President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the cricketing legend Sachin Ramesh tendulkar and scientist Prof CNR Rao with Bharat ratna on February 4 at Rastrapati Bhawan
Tendulkar (40)is the first sportsman who will get honoured with the highest civilian award of the country.
The announcement was made after he retired from the International cricket after playing his 200th test match against West Indies in november last year.
Prof Rao(89) is a well recognized international authority on solid state and materials chemistry. The 89-year-old has published over 1,400 research papers and 45 books. His contributions have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships, and has been honoured with several national and international awards.
Tendulkar and Rao , both of whom are recipients of Padma Vibhushan–the country’s second highest civilian honour, join the list of 41 eminent personalities to get the award given in recognition of exceptional service for the country.
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