who was the first person of Maharashtra to receive Bharat Ratna award??
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Dhondo Keshavarao Karve was the first person of Maharastra to receive Bharat Ratna award
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◉The first ever person from Maharastra to recieve the Highest civillian award of our country "Bharat Ratna"
☛Refer the attachment for his potrait⚜
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❋About Dr. karve
♦️ He recieved the award for his contributions towards social services especially he had focused on Women's Education.
♦️He also came up with the idea of remarriage of Hindu widows. Basically he focused mostly on Justice of women.
♦️IT'S SHOCKING BUT TRUE!!! Dr.karve founded an association for widow remarriages and in the same year, he married a widow as his first wife died in 1891.
♦️He also made an educational institution for widows.
♦️He also put efforts on village primary education, thus established many educational institutions.
♦️AGAIN, An Interesting fact, Dr.karve recieved the Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday . He also wrote his autobiography called, "Atmavirta".
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❋About The Gem," Bharat Ratna"
☘The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award being given to people with exceptional achievements in the field of arts, Public services, Science, sports, literature etc.
☘It is an gold medal inscribed in an palm leaf shaded plate, Where bharat ratna in hindi is written below gold medal and our national emblem on backside.
☘It is worn with a white ribbon around the neck.
☘The first Ever Bharat Ratna was recieved by Dr.CV Raman, the famous scientist for his Raman effect theory.
☘Other than Indians, Some foreigners also got Bharat Ratna, They were - Nelson Mandela and Khan Abul Gaffar khan.