List of all Bharat Ratna awardees so far: Last award# Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar 1: Late Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi in 2008 : Karnataka 2: Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar in 2001 : Maharashtra 3:Late Ustad Bismillah Khan in 2001 for contribution in the field of Arts : Uttar Pradesh 4:Prof. Amartya Sen in1999 for Literature & Education : United Kingdom 5:Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi in1999, for Public Affairs : Assam 6:Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan in 1999 for Public Affairs: Bihar 7:Pandit Ravi Shankar in 1999 for his contribution in the field of Arts : United States 8:Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam in 1998 for Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu 9:Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi in 1998 for her contribution in the field of Arts : Tamil Nadu 10:Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 1997 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering : Delhi 11:Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali in 1997 for her contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Delhi 12:Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda in 1997 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Gujarat 13:Shri JRD Tata in 1992 for his contribution in the field of Trade & Industry : Maharashtra 14:Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1992 for his contribution in Public Affairs : West Bengal 15:Shri Satyajit Ray in 1992 for his contribution in the field of Arts : West Bengal 16:Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Gujarat 17:Shri Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Delhi 18:Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Gujarat 19:Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr in 1990 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Maharashtra 20:Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in 1990 for his contribution in Public Affairs : South Africa 21:Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran in 1988 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu 22:Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1987 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Pakistan 23:Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1983 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra 24:Mother Teresa in 1980 for contribution in the field of Social Work : West Bengal 25:Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj in 1976 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu 26:Shri V.V. Giri in 1975 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Orissa 27:Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1971 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh 28:Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh 29:Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane in 1963 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra 30:Dr. Zakir Hussain in 1963 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Andhra Pradesh 31:Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1962 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Bihar 32:Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in 1961 for contribution in the Field of Public Affairs: West Bengal 33:Shri Purushottam Tandon in 1961 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh 34:Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve in 1958 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra 35:Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant in 1957 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh 36:Dr. Bhagwan Das in 1955 for contribution in Literature & Education : Uttar Pradesh 37:Shri Jawaharlal Nehru in 1955 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh 38:Dr. M. Vishweshwariah in 1955 for contribution in the field of Civil Service : Karnataka 39:Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1954 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu 40:Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman in 1954 in Science & Engineering: Tamil Nadu 41:Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan in 1954 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu
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