Bharat Ratna Awardees
Bharat Ratna is the India's highest civilian
award. This award was established by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President
of Free India on 2nd January in the year 1954.
List of Bharat Ratna winners
S.No Name Awarded Notes Indian state or country of origin
1. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954 Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher. Tamil Nadu
2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1954 Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu
3. Sir C. V. Raman 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu
4. Bhagwan Das 1955 Literature, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 1955 Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore
6. Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh
7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh nowUttarakhand
8. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 Educationist, Social Reformer, Maharashtra
9. Dr. B. C. Roy 1961 Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal West Bengal
10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 Freedom Fighter, Educationist Uttar Pradesh
11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962 First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Bihar
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh
13. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Maharashtra
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
15. Indira Gandhi 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh
16. V. V. Giri 1975 Former President, Trade Unionist. Orissa
17. K. Kamaraj 1976 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu
18. Mother Teresa 1980 Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). Republic of Macedonia
19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1983 Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Fighter. Maharashtra
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Pakistan
21. M. G. Ramachandran 1988 Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Sri Lanka
22. B. R. Ambedkar 1990 Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Maharashtra
23. Nelson Mandela 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, South Africa
24. Rajiv Gandhi 1991 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister New Delhi
25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1991 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Gujarat
26. Morarji Desai 1991 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Gujarat
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Education Minister of India West Bengal
28. J. R. D. Tata 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra
29. Satyajit Ray 1992 Film Director ,Oscar winner West Bengal
30. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997 Former President, Scientist. Tamil Nadu
31. Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Punjab
32. Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal
33. M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998 Carnatic music vocalist. Tamil Nadu
34. Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture (Father of Green revolution). Tamil Nadu
35. Jayaprakash Narayan 1998 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Bihar
36. Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999 Classical sitar player. Uttar Pradesh
37. Amartya Sen 1999 Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. West Bengal
38. Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 Posthumous, freedom fighter Assam
39. Lata Mangeshkar 2001 Play back singer. Maharashtra
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan 2001 Classical Shehnai Maestro Bihar
41. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 2008 Hindustani classical vocalist Karnataka
List of Bharat Ratna winners
S.No Name Awarded Notes Indian state or country of origin
1. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954 Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher. Tamil Nadu
2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1954 Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu
3. Sir C. V. Raman 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu
4. Bhagwan Das 1955 Literature, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 1955 Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore
6. Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh
7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh nowUttarakhand
8. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 Educationist, Social Reformer, Maharashtra
9. Dr. B. C. Roy 1961 Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal West Bengal
10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 Freedom Fighter, Educationist Uttar Pradesh
11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962 First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Bihar
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh
13. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Maharashtra
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
15. Indira Gandhi 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh
16. V. V. Giri 1975 Former President, Trade Unionist. Orissa
17. K. Kamaraj 1976 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu
18. Mother Teresa 1980 Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). Republic of Macedonia
19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1983 Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Fighter. Maharashtra
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Pakistan
21. M. G. Ramachandran 1988 Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Sri Lanka
22. B. R. Ambedkar 1990 Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Maharashtra
23. Nelson Mandela 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, South Africa
24. Rajiv Gandhi 1991 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister New Delhi
25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1991 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Gujarat
26. Morarji Desai 1991 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Gujarat
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Education Minister of India West Bengal
28. J. R. D. Tata 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra
29. Satyajit Ray 1992 Film Director ,Oscar winner West Bengal
30. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997 Former President, Scientist. Tamil Nadu
31. Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Punjab
32. Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal
33. M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998 Carnatic music vocalist. Tamil Nadu
34. Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture (Father of Green revolution). Tamil Nadu
35. Jayaprakash Narayan 1998 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Bihar
36. Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999 Classical sitar player. Uttar Pradesh
37. Amartya Sen 1999 Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. West Bengal
38. Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 Posthumous, freedom fighter Assam
39. Lata Mangeshkar 2001 Play back singer. Maharashtra
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan 2001 Classical Shehnai Maestro Bihar
41. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 2008 Hindustani classical vocalist Karnataka
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