Awards and Rewards:
BHARATA RATNA:
Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian honour. . This award is given for exceptional work for the advancement of Art, Literature and Sceince and recognition of public service of the highest order. It is generally conferred on Jan 26. The replica of the sun with radiating rays can be seen on the observe of the medallion with the words the motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’. The awrd can also be granted posthumously.The awards are produced at the Kolkata Mint.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
PADMA SRI
*The Recipients of “ Bharat Ratna “ :
1. C.Rajagopalachari (1954)
2. S.Radhakrishnan (1954)
3. C.V.Raman (1954)
4. Jawaharalal Nehru (1955)
5. Bhagawan Das (1955)
6. M.visweswariah (1955)
7.Gobind Ballabh Pant (1958)
8. D.K.Karve (1958)
9. B.C.Roy (1961)
10.P.D.Tandon (1961)
11.Rajendra Prasad (1962)
12.Zakir Hussain (1963)
13. P.V. Kane (1963)
14. Lal Bahadur Sastry (Posthumous -1976)
15. Indira Gandhi(1971)
16. V.V. Giri(1975)
17. K.Kamaraj (posthumous-1976)
18. Mother Theresa (1980)
19. Vinobha Bhave (1983)
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan (1987)
21. M.G. Ramachandran (posthumous-1988)
22. B.R. Ambedkar(posthumous-1989)
23. Nelson Mandela (1990)
24. Morarji Desai (1991)
25. Vallabhai Patel (posthumous -1991)
26. Rajiv Gandhi (post humous-1991)
27. Subhash chandra Bose(1992-posthumous)(rejected)
28. Maulana abdul Kalam Azad(posthumous-1992)
29. J.R.D.Tata(1992)
30. Satyajit Ray(1992)
31.Guljarilal Nanda (1997)
32. Aruna Asafali (posthumous-1997)
33. Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1997)
34. Mrs. M.S.Subbu Lakshmi (1998)
35. Sri C.Subrahmanyam (1998)
36. Jai Prakash Narayana (posthumous-1998)
37. AmartyaSen (1999)
38. Gopinadh Bordoloi (posthumous-1999)
39. Pandit Ravi Shankar (1999)
40.Ustad Bismillah Khan (2001)
41. LataMangeshkar (2001)
42.Bhimsen Joshi (2008)
