Bharat Ratna awards

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 BHUSHAN

                                                      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)