As we know that how much prestigious to getting Bharat Ratna awards. A Bharat Ratna award is giving for performance in highest order in any field of human Endeavour. In 1954, this award was introduced and till 2014 only 45 legends were received this award.
Prime Minister of India recommends the name for Bharat Ratna to President of India and only 3 Bharat Ratna awards can be made in a year.
Bharat Ratna Award Winners
|
No. |
Name |
Awarded Year |
About |
|
1 |
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
1954 |
Independence Activist, Last Governor General |
|
2 |
Sir C.V Raman |
1954 |
Physicist , Nobel Prize Winner ( 1930 ) |
|
3 |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
1954 |
Philosopher, India’s First Vice President (1952-1962), and India’s Second President(1962-1967) |
|
4 |
Bhagvan Das |
1955 |
Independence activist, author |
|
5 |
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya |
1955 |
Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore |
|
6 |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1955 |
Independence activist, author, First Prime Minister (1947-1964) |
|
7 |
Govind Ballabh Pant |
1957 |
Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister |
|
8 |
Dhondo Keshav Karve |
1958 |
Educator, social reformer |
|
9 |
Bidhan Chandra Roy |
1961 |
Physician, Chief Minister Of West Bengal |
|
10 |
Purushottam Das Tandon |
1961 |
Independence activist, educator |
|
11 |
Rajendra Prasad |
1962 |
Independence activist, jurist, First President (1950-1962) |
|
12 |
Zakir Hussain |
1963 |
Independence activist, Scholar, Third President (1967-1969) |
|
13 |
Pandurang Vaman Kane |
1963 |
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar |
|
14 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
1966 |
Posthumous, independence activist, Second Prime Minister (1964-1966) |
|
15 |
Indira Gandhi |
1971 |
Third Prime Minister (1980-1984) |
|
16 |
V.V. Giri |
1975 |
Trade unionist and Fourth President (1969) |
|
17 |
K. Kamaraj |
1976 |
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State |
|
18 |
Mother Teresa |
1980 |
Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity |
|
19 |
Vinoba Bhave |
1983 |
Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist |
|
20 |
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
1987 |
First non-citizen, independence activist |
|
21 |
M.G. Ramchandran |
1988 |
Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu |
|
22 |
B.R. Ambedkar |
1990 |
Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar |
|
23 |
Nelson Mandela |
1990 |
Second non-citizen and non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement |
|
24 |
Rajiv Gandhi |
1991 |
Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister (1984-1989) |
|
25 |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
1991 |
Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister(1947-1950) |
|
26 |
Morarji Desai |
1991 |
Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister(1977-1979) |
|
27 |
Abul Kalam Azad |
1992 |
Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education |
|
28 |
J. R. D. Tata |
1992 |
Industrialist and philanthropist |
|
29 |
Satyajit Ray |
1992 |
Bengali Filmmaker |
|
30 |
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
1997 |
Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India |
|
31 |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
1997 |
Independence activist, interim Prime Minister |
|
32 |
Aruna Asaf Ali |
1997 |
Posthumous, independence activist |
|
33 |
M.S. Subbulakshmi |
1998 |
Carnatic classical singer |
|
34 |
Chidambaram Subramaniam |
1998 |
Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture |
|
35 |
Jayaprakash Narayan |
1999 |
Posthumous, independence activist and politician |
|
36 |
Ravi Shankar |
1999 |
Sitar Player |
|
37 |
Amartya Sen |
1999 |
Economist |
|
38 |
Gopinath Bardoloi |
1999 |
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam |
|
39 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
2001 |
Playback singer |
|
40 |
Bismillah Khan |
2001 |
Hindustani Classical Shehnai Player |
|
41 |
Bhimsen Joshi |
2008 |
Hindustani Classical Singer |
|
42 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
2014 |
Indian Cricketer, First Sportsman and Youngest Indian who got Bharat Ratna, |
|
43 |
Prof. C.N.R Rao |
2014 |
Chemist |
|
44 |
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
2014 |
Educationist and politician |
|
45 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
2014 |
Former Prime Minister of India (1996), (1998), (1999-2004) |
|
45 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
2015 |
Former Prime Minister of India (1996), (1998), (1999-2004) |
|
45 |
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
2015 |
Scholar and educational reforme |
|
45 |
Pranab Mukherjee |
2015 |
Served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017 |
|
45 |
Bhupen Hazarika |
2019 |
Hazarika was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet and film-maker |
|
45 |
Nanaji Deshmukh |
2019 |
A social activist from India |