Bharath Ratna

Bharath Ratna is the highest civilian honour given for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order. The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold medal, 35 mm in diameter, with the sun and the Hindi legend 'Bharat Ratna' above and a floral wreath below. The reverse was to carry the state emblem and moto. It was to be worn around the neck from a white ribbon. This design was altered after a year. The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954. The first ever Indian to receive this award was famous scientist, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. Since then many dignitaries each a whiz in varied aspects of their career have received this coveted award.
There is no written provision that Bharat Ratna should be awarded to Indian citizens only. The award has been awarded to a naturalized Indian citizen, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known as mother Teresa and two non-Indians -Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela. It is also not mandatory that Bharat Ratna be awarded every year.

YEAR	RECIPIENT
1954	C.Rajagopalachari
1954	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1954	C.V.Raman
1955	Bhagwan Das
1955	M.Visvesvaraya
1955	Jawaharlal Nehru
1957	Govind Ballabh Pant
1958	Dhondo Keshav Karve
1961	Bidhan Chandra Roy
1961	Purushottam Das Tandon
1962	Rajendra Prasad
1963	Dr.Zakir Husain
1963	Pandurang Vaman Kane
1966	Lal Bahadur Shastri
1971	Indira Gandhi
1975	V.V.Giri
1976	K.Kamaraj
1980	Mother Teresa
1983	Vinoba Bhave
1987	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1988	M.G.Ramachandran
1990	B.R.Ambedkar
1990	Nelson Mandela
1991	Rajiv Gandhi
1991	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1991	Morarji Desai
1992	Abul Kalam Azad
1992	J.R.D.Tata
1992	Satyajit Ray
1997	Gulzarilal Nanda
1997	Aruna Asaf Ali
1997	A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
1998	M.S.Subbulakshmi
1998	Chidambaram Subramaniam
1999	Jayaprakash Narayan
1999	Amartya Sen
1999	Gopinath Bordoloi
1999	Ravi Shankar
2001	Lata Mangeshkar
2001	Bismillah Khan
2008	Bhimsen Joshi
2014	C.N.R.Rao
2014	Sachin Tendulkar
2015	Madan Mohan Malaviya
2015	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2019	Pranab Mukherjee
2019	Bhupen Hazarika
2019	Nanaji Deshmukh

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