Noted social activist Nanaji Deshmukh will be posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna, by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday.

The veteran activist, who passed away in 2010, was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and has established a chain of RSS-inspired schools throughout the country. He was also honored with the Padma Vibhushan earlier and is being awarded the honour with former president Pranab Mukherjee and posthumously with noted Assamese singer Bhupendra Hazarika.