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About Karpuri Thakur:
- He served two terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
- Popularly known as Jan Nayak.
- He participated in the freedom struggle and was also jailed for it.
- His major decisions:
- removing English as a compulsory subject for the matriculation examinations.
- prohibition of alcohol.
- preferential treatment for unemployed engineers in government contracts.
Why in news?
- Recently, the Government of India announced Bharat Ratna (Posthumously) for Karpuri Thakur.
