BANKING EXPRESS - DIGITAL TAYARI: March 2019

BHARAT RATNA 2019

Bharat Ratna is the highest level of civilian award in democratic India, given for exceptional service towards advancement of India in a field of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order.

Recommendation of Bharat Ratna is made by Prime Minister to President of India. The Bharat Ratna has been conferred after a gap of four years. It is not mandatory to bestow award every year. The number of annual awards has been restricted to maximum three in a particular year. Initially, the award was given to alive people for their national service but later it was changed. Also, in December 2011 the award was expended to any fields of human endeavour.

Bharat Ratna 2019

On 25th January 2019, Bharat Ratna was announced by President Ram Nath Kovind to Pranab Mukherjee(former President of India), late Nanaji Deshmukh(social activist) and late Dr Bhupen Hazarika (singer).

In 2015, the Bharat Ratna award was given to the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and founder of Banaras Hindu University Madan Mohan Malviya.

First Bharat Ratna was awarded in 1954 to C. V Raman (scientist), C. Rajagopalachari (politician) and Sarvepali Radhakrishnan (philosopher). Total 48 individuals have been awarded till now including three awards announced in 2019.

Bharat Ratna Awardee receives a certificate known as ‘Sanad’ signed by the President of India and a medallion. Initially, the medal was made from Gold but later was changed to Toned Bronze. The Medallion is in the shape of a Peepal Leaf. On it is an embossed replica of sun and words Bharat Ratna embossed in Devanagari script.

About Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017.

Pranab Mukherjee was born in Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal on December 11, 1935, to freedom fighters.

Mr Mukherjee acquired a Master's degree in History and Political Science as well as a degree in Law from the University of Calcutta.

He started his career as an upper division clerk in the office of deputy accountant general (post & telegraph) in Calcutta, after which he became a college teacher and later a journalist.

Mukherjee was chairman of Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

Shri Pranab Mukherjee’s political career began in 1969 as Congress party’s Rajya Sabha member.

His ministerial career begun as the Deputy Minister of Industrial Development.

He was Finance Minister of India from 1982 to 1984.

He already has been awarded India’s Second Highest Award, Padma Vibhushan in 2008. Best Parliamentarian Award in 1997 and Best Administrator in India 2011.

He was rated one of the Best Five Finance Minister of The World in 1984 according to a survey conducted by ‘Euro Market’.

Pranab Mukherjee has authored several books on the Indian Economy and National Building.

Here is the list of books authored by former President of India Pranab Mukherjee:

The Coalition Years

Thoughts and Reflections

The Turbulent Years: 1980 - 1996

The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years

Beyond survival

Challenges Before the Nation/Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice

About Nanaji Deshmukh

Nanaji Deshmukh was born in 1916 in a Marathi family in Parbhani, Maharashtra. As a child, he was inspired by freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Nanaji established India's first Saraswati Sishu Mandir at Gorakhpur in 1950.

Nanaji Deshmukh had been a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the BJP's ideological mentor. He had worked as the RSS Pracharak in Uttar Pradesh.

Nanaji Deshmukh had won in the 1977 Lok Sabha election from Balrampur.

He was nominated to Rajya Sabha by the government in the year 1999 in recognition of his services to the nation.

He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

He died on 27^th February 2010.

About Bhupen Hazarika

Bhupen Hazarika was born on September 8, 1926, in Sadiya, Assam, British India. He was the eldest of their ten children.

He made his singing debut at the age of 12 in 1939.

He was also one of the leading author-poets of Assam with more than 1,000 lyrics and several short stories, essays and travelogues to his credit.

Bhupen Hazarika, popularly known as the 'Bard of Brahmaputra'.

He attended Banaras Hindu University where he completed his graduation and post-graduation, obtaining his BA (1944) and MA (1946) in Political Science.

In 1949, he got enrolled at the Columbia University, New York, on a scholarship and earned his doctoral degree in 1952.

Hazarika was conferred the second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan in 2012.

He was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award for lifetime contribution to the development of Indian cinema in 1993.

In May 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest bridge (9.15 km), which runs over the Lohit river in Assam. Modi named the Dhola-Sadia bridge after Bhupen Hazarika.

He died in November 2011 at the age of 85.

Facts related with Bharat Ratna

Former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam received this esteemed honour in 1997.

Mother Teresa was the first naturalized Indian Citizen to receive Bharat Ratana in 1980.

There are two Non-Indian Bharat Ratana winners Khan Abdul Ghaffar (Pakistan National) in 1987 and Nelson Mandela (former president of South Africa) in 1990.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first sportsperson and Youngest Bharat Ratan Award Winner.

Controversies Over Bharat Ratna

Subhash Chandra Bose was to be awarded Bharat Ratan in 1992 but due to the controversy that there was no evidence of Subhash Chandra Bose’s death, his family refused to accept the award.

As the recommendations for Bharat Ratana are made by the Prime Minister of India to the President, the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi have been criticised for honouring themselves with the award in 1955 and 1971 respectively.

After the announcement of Bharat Ratana in 2013 November to C.N.R Rao and Sachin Tendulkar PILs were filed challenging the award declaring that other scientists contributed more than Rao and his claim to publish 1400 research papers was physically impossible.

PILs was also filed against Sachin Tendulkar and some ministers alleging the conspiracy for ignoring hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.

Facilities to Bharat Ratna Awardee's

Bharat Ratna Awardee' is declared as a state guest while travelling within India in the states.

Indian missions abroad would provide proper facilitation as and when requested by awardees on their visit abroad.

They are entitled to diplomatic passports.

Lifetime free executive class travel on Air India.

They are figured in column 7A for the table of precedence. It is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the order in this table is meant for State and Ceremonial occasions and has no application in the day-to-day business of Government. In such state or ceremonial functions, the Bharat Ratna Awardees are at 7A above Chief Ministers & Governors of states, outside their state.

List of Laureates awarded the Bharat Ratna 1954 – 2019

1954.- C. Rajagopalachari

1954.- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

1954 - C.V. Raman

1955 - Bhagwan Das

1955 - M. Visvesvaraya

1955 - Jawaharlal Nehru

1957 - Govind Ballabh Pant

1958 - Dhondo Keshav Karve

1961 - Bidhan Chandra Roy

1962 - Rajendra Prasad

1963 - Zakir Husain

1963 - Pandurang Vaman Kane

1966 - Lal Bahadur Shastri

1971 - Indira Gandhi

1975 - V.V. Giri

1976 - K. Kamaraj

1980 - Mother Teresa

1983 - Vinoba Bhave

1987 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

1988 - M.G. Ramachandran

1990 - B.R. Ambedkar

1990 - Nelson Mandela

1991 - Rajiv Gandhi

1991 - Vallabhbhai Patel

1991 - Morarji Desai

1992 - Abdil kalam Azad

1992 - J.R.D. Tata

1992 - Satyajit Ray

1997 - Gulzarilal Nanda

1997 - Aruna Asaf Ali

1997- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

1998 - M.S. Subbulakshmi

1998 - Chidambaram Subramaniam

1999 - Amartya Sen

1999 - Gopinath Bordoloi

1999 - Ravi Shankar

2001 - Lata Mangeshkar

2001 - Bismillah Khan

2008 - Bhimsen Joshi

2014 - C.N.R. Rao

2014 - Sachin Tendulkar

2015 - Madan Mohan Malaviya

2015 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2019 - Pranab Mukherjee

2019 - Bhupen Hazarika

2019 - Nanaji Deshmukh

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