List of Recipients of Bharat Ratna (Year Wise List) From 1954 to 2019

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BHARAT RATNA, the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.

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The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary. The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year. On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion.

Bharat Ratna- Highest Civilian Award in India

The Award does not carry any monetary grant. In terms of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution, the award cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient’s name. However, should an award winner consider it necessary, he/she may use the following expression in their biodata/letterhead/visiting card, etc. to indicate that he/she is a recipient of the award: ‘Awarded Bharat Ratna by the President’ or ‘Recipient of Bharat Ratna Award’

It was first awarded in 1964 to Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Dr. CV Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari.

Read this article till the end and see the Bharat Ratna winners list and know which great personalities were honored with Bharat Ratna.

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LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF BHARAT RATNA IN INDIA 

NAME                                       AWARDED IN

1. Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) 

1954

2. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 

1954

3. Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) 

1954

4. Dr. Bhagwan Das (1869-1958)

1955

5. Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962)

1955

6. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 -1964)

1955

7. Pt. GovindBallabh Pant (1887-1961)

1957

8. Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858-1962)

1958

9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962)

1961

10. Shri Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962)

1961

11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)

1962

12. Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969)

1963

13. Dr. PandurangVaman Kane (1880-1972)

1963

14. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) (1904-1966)

1966

15. Smt. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 

1971

16. Shri Varahagiri VenkataGiri (1894-1980)

1975

17. Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj (Posthumous) (1903-1975)

1976

18. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (1910- 1997)

1980

19. Shri Acharya VinobaBhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982)

1983

20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988)

1987

21. Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous) (1917-1987)

1988

22. Dr.Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) (1891-1956)

1990

23. Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013)

1990

24. Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991)

1991

25. SardarVallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950)

1991

26. Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995)

1991

27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) (1888-1958)

1992

28. Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993)

1992

29. Shri Satyajit Ray (1922-1992)

1992

30. Shri Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)

1997

31. Smt. ArunaAsaf Ali (Posthumous) (1909-1996)

1997

32. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)

1997

33. Smt. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (1916- 2005)

1998

34. Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000)

1998

35. Shri Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) (1902-1979)

1999

36. Professor Amartya Sen (b-1933)

1999

37. LokpriyaGopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) (1890-1950)

1999

38. Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)

1999

39. Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (b-1929)

2001

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006)

2001

41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922-2011)

2009

42. Prof. C. N. R. Rao (b-1934)

2014

43. Shri Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (b-1973)

2014

44. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)

2015

45. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumous)(1861-1946)

2015

46. Shri Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumous)(1916-2010)

2019

47. Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (Posthumous)(1926-2011)

2019

48. Shri Pranab Mukherjee (b-1935)

2019

Bharat Ratna is the country’s highest national award and highest civilian honour. The provision of Bharat Ratna started in 1954. This award is given by the President of India. The last Bharat Ratna Award 2019 (Bharat Ratna winners list pdf ) was given to Bhupen Hazarika, Pranab Mukherjee and Nanaji Deshmukh. Bharat Ratna Award is the highest civilian award given in the field of science, literature, art, public service and sports.

Some important facts related to Bharat Ratna

  • Chandrasekhar Venkataraman was the first Indian scientist to receive the Bharat Ratna Award.
  • The first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously was Lal Bahadur Shastri.
  • The award was discontinued by the Janata Party government in 1977 but was reintroduced by the Congress government in 1980.
  • Mother Teresa was first awarded the Bharat Ratna Award in 1980.
  • In the Bharat Ratna medal, the picture of the sun is inscribed on the shape of a peepal leaf.

LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF BHARAT RATNA PDF

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