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INDIA 2012
A REFERENCE ANNUAL
Compiled by
RESEARCH, REFERENCE AND TRAINING DIVISION
PUBLICATIONS DIVISION
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Bharat Ratna :
The highest civilion award. It is given for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science and in recognition of public service of the highest order. Since its inception in 1954, 41 persons have been decorated with Bharat Ratna so far.
RECIPIENTS OF BHARAT RATNA
S. No. Name Awarded in
1. Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) 1954
2. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 1954
3. Dr Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman (1888-1970) 1954
4. Dr Bhagwan Das (1869-1958) 1955
5. Dr Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962) 1955
6. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) 1955
7. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961) 1957
8. Dr Dhondo Keshave Karve (1858-1962) 1958
9. Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962) 1961
10. Shri Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962) 1961
11. Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) 1962
12. Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 1963
13. Dr Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972) 1963
14. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) (1904-1966) 1966
15. Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 1971
16. Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980) 1975
17. Shri Kumaraswami Kamraj (Posthumous) (1903-1975) 1976
18. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (1910-1997) 1980
19. Shri Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982) 1983
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) 1987
21. Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous) (1917-1987) 1988
22. Dr Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) (1891-1956) 1990
23. Dr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918) 1990
24. Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991) 1991
25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950) 1991
26. Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995) 1991
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) (1888-1958) 1992
28. Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993) 1992
29. Shri Satyajit Ray (Posthumous) (1922-1992) 1992
30. Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda (Posthumous) (1898-1997) 1997
31. Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) (1909-1996) 1997
32. Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b-1931) 1997
33. Smt. Madurai Sanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (1916-2005) 1998
34. Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000) 1998
35. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) (1902-1979) 1999
36. Professor Amartya Sen (b-1933) 1999
37. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) 1999
38. Pandit Ravi Shankar (b-1920) 1999
39. Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (b-1929) 2001
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) 2001
41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922-201) 2009