The following is the list of the “ Bharata Ratna ”-Award- Recipients from the year 1954 to the year 2013:- Recipients of 1954 (6): 1. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888– 1975)- The Second President and the First Vice President of India, A Philosopher belonging to Tamil Nadu whose birthday is commemorated as “Teachers’ Day”. 2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari /Rajaji (1878–1972)- The last Governor General of British India who was also an Indian Freedom Fighter, belonging to Tamilnadu 3.Sir C. V. Raman ( 1888–1970)- Nobel- prize winning Physicist belonging to Tamil Nadu Recipients of 1955 (1):- 4. Dr.Bhagwan Das (1869–1958)- A Man of Literature and an Indian Freedom Fighter belonging to Uttar Pradesh 5.Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1861– 1962)- An Indian Civil Engineer and Dam Architect, A Diwan of Princely state of Mysore Karnataka 6. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)- The First Prime Minister of India and an Indian Freedom Fighter and Writer belonging to Uttar Pradesh Recipient of 1956: None Recipient of 1957 (1): 7. Mr. Govind Ballabh Pant (1887–1961)- An Indian Freedom Fighter and Home Minister of Indian Union belonging to Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand Recipient of 1958 (1): 8. Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962) –An Educationist and a Social Reformer belonging to Maharashtra- Awarded Bharata Ratna in his birth centenary year 1958 Recipient of1959 &1960: None Recipients of 1961 (2): 9. Dr. B. C. Roy (1882–1962)_ A Physician, Politician and Former Chief Minister of West Bengal belonging to West Bengal 10.Mr. Purushottam Das Tandon (1882– 1962)- An Indian- Freedom Fighter and an Educationist belonging to Uttar Pradesh Recipients of 1962: None Recipients of 1963 (3): 11. Dr. (Babu) Rajendra Prasad (1884– 1963)- The first President of India, a Freedom Fighter and a Jurist belonging to Bihar 12. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897–1969)-Former President of India and a Scholar belonging to Andhra Pradesh 13. Mr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880– 1972)- Ideologist and Sanskrit scholar belonging to Maharashtra Recipient of 1964 &1965: None Recipient of 1966 (1): 14. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)--The Second Prime Minister of India a Freedom Fighter belonging to Uttar Pradesh- Awarded Posthumously Recipients From 1967 To 1970: None Recipient of 1971 (1): 15.Mrs. Indira Gandhi –(1917–1984)- Former and the first and the only Lady Prime Minister of India/Daughter of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, belonging to Uttar Pradesh Recipients From 1972 To 1974: None Recipient of 1975 (1): 16.Mr. V. V. Giri (1894–1980)- Former President- Trade Unionist belonging to Orissa Recipient of 1976 (1): 17.Mr .K. Kamaraj (1903–1975)--A Freedom Fighter-Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu belonging to Tamil Nadu-Awarded Posthumously Recipient From 1977 To 1979: None The ‘ Bharat Ratna ” award had been kept suspended by the Government of India,from 13th July 1977 to 26th January 1980. Recipient of 1980 (1): 18. Mother Teresa (1910–1997)- A Nobel Laureate (For Peace, 1979) A foreigner belonging to the Republic of Macedonia- dedicated to the Sick people of India especially for those who were affected by Leprosy Recipient of 1981&1982: None Recipient of 1983 (1): 19.Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895–1982)-- A Social Reformer and a Freedom Fighter belonging to Maharashtra-Awarded Posthumously Recipient From 1984 To 1986:- None Recipient of 1987 (1): 20.Mr. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan , known as Frontier Gandhi, (1890–1988)- The first non-citizen awarded Bharata Ratna- A Freedom Fighter belonging to Pakistan Recipient of 1988 (1): 21.Mr. M. G. Ramachandran (1917–1987)- -Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu- Popular Cinema Actor belonging to Tamil Nadu- Awarded Posthumously Recipient of 1989: None Recipients of 1990 (2): 22.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956)- An Architect who played a key role in the formation of the Indian Constitution, a Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar belonging to Maharashtra- Awarded Posthumously- 23. Dr. Nelson Mandela -Born in 1918-The Second non-citizen and the first non-Indian awarded Bharat Ratna- A Leader of Anti- Apartheid movement belonging to South Africa Recipients of 1991 (3): 24.Mr. Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)- - Former Prime Minister of India/Son of Mrs.Indira Gandhi/Grand-son of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru- belonging to New Delhi -Awarded Posthumously 25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950)- An Indian Freedom Fighter and the First Home Minister of India belonging to Gujarat-Awarded Posthumously- 26. Mr. Morarji Desai (1896–1995)- A Former Prime Minister of India and an Indian Freedom Fighter belonging to Gujarat. He was the First Ever Non-Congress Prime Minister of India. Recipients of 1992 (3): 27. Mr. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888– 1958) – AFreedom Fighter and the First Education Minister of India belonging to WestBengal-Awarded Posthumously 28. Mr. J. R. D. Tata (1904–1993)- An Industrialist and a philanthropist belonging to Maharashtra 29.Mr. Satyajit Ray (1922–1992)- A popular Bengali -Film Director-An Oscar Award- winner belonging to West Bengal Recipient From 1993 To 1996: None Recipients of 1997 (3): 30. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Born in 1931- A Former President of India- Atomic Scientist belonging to Tamil Nadu 31.Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)-An Indian Freedom Fighter and a former(Acting) Prime Minister of India belonging to Punjab 32. Ms,. Aruna Asaf Ali (1908–1996) An Indian Freedom Fighter belonging to West Bengal-Awarded Posthumously Recipients of 1998 (2): 33 .Mrs. M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004)- A Carnatic music vocalist belonging to Tamil Nadu 34.Mr. Chidambaram Subramaniam/C.S . (1910–2000)- An Indian Freedom Fighter and former Indian Union Minister of Agriculture - belonging to Tamil Nadu 35. Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979)- A Freedom -Fighter and a Social Reformer belonging to Bihar- Awarded Posthumously Recipients of 1999 (3): 36 .Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) -A Classical-Sitarist belonging to Uttar Pradesh. 37. Dr. Amartya Sen - Born in 1933- An Indian Economist and a Nobel Laureate ( For Economics, 1998),-belonging to West Bengal 38. Mr. Gopinath Bordoloi (1890–1950)-- An Indian freedom fighter belonging to Assam- Awarded Posthumously Recipient of 2000: None Recipients of 2001 (2): 39. Ms. Lata Mangeshkar - Born in 1929- A Hindi -Cinema-Play back Singer belonging to Maharashtra 40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006)- A Classical Shehnai- Maestro belonging to Bihar Recipient From 2002 To 2007: None Recipient of 2008 (1): 41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (1922-2011) A Hindustani classical vocalist belonging to Karnataka. Recipients From 2009 To 2012: None For the Year 2013: 42. Sachin Tendulkar- (born in the year 1973)-Cricketer/Sports Person-for his achievements unreachable / and records unbreakable in the field of cricket, bringing glory to India 43. Dr. C.N.R.Rao - Indian Chemist- the man behind Indias maiden Mars-Mission
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