Sachin Tendulkar

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar on February 4, 2014.

'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.