Bharat Ratna for Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya

Ending of 2014, the time of celebrations, to welcome the new year and the time to award the best performances by people in different sectors, whether it is the movies or office or even politics. Adding to the list, this year the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India is announced and it will be awarded to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya.

Bharat Ratna is the recognition of exceptional service or performance of the highest order for the achievements in the field of arts, literature, science and public services and also to any field of human endeavour.

Here are the most important achievements by the two Bharat Ratna winners

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ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE

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One of the finest Prime Minister of india and the first prime minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term. Vajpayee made us all proud with his Hindi speech at the United Nations General assembly. Whoever say the speech was sure to have held up their heads in pride. He held prestigious positions  in Indian politics, hence serving Indian Parliment for almost 5 decades.

Here is a little more to learn about our Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA

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Call him an educationist or a politician, he served justice to both the roles he played. Madan Mohan Malaviya was the founder of one of the largest residential universities in Asia and as well as the world. The University, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was founded at Varanasi in 1916. Today the university constitutes over 20,000 students. He worked to promote the equality of men and women. He worked for the eradication of untouchability and also for the development of communal amity. His aim was to see communities live in mutual goodwill and harmony.

Here are a few achievements of Bharat Ratna Madan Mohan Malaviya we should know.