Wednesday 5 February 2014

Yesterday two legends are conferred as “Bharat Ratna”, Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao.


"Bharat Ratna" Sachin Tendulkar

NEW DELHI: Legendary athlete Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist CNR Rao were presented with the Republic of India Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee in a very scintillating ceremony in the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tues.

The two joined the list of 41 eminent personalities, Whoare presented with the Republic of India Ratna in recognition for his or her contribution to the society.

Tendulkar, Who was appointive to the Rajya Sabha last year, is that the initial sportsperson and also the youngest recipient of the award.

Rao, 79, is that the 4th scientist when C.V. Raman, M. Visvesvaraya and former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to induce the Republic of India Ratna.

Tendulkar, Who retired from all types of cricket last November, is that the one most accomplished cricketers within the world, finishing his illustrious career with a good clutch of records. He has 15,921 runs from a record 200 take a look at matches at a mean of 53.58 and 51 centuries.

Tendulkar, 40, finished his ODI career last December simply minutes before the team for West Pakistan was declared. He has scored 18,426 runs from 463 ODIs with a mean of 44.83 as well as 49 centuries. He was additionally the primary to attain a double hundred within the 50-over format
 
 Rao is one in every of India's most famous scientists and is thought for his add solid state and structural chemistry and has contributed vastly to the sphere within the last 5 decades. he's the unearned president of Bangalore's Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced research project, that he based in 1989.




Rao was additionally appointed the chairman of the Scientific consultative Council to the Prime Minister in Jan 2005. he's additionally the director of the International Center for Materials Science (ICMS).

The government had last year modified the nomination criteria for the Republic of India Ratna to incorporate sportsperson. Legendary participant Dhyan Chand was additionally counseled for the award however Tendulkar was most popular.

National honours for Tendulkar:


1994: mythical being Award, in recognition of his outstanding action in sports.
1997-98: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor given for action in sports.
1999: Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.
2008: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
2014: Republic of India Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

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