Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel was a great but neglected icon of the Indian National
Congress. For half a century, Jawaharlal Nehru and his descendants spared him
no time. The nation’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954
and it was first awarded to C. Rajagopalachari and M. Visweswaraiah. The
following year, very appropriately, Jawaharlal Nehru received this award. Lal
Bahadur Shastri became the first posthumous recipient in 1956. By 1990, 25
people, mostly political leaders, received this award.
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