Jul 16, 2010

BHARAT RATNA


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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