The Bharat Ratna award, India's highest civilian honour, was instituted in 1954 to recognize exceptional service across all fields of human endeavour, transcending distinctions of race ...

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's ...

Here’s a list of India’s most distinguished individual who have been accorded with the Bharat Ratna, Padma honour. Read more on The Hindu ...

Padma Awards - highest civilian honors in India, conferred in three categories, announced annually on Republic Day.

The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India. It literally means 'Jewel of India'. A must read on Dynamite News: ...

The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India, established in 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in ...

The array to institute the Bharat Ratna award was given by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, India’s President, on January 2, 1955. The inventive edicts of January 1954 did not make allowance for the ...

The Bharat Ratna award is announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. Bharat Ratna literally means 'Jewel of India'.

Bharat Ratna: Whenever awards are mentioned in India, the name Bharat Ratna comes first. It is the country’s highest civilian award, given for exceptional and distinguished service in various ...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday demanded that Balasaheb Thackeray be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour in the country, on his birth anniversary.