GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Prime Minister of India received Bharat Ratna award while holding the office?
A
Indira Gandhi
B
Atal Bihari Vajpai
C
Rajiv Gandhi
D
Jawaharlal Nehru
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nehru himself was Prime Minister of India at the time of the receiving award.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nehru was succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in Tashkent, then in the USSR, where he had signed the Tashkent Declaration between India and Pakistan. Indira Gandhi, Nehru’s daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country’s first female prime minister.

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