GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Question
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To whom was ‘Bharat Ratna’ awarded in 1999?
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Lata Mangeshkar
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Amartya Sen
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M. S. Subbulakshmi
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Atal Behari Vajpayee
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1999, Amartya Sen was awarded the Bharat Ratna, a year after his 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The award was proposed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to President K. R.
Detailed explanation-2: -Amartya Sen, (born November 3, 1933, Santiniketan, India), Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members.
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