- On January 22, Rashtrapati Bhavan announced in its release that prominent socialist leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur would be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna.
- The announcement of conferring India's highest civilian award on Karpoori Thakur has been made a day before his 100th birth anniversary.
- He was a prominent socialist leader. Thakur is also revered by his followers as 'Jananayak', who was known for his efforts to strengthen the backward castes.
- He was born on 24 January 1924 and died on 17 February 1988. Thakur was jailed during the Quit India Movement against British rule.
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