Ex Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur Awarded Bharat Ratna Posthumously
Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur was awarded the nation’s highest honour, Bharat Ratna, posthumously by the President of India Droupadi Murmu this evening. The award comes 35 years after his death — Karpoori Thakur died on February 17, 1988. Dubbed Jan Nayak by many in the state, Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief…