Bharat Ratna or Jewel of India is the highest civilian award of India. It was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. In this article, Check the important aspects related to the Bharatratn puraskar, picture of the awaard, Bharat ratna award list, which shows the list of all bharat ratna recipients till date.
Important Aspects of Bharat Ratna Award
- The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.
- The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
- On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion. The Award does not carry any monetary grant.
- In terms of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution, the award cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient’s name. However, should an award winner consider it necessary, he/she may use the following expression in their biodata/letterhead/visiting card etc. to indicate that he/she is a recipient of the award: ‘Awarded Bharat Ratna by the President’ or ‘Recipient of Bharat Ratna Award’.
Bharat Ratna Award Picture
Bharat Ratna Award List or Bharatratn puraskar list
Year | Awardees | State / Country | Prime Minister / Party in Power |
1954 | C. Rajagopalachari | Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
C. V. Raman | Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
1955 | Bhagwan Das | Uttar Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
M. Visvesvaraya | Karnataka | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
Jawaharlal Nehru | Uttar Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
1957 | Govind Ballabh Pant | Uttarakhand | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve | Maharashtra | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
1961 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | West Bengal | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
Purushottam Das Tandon | Uttar Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Rajendra Prasad | Bihar | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
1963 | Zakir Husain | Andhra Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress |
Pandurang Vaman Kane | Maharashtra | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian National Congress | |
1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | Uttar Pradesh | Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1971 | Indira Gandhi | Uttar Pradesh | Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1975 | V. V. Giri | Odisha | Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1976 | K. Kamaraj | Tamil Nadu | Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1980 | Mother Teresa | West Bengal, (Born in Skopje, now North Macedonia) |
Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1983 | Vinoba Bhave | Maharashtra | Indira Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1987 | Abdul Ghaffar Khan | Pakistan | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1988 | M. G. Ramachandran | Tamil Nadu | Rajiv Gandhi, Indian National Congress |
1990 | B. R. Ambedkar | Maharashtra | Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janata Dal (NF) |
Nelson Mandela | South Africa | Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janata Dal (NF) | |
1991 | Rajiv Gandhi[vi] | Uttar Pradesh | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress |
Vallabhbhai Patel | Gujarat | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress | |
Morarji Desai[e] | Gujarat | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress | |
1992 | Abul Kalam Azad[viii][f]# | West Bengal | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress |
J. R. D. Tata | Maharashtra | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress | |
Satyajit Ray | West Bengal | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian National Congress | |
1997 | Gulzarilal Nanda | Punjab | Inder Kumar Gujral, Janata Dal (UF) |
Aruna Asaf Ali[ix]# | Haryana | Inder Kumar Gujral, Janata Dal (UF) | |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Tamil Nadu | Inder Kumar Gujral, Janata Dal (UF) | |
1998 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Tamil Nadu | Inder Kumar Gujral, Janata Dal (UF) |
Chidambaram Subramaniam | Tamil Nadu | Inder Kumar Gujral, Janata Dal (UF) | |
1999 | Jayaprakash Narayan[x]# | Bihar | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
Amartya Sen | West Bengal | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
Gopinath Bordoloi | Assam | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
Ravi Shankar | Uttar Pradesh | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
2001 | Lata Mangeshkar | Maharashtra | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
Bismillah Khan | Bihar | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
2009 | Bhimsen Joshi | Karnataka | Manmohan Singh, Indian National Congress (UPA) |
2014 | C. N. R. Rao | Karnataka | Manmohan Singh, Indian National Congress (UPA) |
Sachin Tendulkar | Maharashtra | Manmohan Singh, Indian National Congress (UPA) | |
2015 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Madhya Pradesh | Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
2019 | Pranab Mukherjee | West Bengal | Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |
Bhupen Hazarika | Assam | Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | |
Nanaji Deshmukh | Maharashtra | Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) |