Bharat Ratna Winner
Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award. The award was first awarded in the year 1954. The award consist of Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor. The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year. It is also not mandatory that Bharat Ratna be awarded every year. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence.
| Name | Birth-Death | Awarded | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakravarti Rajgopalachari | 1878-1972 | 1954 | Last Governor-General and Independence activist |
| C. V. Raman | 1888-1970 | 1954 | Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1888-1975 | 1954 | First Vice President and Philosopher |
| Bhagwan Das | 1869-1958 | 1955 | Indian Theosophist and Public figure |
| Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya | 1861-1962 | 1955 | Engineer, scholar and the Diwan of Mysore |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | 1889-1964 | 1955 | First Prime Minister, Independence activist and Author |
| Govind Ballabh Pant | 1887-1961 | 1957 | Indian politician and independence activist |
| Dhondo Keshav Karve | 1858-1962 | 1958 | Social reformer |
| Bidhan Chandra Roy | 1882-1962 | 1961 | Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal |
| Purushottam Das Tandon | 1882-1962 | 1961 | Freedom fighter |
| Rajendra Prasad | 1884-1963 | 1962 | First President and Independence activist |
| Zakir Hussain | 1897-1969 | 1963 | Independence activist and Scholar |
| Pandurang Vaman Kane | 1880-1972 | 1963 | Indologist and Sanskrit scholar |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1904-1966 | 1966 | Second Prime Minister, First Posthumously Given |
| Indira Gandhi | 1917-1984 | 1971 | Third Prime Minister |
| V. V. Giri | 1894-1980 | 1975 | Fourth President |
| K. Kamaraj | 1903-1975 | 1976 | Independence activist and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State |
| Mother Teresa | 1910-1997 | 1980 | Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize Winner |
| Vinoba Bhave | 1895-1982 | 1983 | Advocate of nonviolence and human rights |
| Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1890-1988 | 1987 | Independence activist and First non-citizen to received award |
| M. G. Ramachandran | 1917-1987 | 1988 | Actor, director, producer, and politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu |
| B. R. Ambedkar | 1891-1956 | 1990 | First law minister and Principal architect of the Constitution of India |
| Nelson Mandela | 1918-2013 | 1990 | South African politician and President of South Africa |
| Rajiv Gandhi | 1944-1991 | 1991 | Sixth Prime Minister |
| Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875-1950 | 1991 | First Home Minister and Independence activist |
| Morarji Desai | 1896-1995 | 1991 | Fourth Prime Minister |
| Abul Kalam Azad | 1888-1958 | 1992 | First Minister of Education |
| J. R. D. Tata | 1904-1993 | 1992 | Business magnate |
| Satyajit Ray | 1922-1992 | 1992 | Filmmaker and Oscar Winner |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1931-2015 | 1997 | Indian scientist |
| Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898-1998 | 1997 | Independence activist |
| Aruna Asaf Ali | 1908-1996 | 1997 | Independence activist |
| M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916-2004 | 1998 | Carnatic vocalist |
| Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1910-2000 | 1998 | Minister of Agriculture |
| Jayaprakash Narayan | 1902-1979 | 1999 | Independence activist and political leader |
| Ravi Shankar | 1920-2012 | 1999 | Musician,composer and Sitar player |
| Amartya Sen | 1933 | 1999 | Economist and Nobel Prize Winner |
| Gopinath Bordoloi | 1890-1950 | 1999 | Independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam |
| Lata Mangeshkar | 1929 | 2001 | Playback singer |
| Bismillah Khan | 1916-2006 | 2001 | Hindustani classical shehnai player |
| Bhimsen Joshi | 1922-2011 | 2008 | Hindustani classical vocalist |
| C. N. R. Rao | 1922-2011 | 2014 | Scientist |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1973 | 2014 | Cricketer |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1924-2018 | 2015 | Former Prime Minister |
| Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya | 1861-1946 | 2015 | Educationist and Politician |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 1935 | 2019 | Former President |
| Bhupen Hazarika | 1926-2011 | 2019 | Playback singer, Lyricist, Musician |
| Nanaji Deshmukh | 1916-2010 | 2019 | Social Activist |
| Karpoori Thakur | 1924-1988 | 2024 | Former CM of Bihar |
| L. K. Advani | 1927- | 2024 | Deputy PM of India |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1921-2004 | 2024 | Former PM of India |
| Charan Singh | 1902-1987 | 2024 | Former PM of India |
| M. S. Swaminathan | 1925-2023 | 2024 | Agricultural scientist |
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