50 Personalities Won Prestigious Bharat Ratna So Far!

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award that is awarded to people who made valuable contributions in their field. Across the fields, people are picked for the prestigious award. The tradition of giving the award was started in 1954 which is still intact. Let us have a look at the winners of the award so far.

C. Rajagopalachari: The veteran Congress leader was given the prestigious award back in 1954. In a bid to honor his valuable contributions to the country, he was conferred with the Civilian Award.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: A teacher by profession, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan has had his mark in politics as he served as the President of India. He is the second President and first Vice President of the country. Teacher’s Day is celebrated in his honor on his birthday. He left a big mark as a politician that made him win a big award.

Bhagwan Das

M. Visvesvaraya(Civil Engineer)

Jawahar Lal Nehru(Former PM)

Govind Ballabh Pant( Activist-former Chief Minister)

Dhondo Keshav Karve(Social Reformer)

Bidhan Chandra Roy(Physician-Philantraphist)

Purushottam Das Tandon(Activist)

Rajendra Prasad( Freedom Fighter-First President)

Zakir Hussain( Freedom Fighter- Prime Minister)

Pandurang Vaman Kane(Sanskrit Scholar)

Lal Bahadur Shastri( Freedom Fighter-Prime Minister)

Indira Gandhi(Politician-First Woman Prime Minister)

Varahagiri Venkata Giri( Freedom fighter-former President)

K.Kamaraj(Politician-former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister)

Mother Teresa( Social Worker)

Vinayak Narahari Bhave( Freedom fighter-social reformer)

Abdul Ghaffār Khān(Freedom fighter)

MGR(Veteran Actor-former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister)

BR Ambedkar( President of Constitution Drafting Committee)

Nelson Mandela( South African activist)

Rajiv Gandhi(Politician-former PM)

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel(Freedom Fighter-first Prime Minister)

Morarji Desai(First non-Congress Prime Minister)

Maulana Azad(India’s First Education Minister)

JRD Tata(Veteran Industrialist)

Satyajit Ray(Veteran Filmmaker)

Gulzarilal Nanda(Freedom Fighter)

Aruna Asaf Ali(Freedom Fighter)

APJ Abdul Kalam(Scientist-Former President)

MS Subba Lakshmi(Karnatik Singer)

Chidambaram Subramaniam(Freedom Fighter)

Jaya Prakash Narayan(Freedom Fighter- Social reformer)

Amartya Sen(economist-Nobel Winner)

Gopinath Bordoloi(Freedom Fighter)

Pandit Ravishankar(Music Composer)

Lata Mangeshkar(Playback Singer)

Bismillah Khan(Shehnai Composer)

Bhimsen Joshi(Vocalist-Composer)

CN Rao(Scientist)

Sachin Tendulkar(Cricketer)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Politician-former PM)

Madan Mohan Malaviya(Scholar-Social Reformer)

Nanaji Deshmukh(Social Worker)

Bhupen Hazarika(Singer, writer, poet)

Pranab Mukherjee(Politician-Former President)

Karpuri Thakur(Politician-Former Chief Minister)

LK Advani(Politician-Former Vice President)