Which two non-Indian citizens have been awarded the Bharat Ratna?
- Mother Teresa (1980) and Nelson Mandela (1990)
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Mother Teresa (1980)
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990)
- Nelson Mandela (1990) and Dalai Lama (1989)
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pakistan, 1987) and Nelson Mandela (South Africa, 1990)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan — known as the Frontier Gandhi — was a Pashtun leader from Pakistan who received the award in 1987. Nelson Mandela of South Africa received it in 1990. Mother Teresa, though born in present-day North Macedonia, held Indian citizenship from 1950 and is therefore NOT counted as a non-citizen recipient.