BHARAT RATNA
Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour, given for exceptional service towards advancement of art, literature and science and in recognition of public service of the highest order. The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954. The last time this award was given was in 2008, to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
BHARAT RATNA AWARDEES LIST 1) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - Arts: 2008
2) Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar - Arts: 2001
3) Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan - Arts: 2001
4) Prof. Amartya Sen - Literature & Education: 1999
5) Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi - Public Affairs: 1999
6) Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan - Public Affairs: 1999
7) Pandit Ravi Shankar - Arts: 1999
8) Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam - Public Affairs: 1998
9) Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi - Arts: 1998
10) Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Science & Engineering. : 1997
11) Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali - Public Affairs : 1997
12) Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda - Public Affairs : 1997
13) Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata - Trade & Industry : 1992
14) Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Public Affairs : 1992
15) Shri Satyajit Ray - Arts : 1992
16) Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai - Public Affairs : 1991
17) Shri Rajiv Gandhi - Public Affairs : 1991
18) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Public Affairs : 1991
19) Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr - Public Affairs : 1990
20) Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela - Public Affairs : 1990
21) Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran - Public Affairs : 1988
22) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Social Work : 1987 : Pakistan :
23) Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave - Social Work : 1983 : India : Maharashtra
24) Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa - Social Work : 1980
25) Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj - Public Affairs : 1976
26) Shri V.V. Giri - Public Affairs : 1975
27) Smt. Indira Gandhi - Public Affairs : 1971
28) Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri - Public Affairs : 1966
29) Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane - Social Work : 1963
30) Dr. Zakir Hussain - Public Affairs : 1963
31) Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Public Affairs : 1962
32) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy - Public Affairs : 1961
33) Shri Purushottam Das Tandon - Public Affairs : 1961
34) Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve - Social Work : 1958
35) Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant - Public Affairs : 1957
36) Dr. Bhagwan Das - Literature & Education : 1955
37) Shri Jawaharlal Nehru - Public Affairs : 1955
38) Dr. M. Vivesvaraya - Civil Service : 1955
39) Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - Public Affairs : 1954
40) Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman - Science & Engineering. : 1954
41) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan - Public Affairs: 1954
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