India

M. S. Swaminathan: national honours

Indian agricultural scientist.²

Honours

• Bharat Ratna PosthumousBharat Ratna · 30 March 2024

  Received by his daughter Nitya Rao.

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Sources

1. President's Secretariat, Government of India (Padma Awards portal), Bharat Ratna notifications No. 22-Pres/2024 and No. 23-Pres/2024 (30 March 2024)
2. Scroll.in, President confers Bharat Ratna on ex-PMs PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, two others posthumously (30 March 2024)