Bharat Ratna Awardees

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi Arts : 2008 : Karnataka Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Arts : 2001 : Maharashtra Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan Arts : 2001 : Uttar Pradesh Prof. Amartya Sen Literature & Education : 1999 : India Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi Public Affairs : 1999 : Assam Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan Public Affairs : 1999 : Bihar Pandit Ravi Shankar Arts : 1999 : United States Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam Public Affairs : 1998 : Tamil Nadu Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi Arts : 1998 : Tamil Nadu Shri (Dr.) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Science & Engineering. : 1997 : Delhi

Shri V.V. Giri Public Affairs : 1975 : Odisha Smt. Indira Gandhi Public Affairs : 1971 : Uttar Pradesh Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Public Affairs : 1966 : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane Social Work : 1963 : Maharashtra Dr. Zakir Hussain Public Affairs : 1963 : Andhra Pradesh Dr. Rajendra Prasad Public Affairs : 1962 : Bihar Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Public Affairs : 1961 : West Bengal Shri Purushottam Das Tandon Public Affairs : 1961 : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve Social Work : 1958 : Maharashtra Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant Public Affairs : 1957 : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Bhagwan Das Literature & Education : 1955 : Uttar Pradesh Shri Jawaharlal Nehru Public Affairs : 1955 : Uttar Pradesh Dr. M. Vishweshwariah Civil Service : 1955 : Karnataka Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Public Affairs : 1954 : Tamil Nadu Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Science & Engineering. : 1954 : Tamil Nadu Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Public Affairs : 1954 : Tamil Nadu

Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali Public Affairs : 1997 : Delhi Shri Gulzari Lal (Shri) Nanda Public Affairs : 1997 : Gujarat Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata Trade & Industry : 1992 : Maharashtra Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Public Affairs : 1992 : West Bengal Shri Satyajit Ray Arts : 1992 : West Bengal Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai Public Affairs : 1991 : Gujarat Shri Rajiv Gandhi Public Affairs : 1991 : Delhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Public Affairs : 1991 : Gujarat Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr Public Affairs : 1990 : Maharashtra Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Public Affairs : 1990 : South Africa Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran Public Affairs : 1988 : Tamil Nadu Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Social Work : 1987 : Pakistan Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave Social Work : 1983 : Maharashtra Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu Teresa Social Work : 1980 : West Bengal Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj Public Affairs : 1976 : Tamil Nadu