List of the Bharat Ratna Recipients
Year | Name of Recipient | Any Note |
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1954 | C. Rajagopalachari | The only Indian and last Governor-General of independent India |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | India's first Vice-President (1952–62) and second President (1962–67). His birthday on 5 September is observed as "Teachers' Day" in India. | |
C. V. Raman | Known for the discovery of "Raman scattering". Second Indian to be awarded the Nobel Prize (1930) | |
1955 | Bhagwan Das | Co-founder of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith and worked with Madan Mohan Malaviya for the foundation of Banaras Hindu University. |
M. Visvesvaraya | He was a Civil engineer. His birthday, 15 September, is observed as "Engineer's Day". | |
Jawaharlal Nehru | The first and the longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947–64) | |
1957 | Govind Ballabh Pant | First Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve | He established the Widow Marriage Association (1883), Hindu Widows Home (1896), and started Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University in 1916 |
1961 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | Second Chief Minister of West Bengal. His birthday on 1 July is observed as National Doctors' Day. |
Purushottam Das Tandon | - | |
1962 | Rajendra Prasad | The first President of India (1950–62) |
1963 | Zakir Husain | Second Vice-President (1962–67) and the third President of India (1967–69) |
Pandurang Vaman Kane | - | |
1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | Known for his slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" ("Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer"). Second Prime Minister of India (1964–66) and led the country during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.The first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. |
1971 | Indira Gandhi | Known as the Iron Lady of India. First woman PM of India. She was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. |
1975 | V. V. Giri | First acting President and Fourth President of India (1969–74) |
1976 | K. Kamaraj | - |
1980 | Mother Teresa | A catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. |
1983 | Vinoba Bhave | He is known for Bhoodan movement, "Land-Gift Movement. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958. |
1987 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | Known as "Frontier Gandhi”. He joined Khilafat Movement in 1920 and founded Khudai Khidmatgar ("Red Shirt movement") in 1929.The first non-Indian to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. |
1988 | M. G. Ramachandran | - |
1990 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | The Chief architect of the Indian Constitution and the first Law Minister of India. He was associated with the Dalit Buddhist movement. |
Nelson Mandela | The second non-Indian person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.The President of South Africa (1994–99). Called as the Gandhi of South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. | |
1991 | Rajiv Gandhi | The sixth Prime Minister of India |
Vallabhbhai Patel | Known as the "Iron Man of India". First Deputy Prime Minister of India. | |
Morarji Desai | The fourth Prime Minister of India (1977–79). He is the only Indian to be awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, highest civilian of Pakistan. | |
1992 | Abul Kalam Azad | India's first Minister of Education and worked towards free primary education. Known as "Maulana Azad" and his birthday on 11 November is observed as National Education Day. |
J. R. D. Tata | Tata founded India's first airline Air India. The first and only Industrialist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna | |
Satyajit Ray | A film maker. He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1984 | |
1997 | Gulzarilal Nanda | He was two times interim Prime Minister of India (1964, 1966) |
Aruna Asaf Ali | - | |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Known as "Missile Man of India". He was involved in the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle SLV III and was the architect of Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. He served as the 11th President of India from (2002-2007) | |
1998 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Carnatic classical vocalist. The first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
Chidambaram Subramaniam | He is known for his contribution towards Green Revolution in India. | |
1999 | Jayaprakash Narayan | Famous as "Lok Nayak" ("People's Hero"). Narayan is known for "Total Revolution Movement" or "JP Movement". |
Amartya Sen | Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic (1998) | |
Gopinath Bordoloi | The first Chief Minister of Assam | |
Ravi Shankar | Sitar player | |
2001 | Lata Mangeshkar | Known as “Nightingale of India”. Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989. |
Bismillah Khan | Hindustani classical Shehnai Player | |
2009 | Bhimsen Joshi | Hindustani classical vocalist |
2014 | C. N. R. Rao | Scientist |
Sachin Tendulkar | Sportsperson | |
2015 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | Founder of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (1906) and Banaras Hindu University |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | The Prime Minister of India for three terms; 1996, 1998, 1999–2004. | |
2019 | Pranab Mukherjee | The 13th President of India (2012 – 2017) |
Bhupen Hazarika | Indian musician, poet and film-maker from Assam | |
Nanaji Deshmukh | Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh also known as Nanaji Deshmukh was a social activist from India |
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