Bharat Ratna award for Atal Behari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya

#bharatratna #atalbeharivajpayee #MadanMohanMalviya India has conferred the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and freedom fighter and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya who had founded the Benares Hindu University (BHU).
Their names had been sent by the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Pranab Mukherjee for final approval.
The Centre's announcement on this prestigious award has come one day ahead of the veteran BJP leader Vajpayee's birthday, which falls on December 25. He will be 90-years-old.
Al political leaders irrespective of party affiliations have hailed the decision.
Incidentally, the Bharat Ratna Award was instituted on January 2, 1954 and is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. As on date, 43 illustrious men and women have been honored with the prestigious award, including leading politician C Rajagopalachari, scientist C V Raman and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Birthdays of Bollywood babes and a few others in November

November is the month when a number of Bollywood babes have their birthdays and within the first week it is the turn of Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachhan.
For Shah Rukh Khan, it was his 49th birthday this year and King Khan, also known as SRK, celebrated it in style at his residence in Mannat in Mumbai.
As to Aishwarya Rai Bachhan, she celebrated her 41st birthday in Mumbai but has plans for her daughter who would turn three on 16th November – lucky girl Aradhaya shares the same birthday with her mother.

Nita Ambani, wife of Mukesh Ambani and sister-in-law of Tina Ambani also has her birthday in November, on 1st November to be precise. And, this year, she made it a special one because it was her 50th birthday and she made it special by hosting it in the holy city of Varanasi, the city that has been adopted by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.