Bharat Ratna Awardees - List

• Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1954 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.

• Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was rewarded with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1954 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering.

• Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1954 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.

• Dr. M. Vishweshwariah was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1955 for his contribution towards Civil service.

• Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1955 for his contribution in the field of Public affairs.

• Dr. Bhagwan Das was rewarded with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1955 for his contribution towards Literature and Education.

• Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant w was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1957 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.

• Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1958 for his contribution towards Social Work.

• Shri Purushottam Das Tandon was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1961 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.

• Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1961 for his work in the field of Public Affairs.

• Dr. Rajendra Prasad was rewarded with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1962 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.

• Dr. Zakir Hussain was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.

• Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963 for his contribution towards Social Work.

• Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was rewarded with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1966for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Smt. Indira Gandhi was awarded Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1971 for her work in the field of Public Affairs.

• Shri V.V. Giri was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1975 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award j in the year 1976 for work towards Public Affairs.

• Mother Teresa was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1980 for her contribution towards Social Work.

• Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1983 for his contribution towards Social Work.

• Abdul Ghaffar Khan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1987 for his contribution towards Social Work.

• Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1988 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1990 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1990 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1991 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Shri Rajiv Gandhi was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1991 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.

• Shri Morarji Desai was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1991 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Shri Satyajit Ray was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1992 for his work in field of Arts.

• Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1992 for his work in the field of Trade and Industry.

• Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his work in the field of Public Affairs.

• Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his work towards in the field of Public Affairs.

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering.

• Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1998 for her work towards Arts.

• Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1998 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Arts.

• Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Pubic Affairs.

• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Public Affairs.

• Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Literature and education.

• Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2001 for his contribution towards Arts.

• Kumari Lata Mangeshkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2001 for her contribution in the field of Arts.

• Pandit Bhismen Gururaj Joshi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2008 for his contribution in th field of Arts


Note: Nobody was given country's highest civilian award - Bharat Ratna during the year 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009 and 2010

Source: http://india.gov.in/myindia/bharatratna_awards_list1.php