Jan 23, 2024, 11:06PM ISTSource: TOI.in
Late former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. PM Modi said he was delighted that Karpoori Thakur will be awarded India’s highest civilian honour. Karpoori Thakur was imprisoned during the Quit India Movement. He won his first election in 1952 and never lost a single poll in his political career. Karpoori Thakur served as chief minister from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. He died on February 17, 1988.