Tuesday, November 24, 2009

List of Bharat Ratna Awardees

S.No  
Name  
Birth / death  
Awarded  
Notes  
Indian state or country of origin  
1.
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1888–1975
1954
Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher.
Tamil Nadu
2.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
1878–1972
1954
Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter.
Tamil Nadu
3.
Sir C. V. Raman
1888–1970
1954
Nobel-prize winning Physicist
Tamil Nadu
4.
Bhagwan Das
1869–1958
1955
Literature, Freedom Fighter
Uttar Pradesh
5.
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
1861–1962
1955
Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore
Karnataka
6.
Jawaharlal Nehru
1889–1964
1955
First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author.
Uttar Pradesh
7.
Govind Ballabh Pant
1887–1961
1957
Freedom Fighter, Home Minister
Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)
8.
Dhondo Keshav Karve
1858–1962
1958
Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year.
Maharashtra
9.
Dr. B. C. Roy
1882–1962
1961
Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
West Bengal
10.
Purushottam Das Tandon
1882–1962
1961
Freedom Fighter, Educationist
Uttar Pradesh
11.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
1884–1963
1962
First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist
Bihar
12.
Dr. Zakir Hussain
1897–1969
1963
Former President, Scholar.
Andhra Pradesh
13.
Pandurang Vaman Kane
1880–1972
1963
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
Maharashtra
14.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
1904–1966
1966
Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter
Uttar Pradesh
15.
Indira Gandhi
1917–1984
1971
Former Prime Minister
Uttar Pradesh
16.
V. V. Giri
1894–1980
1975
Former President, Trade Unionist.
Andhra Pradesh
17.
K. Kamaraj
1903–1975
1976
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu
18.
Mother Teresa
1910–1997
1980
Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979).
Republic of Macedonia
19.
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
1895–1982
1983
Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Fighter.
Maharashtra
20.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1890–1988
1987
First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter.
Pakistan
21.
M. G. Ramachandran
1917–1987
1988
Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor.
Tamil Nadu
22.
B. R. Ambedkar
1891–1956
1990
Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution,Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar
Maharashtra
23.
Nelson Mandela
b. 1918
1990
Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement.
South Africa
24.
Rajiv Gandhi
1944–1991
1991
Posthumous, Former Prime Minister
New Delhi
25.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1875–1950
1991
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India.
Gujarat
26.
Morarji Desai
1896–1995
1991
Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter.
Gujarat
27.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1888–1958
1992
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Education Minister of India
West Bengal
28.
J. R. D. Tata
1904–1993
1992
Industrialist and philanthropist.
Maharashtra
29.
Satyajit Ray
1922–1992
1992
Film Director ,Oscar winner
West Bengal
30.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b. 1931
1997
Former President, Scientist.
Tamil Nadu
31.
Gulzarilal Nanda
1898–1998
1997
Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister.
Punjab
32.
Aruna Asaf Ali
1908–1996
1997
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter.
West Bengal
33.
M. S. Subbulakshmi
1916–2004
1998
Carnatic music vocalist.
Tamil Nadu
34.
Chidambaram Subramaniam
1910–2000
1998
Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture (Father of Green revolution).
Tamil Nadu
35.
Jayaprakash Narayan
1902–1979
1998
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer.
Bihar
36.
Pandit Ravi Shankar
b. 1920
1999
Classical sitar player.
Uttar Pradesh
37.
Amartya Sen
b. 1933
1999
Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist.
West Bengal
38.
Gopinath Bordoloi
1890–1950
1999
Posthumous, freedom fighter
Assam
39.
Lata Mangeshkar
b. 1929
2001
Play back singer.
Maharashtra
40.
Ustad Bismillah Khan
1916-2006
2001
Classical Shehnai Maestro
Bihar
41.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
b. 1922
2008
Hindustani classical vocalist
Karnataka

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