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Bharat Ratna: ‘Jannayak’ Karpoori Thakur, a mentor to stalwarts like Lalu, Nitish
Born in 1924, Thakur went on to become the Chief Minister in the 1970s and his tenure is best remembered for introducing reservations for the backward classes, besides the state's first brush with prohibition. He died in 1988.