Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announced that his government in Maharashtra has officially recommended star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s name for India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Today in the Assembly Chavan said, “We felicitated both players from the state after the World Cup. From that time plans were on to recommend the name of the son of the soil, the son of Maharashtra for the Bharat Ratna for his outstanding achievements in cricket and for being a role model to the younger generation of this country”.
Last month Sachin Tendulkar completed much awaited century of centuries.
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