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Bharat Ratna recipients

India's highest civilian award, first conferred in 1954. It has been awarded 53 times.

53 entriesSource: Compiled from published lists of Bharat Ratna awardeesReviewed November 2026
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11954C. RajagopalachariPolitics & Public Affairs
21954Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanPolitics & Public Affairs
31954C. V. RamanScience
41955Bhagwan DasEducation, Literature & Philosophy
51955M. VisvesvarayaEngineering
61955Jawaharlal NehruPolitics & Public Affairs
71957Govind Ballabh PantPolitics & Public Affairs
81958Dhondo Keshav KarveSocial Reforms & Social Work
91961Bidhan Chandra RoyEducation, Literature & Philosophy
101961Purushottam Das TandonPolitics & Public Affairs
111962Rajendra PrasadPolitics & Public Affairs
121963Zakir HusainPolitics & Public Affairs
131963Pandurang Vaman KaneEducation, Literature & Philosophy
141966Lal Bahadur ShastriPolitics & Public Affairs
151971Indira GandhiPolitics & Public Affairs
161975V. V. GiriPolitics & Public Affairs
171976K. KamarajPolitics & Public Affairs
181980Mother TeresaSocial Reforms & Social Work
191983Vinoba BhaveSocial Reforms & Social Work
201987Abdul Ghaffar KhanPolitics & Public Affairs
211988M. G. RamachandranPolitics & Public Affairs
221990B. R. AmbedkarSocial Reforms & Social Work
231990Nelson MandelaPolitics & Public Affairs
241991Rajiv GandhiPolitics & Public Affairs
251991Vallabhbhai PatelPolitics & Public Affairs
261991Morarji DesaiPolitics & Public Affairs
271992Abul Kalam AzadPolitics & Public Affairs
281992J. R. D. TataIndustry
291992Satyajit RayArts
301997Gulzarilal NandaPolitics & Public Affairs
311997Aruna Asaf AliPolitics & Public Affairs
321997A. P. J. Abdul KalamAerospace Science
331998M. S. SubbulakshmiArts
341998C. SubramaniamPolitics & Public Affairs
351999Jayaprakash NarayanSocial Reforms & Social Work
361999Amartya SenEconomics & Administrative Reforms
371999Gopinath BordoloiPolitics & Public Affairs
381999Ravi ShankarArts
392001Lata MangeshkarArts
402001Bismillah KhanArts
412009Bhimsen JoshiArts
422014C. N. R. RaoScience
432014Sachin TendulkarSports
442015Atal Bihari VajpayeePolitics & Public Affairs
452015Madan Mohan MalaviyaEducation, Literature & Philosophy
462019Pranab MukherjeePolitics & Public Affairs
472019Bhupen HazarikaArts
482019Nanaji DeshmukhSocial Reforms & Social Work
492024Karpoori ThakurSocial Reforms & Social Work
502024L. K. AdvaniPolitics & Public Affairs
512024P. V. Narasimha RaoEconomics & Administrative Reforms
522024Charan SinghPolitics & Public Affairs
532024M. S. SwaminathanAgricultural Science

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