The article 'Bharat Ratna Award Winners - All You Need to Know' aims to provide an overview of the esteemed recipients from diverse backgrounds, who have made significant contributions and have become sources of inspiration for future generations.

The article 'Bharat Ratna Award Winners - All You Need to Know' aims to provide an overview of the esteemed recipients from diverse backgrounds, who have made significant contributions and have become sources of inspiration for future generations. The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India, bestowed upon individuals for exceptional contributions and achievements in various fields that have made a lasting impact on the nation.

The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954, and since then, it has been awarded to numerous luminaries from diverse backgrounds, including politics, science, arts, literature, and social activism. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, remarkable talents, and significant contributions to society that have uplifted the nation.

Recipients

Awarded in

About

Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

1954

Activist, statesman, and lawyer

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

1954

India’s first Vice-President and second President

Dr. ChandrasekharaVenkata Raman

1954

Physicists, mathematicians, and scientists

Dr. Bhagwan Das

1955

Activist, philosopher, and educationist

Dr.MokshagundamVisvesvaraya

1955

Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

1955

Activist and author served as the Prime Minister of India

Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant

1957

Activist and first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve

1958

Social reformer and educator

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

1961

Physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker

Shri Purushottam Das Tandon

1961

Activist and speaker of the United Provinces Legislative Assembly

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1962

Activist, lawyer, statesman, and scholar

Dr. Zakir Husain

1963

Activist, economist, and education philosopher served as a Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and the Governor of Bihar

Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane

1963

Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, known for his five-volume literary work

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri

1966

Activist and served as the second Prime Minister of India

Smt. Indira Gandhi

1971

First women Prime Minister of India

Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri

1975

Trade Unionist

Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj

1976

Independence activist and statesman, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa)

1980

Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.

Shri Acharya VinobaBhave

1983

Activist, social reformer, and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

1987

First noncitizen, independence activist

Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran

1988

Actor, Film Producer, Film Director, Politician, Philanthropist, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar

1990

Social reformer and leader of the Dalits

Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

1990

Leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, President of South Africa

Shri Rajiv Gandhi

1991

Ninth Prime Minister of India

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

1991

Activist and first Deputy Prime Minister of India

Shri MorarjiRanchhodji Desai

1991

Activist, and Prime Minister of India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

1992

Activist and first Minister of education

Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata

1992

Industrialist, philanthropist, and aviation pioneer

Shri Satyajit Ray

1992

Director, filmmaker, writer, novelist

Shri Gulzarilal Nanda

1997

Activist, and interim Prime Minister of India.

Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali

1997

Activist

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

1997

Aerospace and defense scientist

Smt. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi

1998

Carnatic classical vocalist

Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam

1998

Activist and former Minister of Agriculture of India

Shri Jayaprakash Narayan

1999

Activist, and social reformer

Professor Amartya Sen

1999

Economist

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi

1999

Activist

Pandit Ravi Shankar

1999

Musician, sitar player

Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar

2001

Singer

Ustad Bismillah Khan

2001

Hindustani classical shehnai player

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi

2009

Hindustani classical vocalist

Prof. C. N. R. Rao

2014

Chemist and Professor, author

Shri Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

2014

Cricketer

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2015

Elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, twice to the Rajya Sabha, and served as the Prime Minister of India for three terms.

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

2015

Scholar and educational reformer

Shri Nanaji Deshmukh

2019

A social activist from India, education, health, and rural self-reliance.

Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika

2019

Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet, and filmmaker from Assam

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

2019

Indian politician and statesman, the 13th President of India, a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India

Karpoori Thakur

2024

Political Leader, 11th CM of Bihar and implemented various welfare measures

L. K. Advani

2024

Founding Member of BJP, Deputy Prime Minister and Advocate of Hindutva

P. V. Narasimha Rao

2024

9th Prime Minister of India, initiated significant economic reforms

Charan Singh

2024

5th Prime Minister of India, Policies for Farmers

M. S. Swaminathan

2024

Father of the Green Revolution in India, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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