Multiple choice

Who among the following non-Indians was conferred India's highest national award 'Bharat Ratna'?

  1. Sam Nujoma

  2. Martin Luther King

  3. Zubin Mehta

  4. Nelson Mandela

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Explanation

Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President of South Africa, was awarded India's highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna in 1990 for his fight against racial discrimination and apartheid. He was one of the few non-Indians to receive this prestigious award.

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