For his services to the nation Sardar Patel was conferred with Bharat Ratna in 1991.
Some of the popular villages are Senguttaipalayam is the birth place of Bharat Ratna Chidambaram Subramaniam(commonly known as CS ), Senior Congressional leader, Father of Green Revolution in India, Former Minister of Finance and Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, Former Union Minister for Food, Agriculture and Finance, Government of India and Former Governor of Maharashtra State.
Ratnagiri has the distinction of being the native place of three Bharat Ratna awardees, namely Maharishi Karve, Lokmanya Tilak, Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
of Mysore, at the instance of the banking committee headed by the great Engineer-Statesman, Bharat Ratna Sir M.
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Bharat Ratna Bismillah Khan's family had played shehnai for generations in Naubatkhana, which overlooked palaces and temples, and enabled their music to be heard across the countryside.