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Recipients of Bharat Ratna

India is a land of diversity, and our national honors reflect that. The Bharat Ratna, or “Jewel of India,” is the highest civilian award given in our country.

India is a land of diversity, and our national honors reflect that. The Bharat Ratna, or “Jewel of India,” is the highest civilian award given in our country. Bharat Ratna is reserved for those who have “rendered exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature, Science, and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order.

S.No Recipients  Year
1 C. Rajagopalachari 1954
2 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954
3 Dr. C.V. Raman 1954
4 Dr. Bhagwan Das 1955
5 Dr. M. Visvesvaraya 1955
6 Jawaharlal Nehru 1955
7 Govind Ballabh Pant 1957
8 Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958
9 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy  1961
10 Purushottam Das Tandon 1961
11 Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962
12 Dr. Zakir Hussan 1963
13 Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane  1963
14 Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966
15 Indira Gandhi  1971
16 Varahagiri Venkatagiri  1975
17 Kumaraswami Kamraj 1976
18 Mother Teresa 1980
19 Acharya Vinobha Bhave 1983
20 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987
21 Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran 1988
22 Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar 1990
23 Dr. Nelson Rolihlaha Mandela 1990
24 Rajiv Gandhi 1990
25 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel  1991
26 Morarji Ranchhodji Desai 1991
27 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992
28 Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai 1992
29 Satyajit Ray  1992
30 Aruna Asaf Ali  1997
31 Gulzari Lal Nanda 1997
32 Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 1997
33 Madurai Shanmukhavadivu (m.s) Subbalakshmi 1998
34 Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998
35 Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan  1999
36 Professor Amartya Sen 1999
37 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi 1999
38 Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999
39 Lata Mangeshwar 2001
40 Ustad Bissmillah Khan 2001
41 Pt. Bhimsen Joshi 2009
42 C.N.R. Rao 2014
43 Sachin Tendulkar 2014
44 Madan Mohan Malaviya 2015
45 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2015
46 Pranab Mukherjee 2019
47 Bhupen Hazarika 2019
48 Nanaji Deshmukh 2019

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