National Awards
1. Bharat Ratna: This is India’s highest civilian award. It is given for exceptional work on art, literature, science and recognition of public service of the highest order. Government servants are not eligible for it.
The table shows the recipients of the award: Bharat Ratna Award Winners: Awards
1. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 1954
2. C. Rajagopalachari 1954
3. Dr. C.V. Raman 1954
4. Dr. Bhagwan Das 1955
5. Dr. M. Visvesvaraya 1955
6. Jawahar Lal Nehru 1955
7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1957
8. Dr. D.K. Karve 1958
9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961
10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1961
11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963
13. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966
15. Indira Gandhi 1971
16. V.V. Giri 1975
17. K. Kamraj 1976
18. Mother Teresa 1980
19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1983
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987
21. M.G. Ramachandran 1988
22. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 1990
23. Dr. Nelson R. Mandela 1990
24. Rajiv Gandhi 1991
25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1991
26. Morarji R. Desai 1991
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1992
28. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata 1992
29. Satyajit Roy 1992
30. Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda 1997
31. Mrs. Aruna Asaf Ali 1997
32. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997
33. M.S. Subbalakshmi 1998
34. C. Subramaniam 1998
35. Jaya Prakash Narayan 1999
36. Prof. Amartya Sen 1999
37. Pt. Ravi Shankar 1999
38. Gopinath Bardoloi 1999
39. Lata Mangeshkar 2001
40. Bismillah Khan 2001
41. Bhimsen Joshi 2009
42. C.N.R. Rao 2014
43. Sachin Tendulkar 2014
44. Madan Mohan Malaviya 2015
45. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2015
46. Nanaji Deshmukh 2019
47. Bhupen Hazarika 2019
48. Pranab Mukherjee 2019
2. Padma Vibhushan: This award is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field, including service rendered by Govt. servants.
3. Padma Bhushan: This award is given for distinguished service of a high order in any field, including service rendered by Govt. servants.
4. Padma Shri: This award is given for distinguished service in any field, including service rendered by Government servants.
