- President Draupadi Murmu presented Bharat Ratna awards to former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, former Bihar Chief Minister Karpuri Thakur, eminent scientist MS Swaminathan and Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani.
- PV Narasimha Rao, Choudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan and Karpoori Thakur received this award posthumously.
- Lal Krishna Advani will be honored with Bharat Ratna at his residence.
- P V Prabhakar Rao received the award from the President on behalf of his father P V Narasimha Rao.
- Chaudhary Charan Singh's grandson and Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary accepted the honor from the President.
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