Bharat Ratna Awards

Bharat Ratna Awardees
1.Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi     (Arts : 2008 : Karnataka)
2.Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar   (Arts : 2001 : Maharashtra)
3.Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan (Arts : 2001 : Uttar Pradesh)
4.Prof. Amartya Sen (Literature & Education : 1999 : India)
5.Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi (Public Affairs : 1999 : Assam)
6.Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan (Public Affairs : 1999 : Bihar)
7.Pandit Ravi Shankar (Arts : 1999 : United States)
8.Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam (Public Affairs : 1998 : Tamil Nadu)
9.Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (Arts : 1998 : Tamil Nadu)
10.Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Science & Engineering. : 1997 : Delhi)
11.Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali (Public Affairs : 1997 : Delhi)
12.Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda (Public Affairs : 1997 : Gujarat)
13.Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (Trade & Industry : 1992 : Maharashtra)
14.Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Public Affairs : 1992 : West Bengal)
15.Shri Satyajit Ray (Arts : 1992 : West Bengal)
16.Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (Public Affairs : 1991 : Gujarat)
17.Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Public Affairs : 1991 : Delhi)
18.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Public Affairs : 1991 : Gujarat)
19.Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr (Public Affairs : 1990 : Maharashtra)
20.Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Public Affairs : 1990 : South Africa)
21.Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (Public Affairs : 1988 : Tamil Nadu)
22.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Social Work : 1987 : Pakistan)
23.Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave (Social Work : 1983 : Maharashtra)
24.Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa (Social Work : 1980 : West Bengal)
25.Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj (Public Affairs : 1976 : Tamil Nadu)
26.Shri V.V. Giri (Public Affairs : 1975 : Odisha)
27.Smt. Indira Gandhi (Public Affairs : 1971 : Uttar Pradesh)
28.Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (Public Affairs : 1966 : Uttar Pradesh)
29.Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (Social Work : 1963 : Maharashtra)
30.Dr. Zakir Hussain (Public Affairs : 1963 : Andhra Pradesh)
31.Dr. Rajendra Prasad (Public Affairs : 1962 : Bihar)
32.Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (Public Affairs : 1961 : West Bengal)
33.Shri Purushottam Das Tandon (Public Affairs : 1961 : Uttar Pradesh)
34.Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve (Social Work : 1958 : Maharashtra)
35.Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant (Public Affairs : 1957 : Uttar Pradesh)
36.Dr. Bhagwan Das (Literature & Education : 1955 : Uttar Pradesh)
37.Shri Jawaharlal Nehru (Public Affairs : 1955 : Uttar Pradesh)
38.Dr. M. Vishweshwariah (Civil Service : 1955 : Karnataka)
39.Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (Public Affairs : 1954 : Tamil Nadu)
40.Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (Science & Engineering. : 1954 : Tamil Nadu)
41.Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (Public Affairs : 1954 : Tamil Nadu)