Know about Bharat Ratna Awardees in India on TrueTamil - Get Complete details of Bharat Ratna Award Winners in India. The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of exceptional service/ performance of the highest order, without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex. - Tuesday, 17 March 2026.
| S.No. | Name | Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. C. Rajagopalachari | 1954 | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Mr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1954 | Tamil Nadu |
| 3 | C. V. Raman | 1954 | Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | Mr. Bhagwan Das | 1955 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 | Mr. M. Visvesvaraya | 1955 | Karnataka |
| 6 | Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru | 1955 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7 | Mr. Govind Ballabh Pant | 1957 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8 | Mr. Dhondo Keshav Karve | 1958 | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Mr. Bidhan Chandra Roy | 1961 | West Bengal |
| 10 | Mr. Purushottam Das Tandon | 1961 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Mr. Rajendra Prasad | 1962 | Bihar |
| 12 | Mr. Zakir Husain | 1963 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 13 | Mr. Pandurang Vaman Kane | 1963 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1966 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | Smt. Indira Gandhi | 1971 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 16 | Mr. V. V. Giri | 1975 | Orissa |
| 17 | Mr. K. Kamaraj | 1976 | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Mother Teresa | 1980 | West Bengal |
| 19 | Mr. Vinoba Bhave | 1983 | Maharashtra |
| 20 | Mr. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1987 | Pakistan |
| 21 | Mr. M. G. Ramachandran | 1988 | Tamil Nadu |
| 22 | Mr. B. R. Ambedkar | 1990 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 23 | Mr. Nelson Mandela | 1990 | South Africa |
| 24 | Mr. Rajiv Gandhi | 1991 | New Delhi |
| 25 | Mr. Vallabhbhai Patel | 1991 | Maharashtra |
| 26 | Mr. Morarji Desai | 1991 | New Delhi |
| 27 | Mr. Abul Kalam Azad | 1992 | Saudi Arabia |
| 28 | Mr. J. R. D. Tata | 1992 | France |
| 29 | Mr. Satyajit Ray | 1992 | West BengaL |
| 30 | Mr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1997 | Tamil Nadu |
| 31 | Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda | 1997 | New Delhi |
| 32 | Mr. Aruna Asaf Ali | 1997 | Punjab |
| 33 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1998 | Tamil Nadu |
| 34 | Mr. Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1998 | Tamil Nadu |
| 35 | Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan | 1999 | Bihar |
| 36 | Mr. Pandit Ravi Shankar | 1999 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 37 | Mr. Amartya Sen | 1999 | West Bengal |
| 38 | Mr. Gopinath Bordoloi | 1999 | Assam |
| 39 | Lata Mangeshkar | 2001 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 40 | Mr. Ustad Bismillah Khan | 2001 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 41 | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | 2008 | Karnataka |
| 42 | Mr. C. N. R. Rao | 2014 | Karnataka |
| 43 | Mr. Sachin Tendulkar | 2014 | Maharashtra |
| 44 | Mr. Madan Mohan Malaviya | 2015 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45 | Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 2015 | Madhya Pradesh |
