Bharat ratna for Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malavya

Bharat ratna for Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malavya
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BJP finally done it. They have hounoured their fore leader with Bharat Ratna.The Centre on Wednesday announced news a day before Vajpayee\'s birthday. It will bestowcountry’s highest civilian honour to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, and educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya.

BJP finally done it. They have hounoured their fore leader with Bharat Ratna.The Centre on Wednesday announced news a day before Vajpayee's birthday. It will bestowcountry’s highest civilian honour to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, and educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya.

Malviya is the 11th person to receive the award posthumously, while Mr. Vajpayee is the sixth Prime Minister to receive the award. Malviya established the Banaras Hindu University, Asia's largest residential university in 1916.

The Bharat Ratna is conferred to people who have made achievements in “any field of human endeavour.” Until 2011, it was restricted to achievements in the in the arts, literature, science and public services, before it was expanded to include other fields.

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