President Ram Nath Kovind confers Bharat Ratna (posthumously) to a family member of late social activist Nanaji Deshmukh during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visiting an exhibition on the theme “Technology & Rural life”, during the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Nanaji Deshmukh, at IARI, in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visiting an exhibition on the theme “Technology & Rural life”, during the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Nanaji Deshmukh, at IARI, in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Nanaji Deshmukh Plant Phenomix Centre at PUSA during his birth centenary celebrations in New Delhi. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during birth centenary celebration of Nanaji Deshmukh at Pusa in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during birth centenary celebration of Nanaji Deshmukh at Pusa in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a postage stamp during birth centenary celebrations of Nanaji Deshmukh at Pusa in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Nanaji Deshmukh at his birth centenary celebration at Pusa in New Delhi.
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lights a lamp at 7th Nanaji memorial lecture, in New Delhi.
‘I bow to Loknayak JP on his Jayanti. He valiantly fought for India's freedom,’ Prime Minister Modi said. Social activist Jayaprakash Narayan popularly known as ‘JP’, was born on this day in 1902.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika will be conferred the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.
For him, politics was not an end in itself, he made it meaningful. When he stepped into Chitrakoot, he was already 75 years old. In a brief period he demonstrated the viability of a self-reliant village community.