Bharat Ratna List

As last update in September 2021, the "Bharat Ratna" is the highest civilian award in India. It is conferred to individuals who have made exceptional contributions in various fields and have brought distinction to the nation. Below is a list of individuals who have been awarded the Bharat Ratna:

1.      C. Rajagopalachari (1954)

2.      Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954)

3.      C.V. Raman (1954)

4.      Bhagwan Das (1955)

5.      M. Visvesvaraya (1955)

6.      Jawaharlal Nehru (1955)

7.      Govind Ballabh Pant (1957)

8.      Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958)

9.      Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961)

10.    Purushottam Das Tandon (1961)

11.    Rajendra Prasad (1962)

12.    Zakir Husain (1963)

13.    Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963)

14.    Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) *Posthumous

15.    Indira Gandhi (1971)

16.    V.V. Giri (1975)

17.    K. Kamaraj (1976) *Posthumous

18.    Mother Teresa (1980)

19.    Vinoba Bhave (1983)

20.    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)

21.    M. G. Ramachandran (1988) *Posthumous

22.    B.R. Ambedkar (1990) *Posthumous

23.    Nelson Mandela (1990) *Honorary

24.    Rajiv Gandhi (1991) *Posthumous

25.    Vallabhbhai Patel (1991) *Posthumous

26.    Morarji Desai (1991)

27.    Abul Kalam Azad (1992) *Posthumous

28.    J.R.D. Tata (1992) *Posthumous

29.    Satyajit Ray (1992) *Posthumous

30.    A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1997)

31.    Gulzarilal Nanda (1997) *Posthumous

32.    Aruna Asaf Ali (1997) *Posthumous

33.    Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2015) *Posthumous

34.    Madan Mohan Malaviya (2015) *Posthumous

35.    Bhimsen Joshi (2008)

36.    C.N.R. Rao (2014)

37.    Sachin Tendulkar (2014)

38.    Lata Mangeshkar (2001)

39.    Bismillah Khan (2001)

40.    Amartya Sen (1999)

 

Please note that this list might not include the most recent awardees, as the Bharat Ratna is periodically conferred, and new recipients may have been added since my last update. For the most current list, I recommend checking the official Indian government website or reliable news sources.