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How many foreigners have received Bharat Ratna?

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How many foreigners have received Bharat Ratna?
posted May 22, 2019 by Pratiksha Shetty

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There is no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens. It has been awarded to a naturalised Indian citizen, Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan in 1987 and the former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1990.

answer May 23, 2019 by Deepika Jain
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