Bharat Ratna

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Bharat Ratna

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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

The Times of India [1] arranged all Bharat Ratna awardees till 2013 by the age at which they were awarded the nation's highest honour.

See also

Padma awards