Bharat Ratna Awardees

Bharat Ratna Awardees. The Bharat Ratna award is the highest civilian award in India which was instituted in the year 1954. The Bharat Ratna award is awarded to people for their exceptional public service.

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Name Field Year State
Nanaji Deshmukh Social Activist 2019 Maharastra
Bhupen Hazarika Music 2019 Assam
Pranab Mukharjee Public Affairs 2019 West Bengal
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Public Affairs 2015 Gwalior
Madan Mohan Malaviya __________ 2015 Uttar Pradesh
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Sports 2014 Maharastra
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering 2014 Karnataka
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Arts 2008 Karnataka
Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Arts 2001 Maharashtra
Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan Arts 2001 Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Amartya Sen Literature & Education 1999 United Kingdom
Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi Public Affairs 1999 Assam
Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan Public Affairs 1999 Bihar
Pandit Ravi Shankar Arts 1999 United States
Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam Public Affairs 1998 Tamil Nadu
Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi Arts 1998 Tamil Nadu
Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Science & Engineering 1997 Delhi
Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali Public Affairs 1997 Delhi
Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda Public Affairs 1997 Gujarat
Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata Trade & Industry 1992 Maharashtra
Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Public Affairs 1992 West Bengal
Shri Satyajit Ray Arts 1992 West Bengal
Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai Public Affairs 1991 Gujarat
Shri Rajiv Gandhi Public Affairs 1991 Delhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Public Affairs 1991 Gujarat
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr Public Affairs 1990 Maharashtra
Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Public Affairs 1990 South Africa
Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran Public Affairs 1988 Tamil Nadu
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Social Work 1987 Pakistan
Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave Social Work 1983 Maharashtra
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa Social Work 1980 West Bengal
Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj Public Affairs 1976 Tamil Nadu
Shri V.V. Giri Public Affairs 1975 Orissa
Smt. Indira Gandhi Public Affairs 1971 Uttar Pradesh
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Public Affairs 1966 Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane Social Work 1963 Maharashtra
Dr. Zakir Hussain Public Affairs 1963 Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Public Affairs 1962 Bihar
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Public Affairs 1961 West Bengal
Shri Purushottam Das Tandon Public Affairs 1961 Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve Social Work 1958 Maharashtra
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Public Affairs 1957 Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Bhagwan Das Literature & Education 1955 Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru Public Affairs 1955 Uttar Pradesh
Dr. M. Vishweshwariah Civil Service 1955 Karnataka
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Public Affairs 1954 Tamil Nadu
Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Science & Engineering 1954 Tamil Nadu
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Public Affairs 1954 Tamil Nadu