister. Vallabhbhai Patel, born in Nadiad in 1875, was independent India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister; he played a key role in political integration of India, and was conferred with a posthumous Bharat Ratna award in 1991. After gaining independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress party (INC) ruled the Bombay state (which included present-day Gujarat and Maharashtra). Congress continued to govern Gujarat after the state's creation in 1960. During and after India's State of Emergency of 1975-1977, public support for the Congress Party eroded, but it
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are submitted to the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the Prime Minister of India. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and previous Padma Vibhushan award recipients, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals. The committee later submits their recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President of India for the further approval. The award recipients are announced on Republic Day. The first recipients of the award were Satyendra
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applicable situations that may merit award. The New Zealand Defence Meritorious Service Medal is made of silver and circular in shape. The obverse of the medal bears the effigy of the Sovereign, currently the effigy designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, surrounded by the Royal Styles and Titles for New Zealand. The reverse bears the inscriptions "FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE" and "HE TOHU HIRANGA" surrounding the insignia of the New Zealand Police. The medal was designed by the New Zealand Herald of Arms, Phillip O’Shea . O’Shea has designed many of the New Zealand awards created since 1973. The medal is suspended from
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being a Member of Parliament. In 2001, Lata Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. In the same year, she established the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, managed by the Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation (founded by the Mangeshkar family in October 1989). In 2005, she designed a jewellery collection called Swaranjali, which was crafted by Adora, an Indian diamond export company. Five pieces from the collection raised £105,000 at a Christie's auction, and a part of the money was donated for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake relief. Also in 2001, she recorded her first Hindi song with the
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Dhondo Keshav Karve Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as Maharishi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. In his honour, Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. The Government of India awarded him with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday." The appellation Maharshi, which the Indian public often assigned to Karve, means ”a great sage”. He was also sometimes affectionately called "Annā Karve"; in the Marathi-speaking
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India conferred on him Padma Vibhushan (India's second-highest civilian award after the Bharat Ratna) in 1964. It also issued a commemorative stamp in his honor in 1985. Kaka Kalelkar Dattatreya Balkrushna Kalelkar (1 December 1885 – 21 August 1981), popularly known as Kaka Kalelkar, was an Indian independence activist, social reformer and journalist. He was a major follower of the philosophy and methods of Mahatma Gandhi. Kalelkar was born in Satara on 1 December 1885. He was native of Kaleli village near Sawantwadi in Maharashtra which gave his surname Kalelkar. He matriculated in 1903 and completed B. A. in Philosophy
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C. V. Raman Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist born in the former Madras Province in India presently the state of Tamil Nadu, who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering, which earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes wavelength. This phenomenon, subsequently known as Raman scattering, results from the Raman effect. In 1954, India honoured him with its highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. C.V. Raman was born in a Telugu speaking
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(Class III), which rank below the Bharat Ratna. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards: the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The award, along with other personal civilian honours, was briefly suspended twice in its history. The first time in July 1977 when Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of India, for being "worthless and politicized." The suspension was rescinded on 25 January 1980 after Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister. The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992,
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the king has to take the permission of the great men of his time – by that he meant to put the government under the guidance of the learned. The identified persons included Late Shrimannarayan – former Governor of Gujarat and a great Gandhian of his time. They had suggested lifting of emergency. Yet the erstwhile government did not pay heed to the advice which had Vinoba Bhave's blessings and initiative. In 1958 Bhave was the first recipient of the international Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1983. Vinoba Bhave Vinayak Narahari
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the amalgamation of almost all Princely States into India and formation of the Republic of India However, the legacy, spirit and essence of these awards are being carried forward in independent India, by similar other prestigious awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awarded by Government of India. Raj Bhushan Raj Bhushan / Raj Bhooshan / Rajyabhushan (literally "Ornament of the Raj"), was a second highest title of honor or civilian award, which was prevalent in Princely India during British Raj. "Raj Bhushan" awards were given by rulers of mostly Hindu Princely States of India to
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11th president of the Republic of India in an easy victory, and moved into the Rashtrapati Bhavan after he was sworn in on 25 July. Kalam was the third President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, before becoming the President. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) and Dr Zakir Hussain (1963) were the earlier recipients of Bharat Ratna who later became the President of India. He was also the first scientist and the first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhawan. During his term as president, he was affectionately known as the "People's President", saying that
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Province and Balochistan. He was arrested by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government at Multan in November 1973 and described Bhuttos government as "the worst kind of dictatorship". In 1984, increasingly withdrawing from politics he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He visited India and participated in the centennial celebrations of the Indian National Congress in 1985; he was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1967 and later Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1987. His final major political challenge was against the Kalabagh dam project, fearing that the project would damage the Peshawar valley,
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for the posthumous honour. In 2011, 82 members of parliament recommended Chand's name for the award to the Prime Minister's Office. In January 2012, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports forwarded his name again, this time along with 2008 Summer Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. Bindra had earlier been recommended for the award in May 2013 by the National Rifle Association of India. In July 2013, the ministry again recommended Dhyan Chand. However, in November 2013, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the first sports-person to receive the honour and this garnered much criticism for the
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to receive the honour. In a special ceremony on 18 April 1958, Dhondo Keshav Karve was awarded on his 100th birthday. , the award has been conferred upon 45 people with 12 posthumous declarations. The award was briefly suspended twice in its history. The first suspension occurred after Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister in 1977. His government withdrew all personal civil honours on 13 July 1977. The suspension was rescinded on 25 January 1980, after Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister. The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992, when two Public-Interest Litigations were filed,
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Outstanding Paper Award (USA), 1995 NASA Patent Application Award (USA), 1997 IETE-R.L. Wadhwa Gold Medal, the 2001 INSA-S.H. Zaheer Medal, 2005-06 Indian Science Congress-P.C. Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Gold Medal from Prime Minister of India for Lifetime Achievement, 2007 J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Government of India, 2008 Vigyan Ratna Award from Science & Culture Organization, 2013 Indian National Academy of Engineering Chair Professor, 2015 INAE-S.N. Mitra Award, 2017 INSA-Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award, and 2018 INSA Distinguished Professor Chair. He is a Padma Shri awardee in 2013. He was elected Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the
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top, connecting the two arcs, appearing as a roof. This unique bridge resembles the Sydney Harbour Bridge but with a slight difference. The bridge was completed in 1943, and inaugurated by H. H. Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, then the Maharaja of Mysore, and also named after him. Tunga Bridge Tunga Bridge in Thirthahalli, Karnataka, India, is the one of the oldest bridges constructed across the Tunga River. This bridge is over 75 years old and it was designed by, and built under supervision of, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The bridge connects the area Kuruvalli with Thirthahalli. Tunga Bridge is also called
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Jayaprakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for The People's Leader), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, communist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he called a "total revolution". His biography, "Jayaprakash," was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Ramavriksha Benipuri. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work. Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public
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the IMC for second time, in 2000. A Jain by birth, she is the president of the "Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha" and is the editor of " Jain Bodhak", a fortnightly magazine founded by her grand father and the mouthpiece of Jain community. Daftary is a recipient of the "Jain Ratna Award" of the Jain Samaj and has been awarded the civilian honour of the 2004 Padma Shri by the Government of India. The Daftary couple has three daughters, the eldest daughter, Czaee Shah, is a restaurateur, Gauri Pohomal is an entrepreneur and philanthropist and the youngest, Kavita Khanna, is
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Visvesvaraya Technological University Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU, previously spelled "Visveswaraiah Technological University") is a collegiate public state university in Karnataka State, India. It was established by the Government of Karnataka. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has authority over engineering education all over the state of Karnataka. It is a statutory requirement for colleges offering any program in engineering or technology in the state to be affiliated with the university. The university is named after M. Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. Jnana Sangama, Belagavi is the
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Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born 28 September 1929) is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in South Asia, especially India. She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour and is
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next birth. The great sage Vishvamitra was also called Rajarshi who later went on to become Brahmarshi. Another famous figure named Rajarshi in somehow present era was Purusottam Das Tandon. He was the one who is regarded as the person to make Hindi the "Official Language" of Independent India. He was awarded Bharat Ratna (India's Highest Civilian Award) in year 1961. Rajarshi Rajarishi (from Sanskrit "Rajan" a "King" + "Rishi" a "Saint" ) in Hinduism and Hindu mythology, is a Royal Saint. A Rajarshi is a king who turned into a royal sage. A Rajarshi will not have to leave
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after initially accepting it. Padma Shri Padma Shri (, also Padma Shree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India, every year on India's Republic Day. Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 to be awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of
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Padma Shri Padma Shri (, also Padma Shree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India, every year on India's Republic Day. Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 to be awarded to citizens of India in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India but did contribute
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by the recommendation to control the mosquito population as a way to control the spread of the sickness. In India the National Doctors' Day is celebrated on July 1 all across India to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. He was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years. Dr Roy was honoured with the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961. The celebration of the Doctors' Day is an attempt to emphasise on the value of doctors in
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the direction of the President. It was noted that only an announcement had been made by press communiqué, but the government had not proceeded to confer the award by publishing the name in the "Gazette" and entering the name in the register. Furthermore, the then presidents, R. Venkataraman (1987–92) and Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992–97), had not conferred a "Sanad" (certificate) with their signature and seal. On 4 August 1997, the Supreme Court delivered an order that since the award had not been officially conferred, it cannot be revoked and declared that the press communiqué be treated as cancelled. The court
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Vikram Bhatnagar Vikram Bhatnagar is an Indian shooter. He won the silver medal in the Men's Double Trap (Pairs) with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In this process he was able to score a good score and carried the team to the silver medal. He is an MBA Graduate and has interests in Hotels and Construction as well. His daughter is Sabhyata Bhatnagar and son Vardaan Bhatnagar He won many awards and medals along with Delhi state Rajiv Khel Ratna Award. He won Gold medal in the Asian Clay Shooting Championships in September 2006 which held in
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Rishi Kumar Behl Rishi Kumar Behl is an Indian scientist, professor, and author. He is awardee of Bharat Ratna C. Subarmanyam award for outstanding teachers in field of plant sciences. He is former director, Universal Institute of Technology, Hansi, Hisar, Associate Dean in College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. He is General Secretary of International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia, Germany. B.Sc (Agri, 1972) from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, M.Sc (Agri, Plant Breeding,1974) and Ph.D (Genetics,1980) from Haryana Agriculture, University, Hisar, India. He received advance training in Plant Breeding at University of Goettingen, Germany between
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