Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award
The award is conferred to the People who make great contribution in the field of art, literature, and science, and social service.
The award was started by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, on January 2, 1954.
The honour has been awarded to forty persons.
Two non-Indians and a naturalized Indian citizen are among the awardees.
With 8 honours each Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the states with the most number of awardees.
The award is designed in the shape of a "peepul leaf" and with words "Bharat Ratna" written on it. The reverse side of the medal carries the state emblem and motto.
The award to Subhash Chandra Bose (1992) was withdrawn
The award was briefly suspended from July 13, 1977 to January 26, 1980.
AWARD WINNERS AND YEAR
Lata Mangeshkar 2001
Ustad Bismillah Khan 2001
Pandit Ravi Shankar 1999
Amartya Sen 1999
Gopinath Bordoloi 1999
M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998
Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998
Jayaprakash Narayan 1998
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997
Gulzarilal Nanda 1997
Aruna Asaf Ali 1997
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992
J. R. D. Tata 1992
Satyajit Ray 1992
Rajiv Gandhi 1991
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1991
Morarji Desai 1991
B. R. Ambedkar 1990
Nelson Mandela 1990
M. G. Ramachandran 1988
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987
Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1983
Mother Teresa 1980
K. Kamaraj 1976
V. V. Giri 1975
Indira Gandhi 1971
Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966
Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963
Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963
Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962
Dr. B. C. Roy 1961
Purushottam Das Tandon 1961
Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958
Govind Ballabh Pant 1957
Bhagwan Das 1955
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 1955
Jawaharlal Nehru 1955
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1954
Sir C. V. Raman 1954
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