{"id":36326,"date":"2014-12-24T17:16:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36326"},"modified":"2014-12-24T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T11:48:00","slug":"atal-bihari-vajpayee-madan-mohan-malviya-awarded-bharat-ratna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/atal-bihari-vajpayee-madan-mohan-malviya-awarded-bharat-ratna","title":{"rendered":"Atal Bihari Vajpayee &#038; Madan Mohan Malviya to be awarded Bharat Ratna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/vajpayee-and-malviya.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/atal-bihari-vajpayee-madan-mohan-malviya-awarded-bharat-ratna\/vajpayee-and-malviya\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/vajpayee-and-malviya.png?fit=100%2C79&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"100,79\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vajpayee and malviya\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/vajpayee-and-malviya.png?fit=100%2C79&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/vajpayee-and-malviya.png?resize=100%2C79&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"vajpayee and malviya\" width=\"100\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>The Union government on Wednesday announced the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India&#8217;s highest civilian honour, for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting of the Union Cabinet was convened here on Wednesday where the decision to confer the honour on Vajpayee and Malviya was taken.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement coincides with Vajpayee&#8217;s birthday on December 25 which the government has already declared as the &#8216;Good Governance Day&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A Bharat Ratna for Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and educationist popularly known as &#8216;Mahamana&#8217;, was one of the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously) and to Atal Bihari Vajpayee,&#8221; a press communique from Rashtrapati Bhavan said.<\/p>\n<p>43 people have been honoured with the Bharat Ratna since its inception, including scientist CV Raman, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, singer Lata Mangeshkar and politicians C Rajagopalachari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union government on Wednesday announced the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India&#8217;s highest civilian honour, for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya. 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