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Former Prime Minister of the country Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao Garu, and Dr MS Swaminathan will be conferred with Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
Monkomb Sambasivan Swaminathan, 98, passed away last year on September 28. Called the ‘Father of the Green Revolution’, he played a major role in the set of changes introduced in farming in the 1960s and ‘70s. Here is all you need to know.