Beacon to Backward Classes, ‘Jan Nayak’ Karpoori Thakur to Be Awarded Bharat Ratna – News18

[ad_1] Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna posthumously, President Draupadi Murmu announced on January 23, a day before the 100th birth anniversary of the socialist icon. Born in the Nai Samaj in Pitonjhiya village of Samastipur, Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was popularly known…

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