Bharat Ratna to LK Advani | 06 Feb 2024

Recently, the government has announced that Veteran leader, Shri Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred with Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the nation.

• He served as the 7^th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He also served as a Home Minister and Information and Broadcasting Minister as well.
• Born in Karachi (present-day Pakistan) on 8^th November 1927, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1942 and relocated to Delhi from Sindh in 1947 during Partition.
• Instituted in 1954, the Bharat Ratna is conferred in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.

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