WINNER OF BHARAT RATNA

WINNER OF BHARAT RATNA

•    Bharat Ratna is India’s highest Civilian Award. It was first awarded  in 1954. The actual award is designed in the shape of a peepal  leaf with Bharat Ratna inscribed in Devanagri script in the sun figure.
•    The reverse aide of the decoration Satyamev Jayate has been write in Hindi with an inscription of state emblem. The emblem, the sun and the rim are of platinum. The inscriptions are in burnished bronze.

YEAR	WINNER
2013	Sachin Tendulkar
2013	Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
2008	pandit bhimsen Joshi
2001	ustad Bismillah Khan
2001	Lata Dinanath mangeshkar
1999	Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
1999	prof Amarty Sen
1999	loknayak  jayprakash narayan
1999	pandit ravi Shankar
1998	smt Madurai shanmukhavadidu
1998	Sri Chidambaram Subramaniam
1997	Sri (Dr) Avul Pakir Jainualabdeen Abdul Kalam
1997	Smt Arunna Asaf Ali
1997	Sri Gulzari Lal Nanda
1992	Sri Maulalana Abul Kalam Azad
1992	Sri SAatyajith Ray
1992	Sri Jahangir Ratanji Dadahai Tata
1991	Sri Rajiv Gandhi
1991	Sardar Vallabhai Patel
1991	Sri Morarji Ranchodji Desai
1990	Dr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1990	Dr Bhimaro Ramji Ambedkar
1988	Sri Marudur Gopalan Ramachan -dran
1987	Khan Abdul ghaffar khan
1983	Shri acharrya Vinoba Bhave
1980	Mother Teresa(Agnes Gonxha)
1976	Shri kumaraswamy kamraj
1975	Shri varahagiri venkata Giri
1971	Smt indira Gandhi
1966	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
1963	Dr Zakir Hussain
1963	Dr Pandurang Vaman Kane
1962	Dr Rajendra Prasad
1961	Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy
1961	Shri Purushottam Das Tandon
1958	Dr dhonde keshav Karve
1957	Pt Govind Nallabh Pant
1955	Shri Jawaharlal Nehru
1955	Dr Mokshagundam vivesvaraya
1955	Dr Bhagwan Das
1954	Dr Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
1954	Dr Sarvapali Radhakrishnan
1954	Shri Chakravati Rajagopalachari

NOTE: Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the first foreigner to be honoured with this award in 1987. And Later Nelson Mandela (1990).

Award to Naturallsed Indian Citizen    -- Mother Teresa(1980).    Youngest Overall to Receive the Bharat Ratna – Rajn Gandhi (Posthumously).    Wldest Overall to Receive the Award  -- Vallabhabhai Patel.