Karpuri Thakur- Bharat Ratna : 24 Jan 2024

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.