Tuesday 9 April 2013

Bharat Ratna Holders


Bharat Ratna  Indias   Highest Civilian Award

NameImageBirth / deathAwardedNotes
1.Chakravarti RajgopalachariC Rajagopalachari Feb 17 2011.JPG1878–19721954Independence activist, last Governor-General
2.Sir C. V. RamanSir CV Raman.JPG1888–19701954Physicist
3.Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanRadhakrishnan.jpg1888–19751954Philosopher, India's First Vice President (1952-1962), and India's Second President(1962-1967)
4.Bhagwan Das1869–19581955Independence activist, author
5.Mokshagundam VisvesvarayyaSir M.Visvesvaraya.jpg1861–19621955Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore
6.Jawaharlal NehruBundesarchiv Bild 183-61849-0001, Indien, Otto Grotewohl bei Ministerpräsident Nehru cropped.jpg1889–19641955Independence activist, author, first Prime Minister
7.Govind Ballabh Pant1887–19611957Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister
8.Dhondo Keshav Karve1858–19621958Educator, social reformer
9.Bidhan Chandra Roy1882–19621961Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
10.Purushottam Das Tandon1882–19621961Independence activist, educator
11.Rajendra PrasadRajendra Prasad portrait.jpg1884–19631962Independence activist, jurist, first President
12.Zakir Hussain1897–19691963Scholar, third President
13.Pandurang Vaman Kane1880–19721963Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
14.Lal Bahadur Shastri1736 Lal Bahadur Shastri.jpg1904–19661966Posthumous, independence activist, second Prime Minister
15.Indira GandhiIndira2.jpg1917–19841971Third Prime Minister
16.V. V. Giri1894–19801975Trade unionist and fourth President
17.K. Kamaraj1903–19751976Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State
18.Mother TeresaMotherTeresa 090.jpg1910–19971980Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity
19.Vinoba BhaveGandhi and Vinoba.jpg1895–19821983Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist
20.Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.jpg1890–19881987First non-citizen, independence activist
21.M. G. RamachandranMGR345676aa11 cropped.jpg1917–19871988Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
22.B. R. AmbedkarAmbedkar Barrister.jpg1891–19561990Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar
23.Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela-2008 (edit).jpgb. 19181990Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement
24.Rajiv GandhiRajiv Gandhi (cropped).jpg1944–19911991Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister
25.Vallabhbhai PatelVallabhbhai-patel.jpg1875–19501991Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister
26.Morarji DesaiMorarji Desai 1978.jpg1896–19951991Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister
27.Abul Kalam Azad1888–19581992Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education
28.J. R. D. Tata1904–19931992Industrialist and philanthropist
29.Satyajit RaySatyajitRay.jpg1922–19921992Filmmaker
30.A. P. J. Abdul KalamAbdulKalam.JPGb. 19311997Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India
31.Gulzarilal Nanda1898–19981997Independence activist, interim Prime Minister
32.Aruna Asaf Ali1908–19961997Posthumous, independence activist
33.M. S. SubbulakshmiMs subbulakshmi.jpg1916–20041998Carnatic classical singer
34.Chidambaram Subramaniam1910–20001998Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture
35.Jayaprakash Narayan1902–19791999Posthumous, independence activist and politician
36.Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar 2009 crop.jpg1920–20121999Sitar player
37.Amartya SenAmartya Sen NIH.jpgb. 19331999Economist
38.Gopinath Bordoloi1890–19501999Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam
39.Lata MangeshkarLata Mangeshkar - still 29065 crop.jpgb. 19292001Playback singer
40.Bismillah KhanBismillah at Concert1 (edited).jpg1916–20062001Hindustani classical shehnai player
41.Bhimsen Joshi1922–20112008Hindustani classical singer




Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna

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