Karpoori Thakur

Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was an Indianpolitician who twice served as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar, first from December 1970 to June 1971, and then from June 1977 to April 1979. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak (transl. people's leader). On 26 January 2024, he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, by the Government of India. This was announced by the President of IndiaDraupadi Murmu on 23 January 2024.