Bharat Ratna Awardees
| Sr. No. | Name | Birth/Death | Awarded in Year | Notes | State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chakravarti Rajgopalachari | 1878-1972 | 1954 | Independence Activist, Governor General | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | C.V. Raman | 1888-1970 | 1954 | Physicist | Tamil Nadu |
| 3 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan | 1888-1975 | 1954 | Philosopher, Second President | Andhra Pradesh |
| 4 | Bhagwan Das | 1869-1958 | 1955 | Independence Activist, Author | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 | Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya | 1861-1962 | 1955 | Civil Engineer, Diwan of Mysore | Karnataka |
| 6 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1889-1964 | 1955 | Independence Activist, Author, First Prime Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7 | Govind Ballabh Pant | 1887-1961 | 1957 | Independence Activist, CM of UP, Home Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8 | Dhondo Keshav Karve | 1858-1962 | 1958 | Educator, Social reformer | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 1882-1962 | 1961 | Physician, CM of WB | West Bengal |
| 10 | Purushottam Das Tandon | 1882-1962 | 1961 | Independence Activist, Educator | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Rajendra Prasad | 1884-1963 | 1962 | Independence Activist, Jurist, First President | Bihar |
| 12 | Zakir Hussain | 1897-1969 | 1963 | Scholar, Third President | Andhra Pradesh |
| 13 | Pandurang Vaman Kane | 1880-1972 | 1963 | Indologist and Sanskrit scholar | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1904-1966 | 1966 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, Second PM | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | Indira Gandhi | 1917-1984 | 1971 | Third Prime Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
| 16 | V.V.Giri | 1894-1980 | 1975 | Trade Unionist and Fourth President | Orissa |
| 17 | K. Kamaraj | 1903-1975 | 1976 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, CM of Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa of Calcutta) | 1910-1997 | 1980 | Catholic nun, Founder of the Missionaries of Charity | West Bengal/Albania |
| 19 | Vinoba Bhave | 1895-1982 | 1983 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, Social Reformer | Maharashtra |
| 20 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1890-1988 | 1987 | First Non Citizen, Independence Activist | Pakistan |
| 21 | M. Ramachandran | 1917-1987 | 1988 | Posthumous, Film Actor, CM of Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu |
| 22 | B.R. Ambedkar | 1891-1956 | 1990 | Posthumous, Chief Architect of Indian Constitution, Politician, economist and scholar | Madhya Pradesh |
| 23 | Nelson Mandela | 1918 | 1990 | Second Non-citizen and First Non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti Apartheid movement | South Africa |
| 24 | Rajiv Gandhi | 1944-1991 | 1991 | Posthumous, Sixth PM | New Delhi |
| 25 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875-1950 | 1991 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, First Home Minister | Maharashtra |
| 26 | Morarji Desai | 1896-1995 | 1991 | Independence Activist, Fourth PM | New Delhi |
| 27 | Abul Kalam Azad | 1888-1958 | 1992 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, First Minister of Education | Saudi Arabia |
| 28 | J.R.D. Tata | 1904-1993 | 1992 | Industrialist and Philanthropist | France |
| 29 | Satyajit Ray | 1922-1992 | 1992 | Bengali Filmmaker | West Bengal |
| 30 | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | 1931-2015 | 1997 | Aeronautical Engineer, 11th President of India | Tamil Nadu |
| 31 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898-1998 | 1997 | Independence Activist, Interim Prime Minister | New Delhi |
| 32 | Aruna Asaf Ali | 1908-1996 | 1997 | Posthumous, Independence Activist | Punjab |
| 33 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916-2004 | 1998 | Carnatic Classical Singer | Tamil Nadu |
| 34 | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1910-2000 | 1998 | Independence Activist, Minister of Agriculture | Tamil Nadu |
| 35 | Jayaprakash Narayan | 1902-1979 | 1999 | Posthumous, Independence Activist and politician | Bihar |
| 36 | Pandit Ravi Shankar | 1920-2012 | 1999 | Sitar Player | Uttar Pradesh |
| 37 | Amartya Sen | 1933 | 1999 | Economist, Nobel Laureate | West Bengal |
| 38 | Gopinath Bordoloi | 1890-1950 | 1999 | Posthumous, Independence Activist, CM of Assam | Assam |
| 39 | Lata Mangeshkar | 1929 | 2001 | Playback Singer | Madhya Pradesh |
| 40 | Ustad Bismillah Khan | 1916-2006 | 2001 | Hindustani Classical Shehnai Player | Uttar Pradesh |
| 41 | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | 1922-2011 | 2008 | Hindustani Classical Singer | Karnataka |
| 42 | C.N.R. Rao | 1934- | 2014 | Scientist | Karnataka |
| 43 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1973 | 2014 | Cricketer | Maharashtra |
| 44 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | 1861-1946 | 2015 | Educationist, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1924- | 2015 | Politician, 10th Prime Minister | Madhya Pradesh |
| 46 | Pranab Mukharjee | 1935 | 2019 | President of India, Politician | West Bengal |
| 47 | Bhupen Hazarika | 1926-2011 | 2019 | Playback Singer, Lyricist, Musician, Poet | Assam |
| 48 | Nanaji Deshmukh | 1916-2010 | 2019 | Social Activist | Maharashtra |
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