List of Bharat Ratna Award winners since 1954
Sr.
Name of Awardees
Year
Sector
1
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
1954
Public
Affairs
2
Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
1954
Science & Engineering
3
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
1954
Public Affairs
4
Dr. M. Vishweshwariah
1955
Civil Service
5
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru
1955
Public Affairs
6
Dr. Bhagwan Das
1955
Literature & Education
7
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
1957
Public Affairs
8
Dr. Dhondo Keshav
Karve
1958
Social Work
9
Shri Purushottam Das Tandon
1961
Public Affairs
10
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
1961
Public Affairs
11
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
1962
Public Affairs
12
Dr. Zakir Hussain
1963
Public Affairs
13
Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane
1963
Social Work
14
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
1966
Public Affairs
15
Smt. Indira Gandhi
1971
Public Affairs
16
Shri V.V. Giri
1975
Public Affairs
17
Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj
1976
Public Affairs
18
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa
1980
Social Work
19
Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave
1983
Social Work
20
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1987
Social Work
21
Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran
1988
Public Affairs
22
Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1990
Public Affairs
23
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr
1990
Public Affairs
24
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1991
Public Affairs
25
Shri Rajiv Gandhi
1991
Public Affairs
26
Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
1991
Public Affairs
27
Shri Satyajit Ray
1992
Arts
28
Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1992
Public Affairs
29
Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata
1992
Trade and Industry
30
Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda
1997
Public Affairs
31
Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali
1997
Public Affairs
32
Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
1997
Science & Engineering
33
Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi
1998
Arts
34
Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam
1998
Public Affairs
35
Pandit Ravi Shankar
1999
Arts
36
Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan
1999
Public Affairs
37
Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi
1999
Public Affairs
38
Prof. Amartya Sen
1999
Literature & Education
39
Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan
2001
Arts
40
Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar
2001
Arts
41
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
2008
Arts
|
Sr.
|
Name of Awardees
|
Year
|
Sector
|
|
1
|
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
|
1954
|
Public
Affairs
|
|
2
|
Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
|
1954
|
Science & Engineering
|
|
3
|
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
|
1954
|
Public Affairs
|
|
4
|
Dr. M. Vishweshwariah
|
1955
|
Civil Service
|
|
5
|
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru
|
1955
|
Public Affairs
|
|
6
|
Dr. Bhagwan Das
|
1955
|
Literature & Education
|
|
7
|
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
|
1957
|
Public Affairs
|
|
8
|
Dr. Dhondo Keshav
Karve
|
1958
|
Social Work
|
|
9
|
Shri Purushottam Das Tandon
|
1961
|
Public Affairs
|
|
10
|
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
|
1961
|
Public Affairs
|
|
11
|
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
|
1962
|
Public Affairs
|
|
12
|
Dr. Zakir Hussain
|
1963
|
Public Affairs
|
|
13
|
Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane
|
1963
|
Social Work
|
|
14
|
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1966
|
Public Affairs
|
|
15
|
Smt. Indira Gandhi
|
1971
|
Public Affairs
|
|
16
|
Shri V.V. Giri
|
1975
|
Public Affairs
|
|
17
|
Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj
|
1976
|
Public Affairs
|
|
18
|
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa
|
1980
|
Social Work
|
|
19
|
Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave
|
1983
|
Social Work
|
|
20
|
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
|
1987
|
Social Work
|
|
21
|
Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran
|
1988
|
Public Affairs
|
|
22
|
Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
|
1990
|
Public Affairs
|
|
23
|
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr
|
1990
|
Public Affairs
|
|
24
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
|
1991
|
Public Affairs
|
|
25
|
Shri Rajiv Gandhi
|
1991
|
Public Affairs
|
|
26
|
Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
|
1991
|
Public Affairs
|
|
27
|
Shri Satyajit Ray
|
1992
|
Arts
|
|
28
|
Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
|
1992
|
Public Affairs
|
|
29
|
Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata
|
1992
|
Trade and Industry
|
|
30
|
Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda
|
1997
|
Public Affairs
|
|
31
|
Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali
|
1997
|
Public Affairs
|
|
32
|
Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
|
1997
|
Science & Engineering
|
|
33
|
Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi
|
1998
|
Arts
|
|
34
|
Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam
|
1998
|
Public Affairs
|
|
35
|
Pandit Ravi Shankar
|
1999
|
Arts
|
|
36
|
Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan
|
1999
|
Public Affairs
|
|
37
|
Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi
|
1999
|
Public Affairs
|
|
38
|
Prof. Amartya Sen
|
1999
|
Literature & Education
|
|
39
|
Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan
|
2001
|
Arts
|
|
40
|
Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar
|
2001
|
Arts
|
|
41
|
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
|
2008
|
Arts
|