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No Hindu saint given Bharat Ratna but Mother Teresa given, is it sin to be a Hindu? Asks Ramdev

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2019

Ramdev alleged that Mother Teresa was given the Bharat Ratna because she was a Christian.

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Pranab Mukherjee awarded Bharat Ratna because he visited RSS headquarters: JD(s) leader Danish Ali

OpIndia Staff - 26 January, 2019

Ali demanded that Sri Sri Shivakumara Swami, the Swani of Siddaganga mutt who recently passed away, should be conferred with Bharat Ratna.

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Bharat Ratna to be conferred on Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika and Pranab Mukherjee

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2019

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the country

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Youth Akali Dal members blacken Rajiv Gandhi statue, Congress workers ‘purify’ it with milk

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2018

Recently Delhi Assembly had passed a resolution urging centre to withdraw Bharat Ratna from Rajiv Gandhi, however, AAP members were seen doing flip-flop over the issue.

Jawaharlal Nehru was so humble, he didn’t give Bharat Ratna to himself, just accepted that he was awesome

Nirwa Mehta - 14 November, 2018

Jawaharlal Nehru, as well as his daughter Indira, were awarded the Bharat Ratna while still in office.

Can we ask what was the entire cost of Nehru’s 1948 Kashmir blunder?

Abhishek Banerjee - 14 November, 2018

In essence, Jawaharlal Nehru was a Bharat Ratna because he went where no Indian kid has ever gone before. He was free from comparisons with the proverbial Sharmaji ka beta

Fact-Check

Fact Check: Did India start celebrating Children’s Day after Jawaharlal Nehru’s death to pay the first Prime Minister a tribute on his birthday?

Nupur J Sharma - 14 November, 2018

Former PM Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday being celebrated as Children's Day has an interesting story around it

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Lawyer demands Bharat Ratna for PM Modi citing precedents of Nehru and Indira getting the honour while in office

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2018

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi had won Bharat Ratna while they were still in office in 1955 and 1971 respectively

News Reports

Four Himalayan peaks near Gangotri glacier named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff - 22 October, 2018

Atal 1,2,3 and 4 are located between Sudarshan and Saifi peaks in Raktvan valley

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Chattisgarh: Naya Raipur to be renamed ‘Atal Nagar’ in honour of the former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2018

Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away on 16th August following a prolonged illness.

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