The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954,the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order",without distinction of race,occupation,position or gender. The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts,literature,science,and public services,but the Government of India expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavor" in December 2011. The recommendations for the award are made by the Prime Minister to the President. The recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal leaf-shaped medallion. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence.
Uma Bharti is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age,unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989,she successfully contested the Khajuraho seat,and retained it in elections conducted in 1991,1996 and 1998. In 1999,she switched constituencies and won the Bhopal seat.
Bundelkhand is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central &North India. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,with the larger portion lying in the latter state.
Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha is a political party in India. The film star Raja Bundela is the president of the party. The party struggles for the creation of a Bundelkhand state. In the Lok Sabha elections 2004 Bundela stood on an Indian National Congress ticket in Jhansi,the "capital" of Bundelkhand. Bundela got 104 584 votes (12.76%).
Jhansi is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand,on the banks of the Pahuj River,in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi district and Jhansi division. Also called the Gateway to Bundelkhand,Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of 285 m (935 ft). It is about 420 kilometres (261 mi) from national capital New Delhi,101 kilometres from Gwalior and 315 kilometres (196 mi) from state capital Lucknow.
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April –10 May 2004,which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 8 sitting members from Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of Indian Parliament,were elected to 14th Lok Sabha after the 2004 Indian general election.
Rashtriya Samanata Dal,a political party in India,based in the Hindi belt. The party is led by Moti Lal Kushwaha "Shastri".
Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded by many as the greatest field hockey player in world history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats,in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals,in 1928,1932 and 1936,during an era where India dominated field hockey. His influence extended beyond these victories,as India won the field hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964.
Lalitpur is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lalitpur district is a part of Jhansi Division. Lalitpur is the main town and administrative headquarters. The district occupies an area of 5,039 km2.
Chandrapal Singh Yadav is an Indian politician who was as a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India. Yadav was recently elected as a president of the I.C.A - Asia Pacific region. He was previously a member of the 14th Lok Sabha for the Jhansi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1996 and 2001.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38,he is the youngest person to have held the office till date. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha. He is the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party in 18th Lok Sabha. Earlier,he was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha,before resigning and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.
Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar was a prominent Indian freedom fighter,notable pleader &a social leader from Jhansi,Uttar Pradesh who took an active part in the Indian National Movement and Salt March and held many responsible positions in Indian politics including Member of the Parliament of India and Constituent Assembly in 1952.
Nawab Singh Chauhan was an Indian politician. He was member of the 6th Lok Sabha from the Aligarh constituency. He used the pen name "Kanj" as poet.
Vishambhar Prasad Nishad is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party,He is also an advocate,an agriculturist,and a social worker. He served as a cabinet minister of the Uttar Pradesh government three times and became a member of parliament for Fatehpur in the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996.
Jhansi Nagar is the 223rd constituency of 403 elected constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It belongs to the general category. It falls under the Jhansi Lok Sabha seat and Jhansi district. The first M.L.A. of Jhansi,Atma Ram Govind Kher was speaker of the Uttar Pradesh assembly three times.
Pradeep Kumar is an Indian politician and member of the 13th,16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. In 2017 he represented the Gangoh constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is elected as Member of Parliament in 17th Lok sabha from Kairana seat. Pradeep Choudhary's father Late Master Kanwarpal Singh remained for 3 terms MLA. Pradeep Choudhary is also titled with.
Saroj Dubey was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh in 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. However,later after the break-up of the Janata Dal,She joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal and was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India representing Bihar. Her son Anurag Dubey and daughter-in-law Anu Dubey are Supreme Court lawyers. Her grandson Aditya Dubey is an environmental activist. Her granddaughter Anoushka Tiwari is studying Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University,USA.
Chaudhary Digambar Singh was member of 3rd Lok Sabha from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh State,India.
Anurag Sharma is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Jhansi-Lalitpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
