BHARAT RATNA AWARDS
Bharat Ratna is the highest national award given for exceptional work for advancement of art, literature and science or in recognition of public service of the highest order. Recipients of Bharat Ratna
1954 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972)
- Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)
- Dr. C.V. Raman (1888–1970)
1955 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Bhagwan Das (1869–1958)
- Dr. M. Visvesvaraya (1861–1962)
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)
1957 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Govind Ballabh Pant (1887–1961)
1958 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962)
1961 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962)
- Purushottam Das Tandon (1882–1962)
1962 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)
1963 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Zakir Hussan (1897–1969)
- Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972)
1966 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) (Posthumous)
1971 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)
1975 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884–1980)
1976 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Kumaraswami Kamraj (1903–1975) (Posthumous)
1980 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Mother Teresa (1910–1997) — 1980
1983 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Acharya Vinobha Bhave (1895–1982) — 1983
1987 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988) — 1987
1988 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran (1917–1987) (Posthumous) — 1988
1990 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) (Posthumous) — 1990
- Dr. Nelson Rolihlaha Mandela (1918) — 1990
1991 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) (Posthumous) — 1991
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) — 1991
- Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1869–1995) — 1991
1992 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) (Posthumous) — 1992
- Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai (J.R.D.) Tata (1904–1993) — 1992
- Satyajit Ray (1922–1992) — 1992
1997 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996 (Posthumous) — 1997
- Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898–1997) (Posthumous) — 1997
- Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931) — 1997
1998 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbalakshmi (1916) — 1998
- Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) — 1998
1999 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979) (Posthumous) –1999
- Professor Amartya Sen (1933) –1999
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (1890–1950) (Posthumous) — 1999
- Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920) Lata Mangeshwar (1929) — 1999
2001 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Ustad Bissmillah Khan (1916–2006) — 2001
- Lata Mangeshkar
2009 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Bhimsen Joshi
2014 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Sachin Tendulkar (1973) Cricketer — 2014
- C. N. R. Rao
2015 Bharat Ratna Award Winners
- Madan Mohan Malaviya
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Feature: The decoration is the form of a Peepal leaf, 2 inch long, 1–1/8inch in width and 1/2 inch thick, toned in bronze. On the obverse side is embossed a replica of the sun, below which the words ‘Bharat Ratna’ are embossed in Hindi. On the reverse are the State Emblem and a motto in Hindi. The emblem, the sun and rim are made of platinum.
Discontinuation of the Award: The award was discontinued by the Janta Government (Prime Minister Morarji Desai on July 13, 1977, and those who received the award in the past were informed that they would not be allowed to use it as a title).
Revival of the Award: In January 1980 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi decided to revive this award. After the revival, Mother Teresa was the first recipient.
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