New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, PM Narendra Modi announced on Friday.

In a series of posts on X, PM Modi announced that government has decided to honour Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh and MS Swaminathan with Bharat Ratna.

The government had earlier announced the country's highest civilian honour for L K Advani and Karpoori Thakur.

"It is a matter of immense joy that the Government of India is conferring the Bharat Ratna on Dr. MS Swaminathan Ji, in recognition of his monumental contributions to our nation in agriculture and farmers' welfare. He played a pivotal role in helping India achieve self-r...