GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Prime Minister, President
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Vice President, President
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President, Loksabha
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President, Prime Minister
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Detailed explanation-1: -The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.
Detailed explanation-2: -His birthday, 15 September, is observed as “Engineer’s Day” in India. Independence activist and author, Nehru is the first and the longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947–64). Nehru himself was Prime Minister of India at the time of the receiving award.
Detailed explanation-3: -Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2001. The veteran singer was awarded the honour by then President K. R. Narayanan. Lata Mangeshkar succumbed to multiple organ failure on February 6, 2022 in Mumbai.
Detailed explanation-4: -Prime Ministers who won Bharat Ratna-Lal Bahadur Shastri, Atal Bihari Bajpayee, Indira Gandhi, Moraji Desai, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda.