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Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna ?
1. Martin Kuther King
2. Mother Teresa
3. Khan Abdul Gaffar khan
4. Nelson Mandela

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Mother Teresa

The correct answer is Mother Teresa.

  • Mother Teresa was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1980.
    • "Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta" was a catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
    • She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work in 1979 and was beatified on 19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II and canonized on 4 September 2016 by Pope Francis.
  • Other than her, Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan (also known as Frontier Gandhi), a citizen of Pakistan was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1987.
    • He was widely known as "Frontier Gandhi", an independent activist and Pashtun leader Khan was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
    • He joined Khilafat Movement in 1920 and founded Khudai Khidmatgar ("Red Shirt movement") in 1929.
  • South African President Nelson Mandela was another non-Indian who was conferred Bharat Ratna by the Indian government in 1990.
    • He was the leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, Mandela was the President of South Africa (1994–99).
    • Often called the "Gandhi of South Africa", Mandela's African National Congress movement was influenced by Gandhian philosophy.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., is known for his contributions to the American civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    • His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in 1963, in which he spoke of his dream of the United States that is void of segregation and racism.
    • At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

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