cricketer sachin tendulkar is the only sportsperson to have been awarded india's highest civilian award bharat ratna.
cricketer sachin tendulkar is the only sportsperson to have been awarded india's highest civilian award bharat ratna.
who is the only sportsperson to have been awarded india's highest civilian award bharat ratna?
cricketer sachin tendulkar
the first recipients of the bharat ratna were politician c. rajagopalachari, philosopher sarvepalli radhakrishnan, and scientist c. v. raman, who were honoured in 1954. since then, the award has been bestowed upon 48 individuals, including 14 who were awarded posthumously. the original statutes did not provide for posthumous awards but were amended in january 1955 to permit them. former prime minister lal bahadur shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously. in 2014, cricketer sachin tendulkar, then aged 40, became the youngest recipient; while social reformer dhondo keshav karve was awarded on his 100th birthday. though usually conferred on india-born citizens, the bharat ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, mother teresa, and to two non-indians, pakistan national khan abdul ghaffar khan and former south african president nelson mandela. on 25 january 2019, the government announced the award to social activist nanaji deshmukh (posthumously), singer-music director bhupen hazarika (posthumously) and to former president of india pranab mukherjee.
bharat ratna
bullet::::- c. rajagopalachari became the first chief minister in india to receive the highest civilian award bharat ratna.









































bullet::::- c. rajagopalachari (1954), k. kamaraj (1976) and m. g. ramachandran (1988) are the chief ministers from the state of tamil nadu to receive bharat ratna, the highest civilian award of the republic of india.









































bullet::::- c. n. annadurai became the first chief minister of tamil nadu to die in office on 3 february 1969.









































bullet::::- m. g. ramachandran became the first actor-turned chief minister in india.









































bullet::::- janaki ramachandran became the first woman chief minister of tamil nadu.
list of chief ministers of tamil nadu