Bharat Ratna is the highest Civilian Award of India for exemplary service to the nation in various fields viz. social service, art & culture, science & research, sports etc. Bharat Ratna is special identity of those exceptional personalities,  who  possess extraordinary  leadership qualities, who set a goal for their life and who never waived from their goal. They lead from the front, confront the challenges with fortitude, never allowed themselves to be cowed down by adverse circumstances; rather, they mould the circumstances in order to earn name and fame for themselves.
The purpose of this book is to acquaint the youth with the personalities and works of such great gems of India who have brought laurels for themselves and our motherland. Readers will realise that it is not enough to fly high  in  imagination  for achievement of goal, rather it needs strict discipline and finest efforts.

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Contents

Introduction Pgs—7

1. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Pgs—15

2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Pgs—22

3. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Pgs—29

4. Dr. Bhagwan Das Pgs—40

5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Pgs—44

6. Jawaharlal Nehru Pgs—49

7. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Pgs—56

8. Dhondo Keshav Karve Pgs—64

9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Pgs—69

10. Purushottam Das Tandon Pgs—74

11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pgs—82

12. Dr. Zakir Hussain Pgs—90

13. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane Pgs—94

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri Pgs—98

15. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Pgs—105

16. Varahagiri Venkata Giri Pgs—111

17. Kumarasami Kamaraj Pgs—115

18. Mother Teresa Pgs—119

19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Pgs—125

20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pgs—133

21. Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran Pgs—141

22. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Pgs—145

23. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Pgs—152

24. Rajiv Gandhi Pgs—157

25. Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel Pgs—164

26. Morarji Desai Pgs—172

27. Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad Pgs—177

28. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Pgs—184

29. Satyajit Ray Pgs—192

30. Gulzarilal Nanda Pgs—196

31. Aruna Asaf Ali Pgs—200

32. Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Pgs—205

33. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi Pgs—212

34. Chidambaram Subramaniam Pgs—220

35. Jayaprakash Narayan Pgs—225

36. Amartya Kumar Sen Pgs—235

37. Gopinath Bordoloi Pgs—239

38. Pandit Ravishankar Pgs—243

39. Lata Mangeshkar Pgs—248

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan Pgs—256

41. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Pgs—262

42. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Pgs—268

43. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Pgs—272

44. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Pgs—278

45. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Pgs—287

Appendix ‘A’: Highest Awards of Important Countries Pgs—294

Appendix ‘B’: Important Honours and Awards by the Government of India Pgs—295

Appendix ‘C’: Important Honours and Awards in India Pgs—297

Appendix ‘D’: World’s Important Honours and Awards Pgs—299

Appendix ‘E’: Recipients of Bharat Ratna Pgs—301

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