sr. no.
|
Name of the recipient |
Awarded in
|
Their individuality |
1 |
![Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari](../images/Chakravarti-Rajagopalachari.jpg)
|
1954 |
Indian political leader, the first and the only governor-general of independent India.
|
2 |
![Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman](../images/Dr.-Chandrasekhara-Venkata-Raman.jpg)
|
1954 |
Indian physicist, the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930
(birth. Nov. 7, 1888, Trichinopoly [Tiruchirappalli], India; death. Nov. 21, 1970, Bengaluru),
|
3 |
![Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan](../images/Dr.-Sarvapalli-Radhakrishnan.jpg)
|
1954 |
Philosopher, scholar and statesman, president of India from 1962 to 1967 |
4 |
![Dr. Bhagwan Das](../images/Bhagwan_Das.jpg)
Dr. Bhagwan Das |
1955 |
Independence activist, author |
5 |
![Shri Jawaharlal Nehru](../images/Shri_Jawaharlal_Nehru.jpg)
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru |
1955 |
Independence activist, author, first prime minister of independent India (1947-64) |
6 |
![Dr. Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya](../images/Dr._Mokshagundam_Vivesvaraya.jpg)
Dr. Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya |
1955 |
Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore |
7 |
![Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant](../images/Govind_Ballabh_Pant.jpg)
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant |
1957 |
Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister |
8 |
![Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve](../images/Dr._Dhonde_Keshav_Karve.jpg)
Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve |
1958 |
Also known as Maharishi Karve, Indian social reformer and educator |
9 |
![Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy](../images/Dr._Bidhan_Chandra_Roy.jpg)
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy |
1961 |
Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal |
10 |
![Shri Purushottam Das Tandon](../images/Purushottam_Das_Tandon.jpg)
Shri Purushottam Das Tandon |
1961 |
Independence activist, educator |
11 |
![Dr. Rajendra Prasad](../images/dr._rajendra_prasad.jpg)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
1962 |
First president of the Republic of India (1950-62). A lawyer-turned-journalist, also president of the Indian National Congress |
12 |
![Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane](../images/Dr._Pandurang_Vaman_Kane.jpg)
Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane |
1963 |
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar |
13 |
![Dr. Zakir Hussain](../images/Dr._Zakir_Hussain.jpg)
Dr. Zakir Hussain |
1963 |
Scholar, third President |
14 |
![Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri](../images/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri.jpg)
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri |
1966 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist, third Prime Minister |
15 |
![Smt. Indira Gandhi](../images/Indira_Priyadarshini_Gandhi.jpg)
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
1971 |
Fourth Prime Minister |
16 |
![Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri](../images/Varahagiri_ Venkata_Giri.jpg)
Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
1975 |
Trade unionist and fourth President |
17 |
![Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj](../images/Kumarasami_Kamaraj.jpg)
Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj |
1976 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist, Chief Minister of Madras State |
18 |
![Mother Teresa](../images/Mother_Teresa.jpg)
Mother Teresa, (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) |
1980 |
Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity |
19 |
![Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave](../images/Acharya_Vinoba_Bhave.jpg)
Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
1983 |
Posthumous Award: social reformer, independence activist |
20 |
![Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](../images/Khan_Abdul_Ghaffar_Khan.jpg)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
1987 |
First non-citizen, independence activist |
21 |
![Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran](../images/Maruthur_Gopalan_Ramachandran.jpg)
Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran |
1988 |
Posthumous Award: film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu |
22 |
![Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr](../images/bhimrao_ramji_ambedkar.jpg)
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr |
1990 |
Posthumous Award: architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar |
23 |
![Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela](../images/Nelson_Mandela.jpg)
Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
1990 |
Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement |
24 |
![Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai](../images/Morarji_Desai.jpg)
Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai |
1991 |
Independence activist, fifth Prime Minister |
25 |
![Shri Rajiv Gandhi](../images/rajiv_gandhi.jpg)
Shri Rajiv Gandhi |
1991 |
Seventh Prime Minister |
26 |
![Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel](../images/vallabhbhai_patel.jpg)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
1991 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist, first Home Minister |
27 |
![JRD Tata](../images/JRD_Tata.jpg)
Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata |
1992 |
Industrialist and philanthropist |
28 |
![Maulana Abul Kalam Azad](../images/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg)
Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
1992 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist, first Minister of Education |
29 |
![Satyajit Ray](../images/Satyajit_Ray.jpg)
Shri Satyajit Ray |
1992 |
Filmmaker |
30 |
![Dr. Abdul Kalam](../images/dr._abdul_kalam.jpg)
Shri (Dr.) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam |
1997 |
Aeronautical engineer, eminent defence scientist, Dr. Kalam was India's eleventh president from 2002 to 2007 |
31 |
![Aruna Asaf Ali](../images/aruna_asaf_ali.jpg)
Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali |
1997 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist |
32 |
![Gulzari Lal Nanda](../images/Gulzarilal_Nanda.jpg)
Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda |
1997 |
Independence activist, second Prime Minister |
33 |
![Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam](../images/Shri-Chidambaram-Subramaniam.jpg)
|
1998 |
Chidambaram Subramaniam (birth: January 30, 1910 – death: November 7, 2000) He was an Indian statesman, Freedom fighter, state minister, central minister and governor.
|
34 |
![Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi](../images/Madurai-Shanmukhavadivu-Subbulakshmi.jpg)
|
1998 |
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), Also known as M.S., she was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. |
35 |
![Prof. Amartya Sen](../images/Prof.-Amartya-Sen.jpg)
|
1999 |
Distinguished economist and philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 for his seminal work in welfare economics
|
36 |
![Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi](../images/Lokpriya-Gopinath-Bordoloi.jpg)
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi |
1999 |
Posthumous Award: independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam |
37 |
![Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan](../images/Loknayak-Jayprakash-Narayan.jpg)
Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan |
1999 |
Posthumous Award: Indian political leader and theorist, leader of socio-political mass-movements in Gujarat and Bihar |
38 |
![Pandit Ravi Shankar](../images/Pandit-Ravi-Shankar.jpg)
Pandit Ravi Shankar |
1999 |
Sitar player |
39 |
![Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar](../images/Lata-Mangeshkar.jpg)
Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar |
2001 |
Legendary Indian playback singer; sang for more than 2,000 Indian films in a career spanning nearly six decades |
40 |
![Ustad Bismillah Khan](../images/Ustad-Bismillah-Khan.jpg)
|
2001 |
(birth March 21, 1916, Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, in Dumraon, Bihar; death Aug. 21, 2006, Varanasi).
|
41 |
![Pandit Bhimsen Joshi](../images/Pandit-Bhimsen-Joshi.jpg)
|
2008 |
(birth. Feb. 14, 1922, Gadag, Dharwad, Karnataka), His full name is Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi.
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