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Who are the only non Indians awarded India's highest Civilian award Bharat Ratna?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (born on 6 February 1890 into a prosperous Sunni Muslim Pashtun family from Utmanzai, in the Peshawar Valley of British India's Punjab province. His father, Abdul Bahram Khan, was a land owner in Hashtnagar. Abdul Ghaffar Khan was an Afghan Political leader and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism, he was a devout Muslim and an advocate for Hindu−Muslim unity)
And
Nelson Mandela (born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then part of South Africa's Cape Province. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa)
are the only two Non-Indian Bharat Ratna awardees till date.
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