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Maharashtra government recommends Bharat Ratna for Mahatma Phule, Savitribai
Updated On: 07 August, 2018 07:59 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
He made the announcement while addressing a conference of Rashtriya OBC (Other Backward Castes) Mahasangh in Mumbai for conferring the country's highest civilian award on the Phule couple posthumously, over a century after they passed away
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Devendra Fadnavis
The Maharashtra government has recommended to the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna on the renowned 19th-century social reformers, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and his wife Savitribai, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Tuesday.
He made the announcement while addressing a conference of Rashtriya OBC (Other Backward Castes) Mahasangh in Mumbai for conferring the country's highest civilian award on the Phule couple posthumously, over a century after they passed away.
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