Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in the Republic of India. Until 2011‚ the official criteria to award Bharat Ratna was “for highest degrees of national service”‚ including artistic‚ literary and scientific achievements as well as “recognition of public service of highest order”. In December 2011‚ the Government of India modified the criteria as “for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour” to allow sportspersons to receive
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Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (born October 15‚ 1931) is an Indian scientist and engineer. He became President of India in 2002. He is well known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam or Abdul Kalam.DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM .... Profile of India’a First Citizen Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop
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honorary doctorates from as many as thirty universities .[3] The Government of India has honoured him with the nation’s highest civilian honours: the Padma Bhushan in 1981; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and the Bharat Ratna in 1997. Kalam is the Fourth President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the highest office‚ the other three being Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ‚V. V. Giri and Zakir Hussain. He is also the first scientist and first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Literature‚ Civilian‚ Patriotic‚ and Particular.Civilian awards Bharat RatnaThe Bharat Ratna [1] — ‘Bharat Ratna’‚ the highest civilian Award of the country‚ was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race‚ occupation‚ position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President. No formal
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Minister of India; conferred Bharat Ratna in 1990. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is viewed as messiah of dalits and downtrodden in India. He was the chairman of the drafting committee that was constituted by the Constituent Assembly in 1947 to draft a constitution for the independent India. He played a seminal role in the framing of the constitution. Bhimrao Ambedkar was also the first Law Minister of India. For his yeoman service to the nation‚ B.R. Ambedkar was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1990. Dr.Bhimrao
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1962. Thereafter he become director of DRDO in1982. Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of Receiving highest civilian honors: The Padma Bhushan in 1981‚ The Padma Vibhushan 1in 1990‚ and the Bharath Ratna in 1997. He served as 11th president of Independent India during 2002-2007. Dr. Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor‚ Technology & Societal Transformation at Anna University‚ Chennai from November 2001 and was involved in teaching and research
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram‚ in Tamil Nadu‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ specialized in Aero Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. He initially worked in DRDO in 1958 and then joined ISRO in 1963. Dr. Kalam has made significant contribution to Indian satellite and launch vehicles of ISRO and also in the missile programme of DRDO. As project Director‚ SLV-III‚ he contributed for the design‚ development and management
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joining the integrated missile programmes. He is also instrumental in developing the cryogenic engine in our country. He is rightly said as the father of the Indian Missile Programme. For his excellence and brilliance‚ he was awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna in 1998; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and Padma Bhushan in 1981. Many universities have given him the honorary degree of Doctorate. Besides‚ he has also been given a number of awards by the State governments. Just before taking over as the Eleventh
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King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921-?) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University (1936–1952). Among the many honours he received were a knighthood (1931) and the Bharat Ratna (1954). His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher’s Day on 5 September. Since times immemorial‚ Indians have respected and idolized their teachers. Earlier‚ we used to call our teachers ’Guru’ and now it’s the contemporary ’Sir’ or ’Madam’
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931 in Rameshwaram‚ Madras Presidency‚ British India)‚ usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ‚ was the 11th President of India‚ serving from 2002 to 2007‚[2] he was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government‚ under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[3] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[4][5]
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