Bharat Ratna

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

2.C. Rajagopalachari
1878–1972
1954
Last Governor-General, independence activist.
Tamil Nadu

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

4.Bhagwan Das
1869–1958
1955
Literature, independence activist
Uttar Pradesh

5.Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
1861–1962
1955
Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore
Karnataka

6.Jawaharlal Nehru
1889–1964
1955
First Prime Minister, independence activist, Author.
Uttar Pradesh

7.Govind Ballabh Pant
1887–1961
1957
independence activist, Home Minister
Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)

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

9.Bidhan Chandra Roy
1882–1962
1961
Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
West Bengal

10.Purushottam Das Tandon
1882–1962
1961
independence activist, Educationist
Uttar Pradesh

11.Rajendra Prasad
1884–1963
1962
First President, independence activist, Jurist
Bihar

12.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, independence activist
Uttar Pradesh

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

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

17.K. Kamaraj
1903–1975
1976
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu

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

19.Vinoba Bhave
1895–1982
1983
Posthumous, Social Reformer, independence activist.
Maharashtra

20.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1890–1988
1987
First non-citizen, independence activist.
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,Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar
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, independence activist, First Home Minister of India.
Gujarat

26.Morarji Desai
1896–1995
1991
Former Prime Minister, independence activist.
Gujarat

27.Abul Kalam Azad
1888–1958
1992
Posthumous, independence activist, 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
West Bengal

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

31.Gulzarilal Nanda
1898–1998
1997
independence activist, former Prime Minister.
Punjab

32.Aruna Asaf Ali
1908–1996
1997
Posthumous, independence activist.
West Bengal

33.M. S. Subbulakshmi
1916–2004
1998
Carnatic music vocalist.
Tamil Nadu

34.Chidambaram Subramaniam
1910–2000
1998
independence activist, Minister of Agriculture.
Tamil Nadu

35.Jayaprakash Narayan
1902–1979
1999
Posthumous, independence activist, Social Reformer.
Bihar

36.Ravi Shankar
b. 1920
1999
Sitar player
United States

37.Amartya Sen
b. 1933
1999
Nobel-prize winning Economist
West Bengal

38.Gopinath Bordoloi
1890–1950
1999
Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister
Assam

39.Lata Mangeshkar
b. 1929
2001
Singer
Maharashtra

40.Bismillah Khan
1916–2006
2001
Classical musician, shehnai maestro
Bihar

41.Bhimsen Joshi
b. 1922
2008
Hindustani Classical vocalist
Karnataka

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