(Info) List Of Bharat Ratna Awardees

INFO : List Of Bharat Ratna Awardees

S.No Name Birth / death Awarded Notes Indian state or country

1. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888–1975 1954 Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher. Tamil Nadu

2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1878–1972 1954 Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu

3. C. V. Raman 1888–1970 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu

4. Bhagwan Das 1869–1958 1955 Literature, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh

5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 1861–1962 1955 Civil Engineer Karnataka

6. Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964 1955 First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh

7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1887–1961 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh

8. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1858–1962 1958 Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year. Maharashtra

9. Dr. B. C. Roy 1882–1962 1961 Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal West Bengal

10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1882–1962 1961 Freedom Fighter, Educationist Uttar Pradesh

11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 1962 First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Bihar

12. Dr. Zakir Hussain 1897–1969 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh

13. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1880–1972 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Maharashtra

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1904–1966 1966 Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh

15. Indira Gandhi 1917–1984 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh

16. V. V. Giri 1894–1980 1975 Former President, Trade Unionist. Andhra Pradesh

17. K. Kamaraj 1903–1975 1976 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu

18. Mother Teresa 1910–1997 1980 Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). West Bengal

19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1895–1982 1983 Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Fighter. Maharashtra

20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1890–1988 1987 First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Pakistan

21. M. G. Ramachandran 1917–1987 1988 Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Tamil Nadu

22. B. R. Ambedkar 1891–1956 1990 Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution Maharashtra

23. Nelson Mandela b. 1918 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement. South Africa

24. Rajiv Gandhi 1944–1991 1991 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister New Delhi

25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1875–1950 1991 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Gujarat

26. Morarji Desai 1896–1995 1991 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Gujarat

27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1888–1958 1992 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Education Minister of India West Bengal

28. J. R. D. Tata 1904–1993 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra

29. Satyajit Ray 1922–1992 1992 Film Director ,Oscar winner West Bengal

30. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam b. 1931 1997 Former President, Scientist. Tamil Nadu

31. Gulzarilal Nanda 1898–1998 1997 Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Punjab

32. Aruna Asaf Ali 1908–1996 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal

33. M. S. Subbulakshmi 1916–2004 1998 Classical singer. Tamil Nadu

34. Chidambaram Subramaniam 1910–2000 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture (Father of Green revolution). Tamil Nadu

35. Jayaprakash Narayan 1902–1979 1998 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Bihar

36. Pandit Ravi Shankar b. 1920 1999 Classical sitar player. Uttar Pradesh

37. Amartya Sen b. 1933 1999 Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. West Bengal

38. Gopinath Bordoloi 1890–1950 1999 Posthumous, freedom fighter Assam

39. Lata Mangeshkar b. 1929 2001 Play back singer. Maharashtra

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan 1916-2006 2001 Classical Shehnai Maestro Uttar Pradesh