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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 |
