President to present Bharat Ratna to family of Madan Mohan Malaviya today

March 30, 2015 08:42

President Pranab Mukherjee will be presenting the Bharat Ratna to the family of Pandit Madan Malaviya today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Earlier, on Friday, in a private ceremony, the President had conferred India's highest civilian honour on former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

President Mukherjee will also be presenting the Padma awards today in a function. Some of the noted personalities, who will be honoured are Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, LK Advani and Parkash Singh Badal.

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