Multiple choice

Who is the first foreigner to be rewarded with “Bharat Ratna”?

  1. Khan Abdul Gaffar khan

  2. Nelson Mandela

  3. Yasar Arafat

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known as 'Frontier Gandhi,' was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna in 1987. A prominent freedom fighter from the Northwest Frontier Province (now in Pakistan), he followed Gandhian principles of non-violence and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. After partition, he remained a Pakistani citizen but maintained strong ties to India.

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