Who is the first non Indian to receive the "Bharat Ratrna"?

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answered Feb 28, 2022 by Kratikaathwar (115k points)
selected Feb 28, 2022 by AvantikaJha

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

The correct answer is Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan is the first non-Indian to receive the "Bharat Ratna" award.
The first two Non-Indians who received the Bharat Ratna are- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan(1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990).
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in 1985.
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as Badshah Khan and “Sarhadi Gandhi” and Frontier Gandhi.
He founded the Khudai Khidmatgar. It was based on a belief in the power of Gandhi’s notion of Satyagraha,

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