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

Padma Awards

About Padma Awards

Padma Award is Second Highest Awards which is divided into three category.
 1. Padma Vibhusan  2. Padma Bhusan
 3. Padma Shri

Highest Civilian Awards is Bharat Ratna Award.

The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;
‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and
‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.

The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.

This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 persons as per the list below.
The list comprises of
10 Padma Vibhushan,
19 Padma Bhushan and
83 Padma Shri Awardees.
19 of the awardees are women
10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs (include one posthumous)
4 Posthumous awardees.

Great Indian First Woman in all Categories

Woman Name	Category
Razia Sultana	The first woman leader
Rani Laxmibai	The first woman, who fights in a war
Vidhyagauri	The first woman Graduate
Vijaya Laxmi Pandit	First Lady of the State Minister
Neela Kaushik Pandit	The first woman military officer
Nadiya	The first woman stunt Queen
Sarojani Naydu	The first woman governor
Rajkumari Amrutkaur	The First woman Central minister
Vijaya Laxmi Pandit	First Lady of the United National Union General Assembly President
Arati Saha	First Lady of the English Channel swimmer
Reeta Fariya	The first Women's World belle
Suchita Kruplani	The first Woman of Chief Minister
Indira Gandhi	The first Woman of Prime Minister
Devikarani Sherki	First Lady Dada Saheb phalake Award
Mother Teresha	The first woman Nobel Prize
Bachendri Pal	The first woman winner of Everest
Saheb Fatimabibi	The first woman Supreme Court Justice
Kiran Bedi	First woman IPS
Asha Parekh	The first Women's World Gurjari Award
Karneliya Sorabji	First woman barrister
Homai Vyaravala	The first woman press photographer
Leela Sheth	First woman Chief Justice
Surekha Yadav	Railway first woman driver
VasanthKumari	First Woman Bus Driver
Omana Abraham	The first woman president of the Stock Exchange
Durba Benarji	The first female Pilot
Rinku Sinha Roy	First woman station master
Arpana Popat	The first woman winner of the French Open badminton
Susmita Sen	First Lady Miss Universe
Menka Gandhi	First Lady Award Animal Friend
Kalpna Chawla	The first woman astronaut
Malleshwari	In the first women's Olympic medal winners
VijayaLaxmi Subbaraman	The first women's chess Grand Master winner
Harita Kaur Deol	The first woman pilot in the Air Force
Sulochana Modi	The first woman mayor
Lalit Subbarao	First Female Engineer
Anandi Gopala	The first woman doctor

Awards and Polititians

Que. :- The only person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize was 

Ans. :- George Bernard Shaw

Que. :- Who is also known as the Father of Indian Nuclear Science 
Ans. :- Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Que. :- Who was the first person to reach the South Pole 

Ans. :- Captain Roald Amundsen

Que. :- Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress 

Ans. :- W.C. Banerjee

Que. :- Who Won the Nobel prize in both physics and chemistry 

Ans. :- Marie curie

Que. :- Who is the only person to be honored with both 'Bharat Ratna' and 'Nishan-e-Pakistan', the highest civilian awards of India and Pakistan respectively 

Ans. :- Morarji Desai

Que. :- Who was the first Indian to go into space

Ans. :- Rakesh Sharma

Que. :- An English chemist and physicist, after whom the SI unit of capacitance is named

Ans. :- Sir Michael Faraday

Que. :- Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors 

Ans. :- Charlie Chaplain

Que. :- Edvige Antonia Albina Maino is the real name of which politician 

Ans. :- Sonia Gandhi