Bharat Ratna Award winner from 1954 to 2017

Bharat Ratna Award Winner List from 1954 to 2017

(SRC : WIKIPEDIA)

Sr. No.	Name	Year	Reason For Awards
1	Madan Mohan Malaviya	2015	He was Founder of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha and Banaras Hindu University. He was also served as the university's vice-chancellor from 1919 to 1938. He was the President of Indian National Congress. He was the Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946.
2	Atal Bihari Vajpayee		He was elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, twice to the Rajya Sabha. He was also served as the Prime Minister of India for three times. He was awarded as the "Best Parliamentarian" in 1994.
3	Prof. C. N. R. Rao	2014	The recipient of Honorary Doctorates from 63 Universities including Purdue, IIT Bombay, Oxford,chemist and professor Rao has worked prominently in the fields of Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure. He has authored around 1600 research papers and 48 books.
4	Sachin Tendulkar		First youngest sportsman who got this award
5	Bhimsen Joshi	2009	Hindustani Classical Vocalist.
6	Lata Mangeshkar	2001	She Was sung songs in over 36 languages.In 1989, Mangeshkar was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema.
7	Bismillah Khan		Hindustani Classical Shehnai Player.
8	Jayaprakash Narayan	1999	Independence activist, social reformer, and commonly referred as "Lok Nayak", Narayan is better known for "Total Revolution Movement" or "JP Movement" initiated during the mid-1970s to "overthrow the corrupt and exploitative Congress government".
9	Amartya Sen		Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1998)
10	Gopinath Bordoloi		Independence activist, He is the first Chief Minister of Assam (1946–50).
11	Ravi Shankar		Winner of four Grammy Awards and "the world's best-known exponent of Hindustani classical music", He was known for his collaborative work with Western musicians.
12	M. S. Subbulakshmi	1998	Carnatic classical vocalist Subbulakshmi, often hailed as "Queen of songs", is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award.
13	Chidambaram Subramaniam		Independence activist, He is known for his contribution towards Green Revolution in India.
14	Gulzarilal Nanda	1997	Independence activist Nanda was two times interim Prime Minister of India and two times deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
15	Aruna Asaf Ali		Independence activist, Ali is known for hoisting the Indian flag in Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942. Post Independence, Ali was elected as Delhi's first mayor in 1958.
16	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam		Aerospace and defence scientist, Kalam was involved in the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle SLV III and was the architect of Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. He worked for Indian National Committee for Space Research, I ndian Space Research Organisation, Defence Research and Development Laboratory and was appointed as the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister,Secretary to Department of Defence Research and Development and Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation. Later, he served as the eleventh President of India from 2002 till 2007.
17	Abul Kalam Azad	1992	Independence activist Azad was India's first Minister of Education and worked towards free primary education. He was widely known as "Maulana Azad" and his birthday on 11 November is observed as National Education Day in India.
18	J. R. D. Tata		Industrialist, philanthropist, and aviation pioneer, Tata founded India's first airline Air India. He is the founder of various institutes including Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Motors, TCS, National Institute of Advanced Studies and National Centre for the Performing Arts.
19	Satyajit Ray		Having debuted as a director with Pather Panchali (1955), film-maker Ray is credited with bringing world recognition to Indian cinema. In 1984, Ray was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema.
20	Rajiv Gandhi	1991	Gandhi was the ninth Prime Minister of India serving from 1984 to 1989.
21	Vallabhbhai Patel		Widely known as the "Iron Man of India",He was an independence activist and first Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947–50). Post independence, "Sardar" Patel worked with V. P. Menon towards dissolving 555 princely states into the Indian union.
22	Morarji Desai		Independence activist Desai was the sixth Prime Minister of India. He is the only Indian national to be awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, highest civilian award given by the Government of Pakistan.
23	B. R. Ambedkar	1990	Social reformer and leader of the Dalits , Ambedkar was the Chief architect of the Indian Constitution and also served as the first Law Minister of India. Ambedkar predominantly campaigned against the social discrimination with Dalits, the Hindu varna system.He was associated with the Dalit Buddhist movement and accepted Buddhism as a religion along with his close to half a million followers on 14 October 1956.
24	Nelson Mandela		Leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, Mandela was the President of South Africa.Often called as the "Gandhi of South Africa", Mandela's African National Congress movement was influenced by Gandhian philosophy. In 1993, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
25	M. G. Ramachandran	1988	Actor turned politician Ramachandran served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for three terms.
26	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan	1987	Widely known as "Frontier Gandhi", independence activist and Pashtun leader Khan was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. He joined Khilafat Movement in 1920 and founded Khudai Khidmatgar ("Red Shirt movement") in 1929.
27	Vinoba Bhave	1983	Independence activist, social reformer, and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhave is best known for his Bhoodan movement, "Land-Gift Movement".He was given the honorific title "Acharya" and was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1958) for his humanitarian work.
28	Mother Teresa	1980	Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta" was a catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work in 1979 and was beatified on 19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
29	K. Kamaraj	1976	Independence activist and statesman Kamaraj was a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for three terms.
30	V. V. Giri	1975	Trade unionist Giri was the first Acting President of India and later elected as the fourth President of India.
31	Indira Gandhi	1971	Known as the "Iron Lady of India". During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, her government supported Bangladesh Liberation War which led to the formation of a new country, Bangladesh.
32	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1966	Known for his slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", Independence activist Shastri served as second Prime Minister of India (1964–66) and led the country during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
33	Zakir Husain	1963	Independence activist and education philosopher, Husain served as a Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University and the Governor of Bihar Later, he was elected as second Vice-President of India and went on to become the third President of India (1967–69).
34	Pandurang Vaman Kane		Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Kane is best known for his five volume literary work, History of Dharmasastra, Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India; the "monumental" work that extends over nearly 6,500 pages and being published from 1930 to 1962.
35	Rajendra Prasad	1962	Independence activist, lawyer, statesman, and scholar. Prasad was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi in the non-cooperation movement for Indian independence. He was later elected as the first President of India.
36	Bidhan Chandra Roy	1961	A physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker, Roy is often considered as "Maker of Modern West Bengal". His birthday on 1 July is observed as National Doctors' Day in India.
37	Purushottam Das Tandon		Often titled as "Rajarshi", Tandon was an independence activist. He was actively involved in a campaign to get official language status to Hindi.
38	Dhondo Keshav Karve	1958	Social reformer and educator, known for his works related to woman education and remarriage of Hindu widows. He established the Widow Marriage Association (1983), Hindu Widows Home (1896), and started Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University in 1916.
39	Govind Ballabh Pant	1957	Independence activist Pant was premier of United Provinces. He served as Union Home Minister from 1955-1961
40	M. Visvesvaraya	1955	Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore, He was a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire. His birthday, 15 September, is observed as "Engineer's Day" in India.
41	Bhagwan Das		Independence activist, philosopher, and educationist, Das is a co-founder of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith and worked with Madan Mohan Malaviya for the foundation of Banaras Hindu University.
42	Jawaharlal Nehru		Independence activist and author.
43	C. V. Raman	1954	Raman worked in the field of atomic physics and electromagnetism and was presented Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
44	C. Rajagopalachari		An Indian independence activist, statesman, and lawyer, Rajagopalachari was the only Indian and last Governor-General of independent India. He was founder of Indian political party Swatantra Party.
45	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan		Philosopher Radhakrishnan served as India's first Vice-President and second President. Since 1962, his birthday on 5 September is observed as "Teachers' Day" in India