How many Bharat Ratna awards were given in 2024, and what record did this set?
- 3 awards — matching the usual annual maximum
- 4 awards — equalling the 1999 record
- 6 awards — highest ever, surpassing the record of 5 in 2014
- 5 awards — highest ever, surpassing the record of 4 in 1999
Answer: 5 awards — the highest number conferred in a single year, surpassing the previous record of 4 in 1999
In 2024, five individuals received the Bharat Ratna: Karpoori Thakur, L.K. Advani, P.V. Narasimha Rao, M.S. Swaminathan, and Chaudhary Charan Singh. Four of the five were posthumous; only L.K. Advani was living. This broke the record set in 1999, when four were given: Jayaprakash Narayan, Amartya Sen, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Ravi Shankar.