खोला भारतनि मादुराइ मुंनि नोगोराव 1916 मायथाइनि 16 सेप्तेमबरनि देवदासि नखराव जोनोम जानाय एम. एस. सुब्बालक्ष्मीया ओरैबादि गिबि गेदेमा आइजोमोन जायनो भारतनि जौसिन सनमान ` भारत रत्न ` होनाय जायो ।
M.S. subbalakshmi born on 16th September , 1916 in a devadasi family in Madurai town of southern India was the first woman who got `` Bharat Ratna `` , the highest honor of the country .