Bharat Ratna Award Winners List Till 2024

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India. The first award was given in 1954. The number of annual awards is limited to three people per year. It is awarded in recognition of any exceptional service/ performance of high order in any field. And also it is not necessary that Bharat Ratna is given every year.

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honor conferred for exceptional service towards any field of human endeavor, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. No award is given in 2020 and 2021. The award does not carry any monetary benefits, however there several special entitlements which include: The medallion and miniature A Sanad (certificate) signed by the President of India. The award was started by former President Dr. Rajendra Prasad on January 2, 1954.

Awardee of 2024 Bharat Ratna

• Laal Krishna Advani
• Karpoori Thakur

Bharat Ratna Awardees List (1954-2021)

S. No	Winners Name	Year
1.	Parnab Mukherjee	2019
2.	Bhupen Hazarika	2019
3.	Nanaji Deshmukh	2019
4.	Madan Mohan Malaviya	2015
5.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	2015
6.	Sachin Tendulkar	2014
7.	C.N.R. Rao	2014
8.	Pandit Bhimsen Joshi	2008
9.	Lata Mangeshkar	2001
10.	Ustad Bismillah Khan	2001
11.	Prof. Amartya Sen	1999
12.	Lokpriya Gopinath Narayan	1999
13.	Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan	1999
14.	Pandit Ravi Shankar	1999
15.	Chidambaram Subramaniam	1998
16.	Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi	1998
17.	Dr. Abul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam	1997
18.	Aruna Assaf Ali	1997
19.	Gulzari Lal Nanda	1997
20.	Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata	1992
21.	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	1992
22.	Satyajit Ray	1992
23.	Morarji Desai	1991
24.	Rajiv Gandhi	1991
25.	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	1991
26.	Dr. B.R Ambedkar	1990
27.	Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela	1990
28.	Marudur Gopalan Ramchandran	1988
29.	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan	1987
30.	Acharya Vinoba Bhave	1983
31.	Mother Teresa	1980
32.	Kumaraswamy Kamraj	1976
33.	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1975
34.	Indira Gandhi	1971
35.	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1966
36.	Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane	1963
37.	Dr. Zakir Hussain	1963
38.	Dr. Rajendra Prasad	1962
39.	Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy	1961
40.	Purushottam Das Tandon	1961
41.	Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve	1958
42.	Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant	1957
43.	Dr. Bhagwan Das	1955
44.	Jawaharlal Nehru	1955
45.	Dr. M Vivesvaraya	1955
46.	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari	1954
47.	Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	1954
48.	Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan	1954

General Info of Bharat Ratna

There is no formal provision that Bharat Ratna Awardees should be Indian citizens. It has been awarded to a naturalised Indian citizen. Mother Teresa in 1980, and to two non-Indians, Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan in 1987 and the former South African president Nelson Mandela in 1990. The original 1954 specifications of the award was a circle made of gold. 1+3⁄8 inches (35 mm) in diameter with a centred sun burst design on the obverse side. The text “Bharat Ratna”, in Devanagari Script, is inscribed on the upper edge in silver gilt with a wreath set along on the lower edge. A platinum State Emblem of India was placed in the center of the reverse side with the national motto, “Satyameva Jayate” in Devanagari Script.
A year later, the design was modified. The current medal is in the shape of a peepal leaf, approximately 2+5⁄16 inches (59 mm) long, 1+7⁄8 inches (48 mm) wide and 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick and rimmed in platinum.

FAQs👇🏼:

Know What is Bharat Ratna?

For Competitive Exam Preparation read more

• Important towns on the river
• Solar System Facts
• The nickname of Important Places in India

---