Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, and eminent agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan will be conferred with the highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’.

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Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, and eminent agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan will be conferred with the highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’. Serving in various capacities, PV Narasimha Rao is widely credited with initiating pivotal economic reforms and appointing Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister during a challenging economic period. He died in 2004. Chaudhary Charan Singh, India's fifth prime minister, founded the Lokdal party in 1980 and is often hailed as India's farm hero. The father of green revolution, Dr Swaminathan played a key role in introducing high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, saving India from famine-like conditions in the 1960s.


      Earlier, the government had announced Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country, for veteran BJP politician LK Advani and socialist icon and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur.

     

     

 

     


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