Bharat Ratna Award Winners List in India from 1954 till Date. : The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred “in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order”, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.
Some Important Notes about Bharat Ratna Awards
- First awarded was given to Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Sir C.V. Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in the year of 1954.
- Last Bharat Ratna was awarded to Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Madan Mohan Malaviya in the year of 2014.
- Mother Teresa was the first naturalized Indian citizen of Bharat Ratna Award Winner in 1980.
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1987) The first overseas – Pakisthan and Second And Nelson Mandela (1990) are two non Indians of Bharat Ratna Award Winners.
- Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson and the youngest Bharat Ratna Award Winner in 2014.
Bharat Ratna Award Winners List
| Sl. No | Year | Name of the Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1954 | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, C.Venkataraman |
| 02 | 1955 | Dr. Bhagwan Das, Dr. Mokshgundm Visveswaraya, Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 03 | 1957 | Govind Vallabh Pant |
| 04 | 1958 |
Dhondo Keshav Karve |
| 05 | 1961 | Dr. BC Roy, Purushottam Das Tandon |
| 06 | 1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 07 | 1963 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, Pandurang Vaman Kane |
| 08 | 1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous). Known for his slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” |
| 09 | 1971 | Indira Gandhi. Known as the “Iron Lady of India” |
| 10 | 1975 | V. V. Giri |
| 11 | 1976 | K. Kamaraj (Posthumous) |
| 12 | 1980 | Mother Terisa |
| 13 | 1983 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave (Posthumous) |
| 14 | 1987 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (The first overseas – Pakisthan) |
| 15 | 1988 | M.G.Ramachandran (Posthumous) |
| 16 | 1990 | Dr. BR Ambedkar (Posthumous), Nelson Mandela |
| 17 | 1991 | Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous), Morarji Desai |
| 18 | 1992 | J.R.D Tata, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous), Ray |
| 19 | 1997 | Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous), Gulzarilal Nanda (Posthumous), APJ Abdul Kalam |
| 20 | 1998 | M .S. Subbulakshmi, Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| 21 | 1999 | Pro. Amartya Sen, Pandit Ravi Shankar,Gopinath Bardoli (Posthumous) |
| 22 | 2001 | Lata Mangeshkar, Ustad Bismilah Khan |
| 23 | 2009 | Bhimsen Joshi |
| 24 | 2014 | Sachin Tendulkar, Dr. C.N.R. Rao |
| 25 | 2015 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Madan Mohan Malviya (Posthumous) |
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