Bharat Ratna
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The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order",
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In 1992, a press release was published to confer the award posthumously on Subhas Chandra Bose, which was later cancelled post the order of the Supreme Court in 1997
Dhyan Chand at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Widely regarded as the greatest hockey player of all time, Chand has not been conferred the Bharat Ratna
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
L. K. Advani
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Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian lawyer, journalist, politician and statesman who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janat
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…there have been several demands from various political parties publicly to honour their leaders. In January 2008, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani wrote to then-prime minister Manmohan Singh recommending Singh's predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the award. This was immediately followed by the…
L. K. Advani in 2022
Advani in 2009
Advani with then US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2005
Advani during an election campaign in 2009