Bharat RatnaComplete list
1.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan1888–1975
1954
Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher.
Tamil Nadu2.
C. Rajagopalachari1878–1972
1954
Last Governor-General, independence activist.
Tamil Nadu3.
C. V. Raman1888–1970
1954
Nobel-prize winning Physicist
Tamil Nadu4.
Bhagwan Das1869–1958
1955
Literature, independence activist
Uttar Pradesh5.
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya1861–1962
1955
Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore
Karnataka6.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964
1955
First Prime Minister, independence activist, Author.
Uttar Pradesh7.
Govind Ballabh Pant1887–1961
1957
independence activist, Home Minister
Uttar Pradesh (now
Uttarakhand)
8.
Dhondo Keshav Karve1858–1962
1958
Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year.
Maharashtra9.
Bidhan Chandra Roy1882–1962
1961
Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
West Bengal10.
Purushottam Das Tandon1882–1962
1961
independence activist, Educationist
Uttar Pradesh11.
Rajendra Prasad1884–1963
1962
First President, independence activist, Jurist
Bihar12.
Zakir Hussain1897–1969
1963
Former President, Scholar.
Andhra Pradesh13.
Pandurang Vaman Kane1880–1972
1963
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
Maharashtra14.
Lal Bahadur Shastri1904–1966
1966
Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, independence activist
Uttar Pradesh15.
Indira Gandhi1917–1984
1971
Former Prime Minister
Uttar Pradesh16.
V. V. Giri1894–1980
1975
Former President, Trade Unionist.
Orissa17.
K. Kamaraj1903–1975
1976
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu18.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
1980
Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979).
West Bengal19.
Vinoba Bhave1895–1982
1983
Posthumous, Social Reformer, independence activist.
Maharashtra20.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan1890–1988
1987
First non-citizen, independence activist.
Pakistan21.
M. G. Ramachandran1917–1987
1988
Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor.
Tamil Nadu22.
B. R. Ambedkar1891–1956
1990
Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution,Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar
Maharashtra23.
Nelson Mandelab. 1918
1990
Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement.
South Africa24.
Rajiv Gandhi1944–1991
1991
Posthumous, Former Prime Minister
New Delhi25.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel1875–1950
1991
Posthumous, independence activist, First Home Minister of India.
Gujarat26.
Morarji Desai1896–1995
1991
Former Prime Minister, independence activist.
Gujarat27.
Abul Kalam Azad1888–1958
1992
Posthumous, independence activist, First Education Minister of India
West Bengal28.
J. R. D. Tata1904–1993
1992
Industrialist and philanthropist
Maharashtra29.
Satyajit Ray1922–1992
1992
Film director
West Bengal30.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalamb. 1931
1997
Former President, scientist.
Tamil Nadu31.
Gulzarilal Nanda1898–1998
1997
independence activist, former Prime Minister.
Punjab32.
Aruna Asaf Ali1908–1996
1997
Posthumous, independence activist.
West Bengal33.
M. S. Subbulakshmi1916–2004
1998
Carnatic music vocalist.
Tamil Nadu34.
Chidambaram Subramaniam1910–2000
1998
independence activist, Minister of Agriculture.
Tamil Nadu35.
Jayaprakash Narayan1902–1979
1999
Posthumous, independence activist, Social Reformer.
Bihar36.
Ravi Shankarb. 1920
1999
Sitar player
United States37.
Amartya Senb. 1933
1999
Nobel-prize winning Economist
West Bengal38.
Gopinath Bordoloi1890–1950
1999
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister
Assam39.
Lata Mangeshkarb. 1929
2001
Singer
Maharashtra40.
Bismillah Khan1916–2006
2001
Classical musician,
shehnai maestro
Bihar41.
Bhimsen Joshib. 1922
2008
Hindustani Classical vocalist
Karnataka