Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be honored with Bharat Ratna posthumously

Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be honored with Bharat Ratna posthumously

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Category : Awards Published on: January 25 2024

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  • Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be given Bharat Ratna. This big announcement has been made on the eve of his birth centenary on 24 January. 
  • Karpoori Thakur is called the messiah of the backwards.
  • Born in Samastipur, Bihar, Karpoori Thakur was the Chief Minister of Bihar twice. However, he never completed his term. 
  • He is known for clearing the way for reservation for backward classes.
  • He implemented the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission. For this, he had to sacrifice his government too. 
  • Apart from this, he also made many radical changes in the education system of Bihar. 
  • During his tenure as deputy chief minister, he abolished the requirement of passing English in the matriculation examination. 
  • Karpoori Thakar was also the CM of Bihar twice and the Deputy CM once. He was the first Chief Minister of Bihar who was not from the Congress. 
  • He won the assembly election for the first time in 1952. 
  • He considered Jayaprakash Narayan as an ideal. After becoming a minister in the government in 1970, he announced free education up to the eighth standard. He gave Urdu the status of second official language.
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