Prez Confers Bharat Ratna On Ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, 2 Others Posthumously – Kashmir Observer

New Delhi– President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian honour, on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan had been acquired by their kin.

P V Prabhakar Rao, the son of former prime minister Rao, acquired the award conferred on his father from the president. Jayant Chaudhary, Singh’s grandson and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), accepted the honour from Murmu.

Swaminathan’s daughter Nitya Rao and Thakur’s son Ram Nath Thakur acquired the award from the president.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different dignitaries had been current on the ceremony.

This yr, the federal government introduced 5 Bharat Ratna awards, together with one to Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) stalwart and former deputy prime minister L Okay Advani.

P V Narasimha Rao, who was prime minister from 1991 to 1996 and sometimes called the Chanakya of Indian politics, is understood for initiating far-reaching financial reforms and for his skilful political manoeuvring.

He was the primary prime minister from the south, the primary Congress chief from exterior the Nehru-Gandhi household to finish a full five-year time period and the person who steered India by way of the turbulent early Nineteen Nineties.

Born in an agrarian household in Karimnagar district, now in Telangana, on June 28, 1921, he was educated on the Osmania, Bombay and Nagpur Universities from the place he earned his BSc and LLB levels.

A staunch and trusted loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi household earlier than, some say, frictions started, Rao had the excellence of holding vital non-economic portfolios on the Centre — Exterior Affairs, Defence and Residence — at completely different occasions within the Eighties. He died on December 23, 2004, on the age of 83.

Chaudhary Charan Singh, a Jat chief from western Uttar Pradesh, was prime minister between July 28, 1979 and January 14, 1980. He died in 1987. Born on December 23, 1902, at Noorpur in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh in a middle-class household, Singh shifted to Meerut in 1929 and later joined the Congress.

After the Congress cut up, he turned chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time in February 1970 with the help of the Congress. Nevertheless, the President’s Rule was imposed within the state on October 2, 1970.

Thought-about the chief architect of land reforms in Uttar Pradesh, Singh had the popularity of being a tough taskmaster who wouldn’t tolerate inefficiency, nepotism and corruption in administration. A devoted public employee and a staunch believer in social justice, his energy stemmed primarily from the boldness he loved amongst tens of millions of peasants.

The RLD, led by Charan Singh’s grandson Jayant Chaudhary, has not too long ago joined the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan, who died on September 28, 2023, on the age of 98, is most generally identified for reworking India from a drought-stricken nation depending on the USA for foodgrain imports within the Sixties to being declared self-sufficient in meals manufacturing in 1971.

His efforts concerned introducing high-yielding genetic forms of rice and wheat in India and the subcontinent, alongside American agronomist Norman Borlaug. Swaminathan was awarded the primary World Meals Prize in 1987 for his work.

Swaminathan’s analysis as a plant geneticist addressed the problem of meals insecurity and helped small farmers increase their earnings by enhancing productiveness. He devoted his whole life to enhancing agriculture and the earnings of farmers.

Fondly addressed as MS by his buddies and colleagues, Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, in his lengthy profession, demonstrated what he advocated — growing new varieties for meals safety — and ensured bumper crops by working aspect by aspect with farmers.

Born in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu on August 7, 1925, to Dr M Okay Sambasivan and Parvati Thangammai, Swaminathan performed a big position in altering the trajectory of the agriculture sector when farmers had been depending on archaic farming strategies.

A former Rajya Sabha member (2007-13), Swaminathan acquired 84 honorary doctorate levels from universities around the globe.

Karpoori Thakur, popularly referred to as ‘jannayak’ (folks’s chief), served as Bihar chief minister from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. He was a key determine within the battle in opposition to social discrimination and inequality.

A fountainhead of OBC politics in Bihar, Thakur was born on January 24, 1924, in one of the crucial backward sections of society- the Nai Samaj (barber neighborhood). His political journey was marked by his unwavering dedication to the marginalised sections of society.

Thakur’s dedication to affirmative motion gave illustration and alternatives to the poor, oppressed, exploited and disadvantaged sections of the nation. His insurance policies and reforms had been pioneering in bringing about vital adjustments within the lives of many, particularly within the fields of schooling, employment and farmer welfare.

His tenure as chief minister is greatest remembered for the implementation of the Mungeri Lal Fee suggestions, whereby quotas for backward lessons had been launched within the state. He died on February 17, 1988.

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