Question

Q: who is the first non indian to receive the bharat ratna

Answer 1

Nelson Mandela was the first non Indian to be awarded with the Bharat Ratna.

Answer 2

There is no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens. It has been awarded to a naturalised Indian citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan in 1987 and the former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1990.