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Who was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award ?

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Who was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award ?
posted Dec 9, 2015 by Nikhil Pandey

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Bharat Ratna Award has been awarded to a naturalized Indian citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan in 1987 and the late former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1990.

answer Dec 9, 2015 by Amit Kumar Pandey
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award.

answer Jan 31, 2016 by Anand Kumar Gupta
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