--- title: "Facts about Bharat Ratna and list of Bharat Ratna Awardees Till Date" description: "There is no doubt that this award is supreme in itself and the person i.e. the awardee who is awarded the Bharat Ratna has played a significant & immortal role." author: "Harsh Srivastava" published: 2021-11-20 updated: 2021-11-20 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82873/facts-about-bharat-ratna-and-list-of-bharat-ratna-awardees-till-date category: "views" tags: ["indian award", "bharatratna award recipients"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # Facts about Bharat Ratna and list of Bharat Ratna Awardees Till Date The highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, is the most prestigious award of the Republic of India. The Bharat Ratna is awarded as the exceptional performance or service of the highest order. \ There is no doubt that this award is supreme in itself and the person i.e. the awardee who is awarded the Bharat Ratna has played a significant and immortal role in their field and serves to the utmost level. \ When Bharat Ratna got Suspended...\ Specifications of the Bharat Ratna\ Facts about Bharat Ratna in a Glance-\ Here’s a list of awardees for the Bharat [Ratna Till Date](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40277/how-many-prime-ministers-have-been-awarded-the-bharat-ratna-till-date)- \ \ My Views on the Bharat Ratna Award & the Awardees- Also, [Bharat Ratna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna#List_of_recipients) is awarded to the person for their service irrespective of occupation, sex, race, position. \ \ When this award was initiated for the first time, it majorly focuses on the achievements limited to arts, literature, science, and public services but in December 2011, the government broaden the criteria to “ **any field of human endeavor**.” \ Maximum three awardees can be selected for Bharat Ratna in a year. Prime Minister is the one who recommends the name of the nominee for Bharat Ratna to the President. \ Along with other civil honors, the Bharat Ratna got briefly suspended for three years from July 1977 to January 1980 because it was the time when the [national government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41999/the-1996-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-which-prohibited-national-government-recognition-of-same-sex) is changing and new amendments were forming. \ Furthermore, it again(August 1992 to December 1995) got suspended when certain PILs challenged the constitutional validity of certain civil honors along with the Bharat Ratna. \ ![Facts about Bharat Ratna and list of Bharat Ratna Awardees Till Date](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Bharat_Ratna_Award.png)\ The current award is looking like a peepal leaf, around 2+516 inches (59 mm) long, 1+78 inches (48 mm) wide, and 18 inches (3.2 mm) thick and rimmed in platinum. \ The emblazoned sunburst configuration, made of platinum, on the front side of the decoration has a measurement of 58 inches (16 mm) with beams fanning out from 56 inches (21 mm) to 12 inches (13 mm) from the focal point of the Sun. \ - In the order of precedence, the recipients of Bharat Ratna are ranked on the number seventh. - The recipients of the Bharat Ratna also receive a certificate called Sanad, signed by the president. - There is nothing like a Nomination process for selecting the awardees. Instead, The Prime Minister recommends the names for the nominations to The President. - Bharat Ratna is awarded irrespective of gender, race, power, sex. - This award is awarded to the person for their exceptional service or performance of the supreme order. \ ## Name of the Awardee Year \ C. Rajagopalachari 1954 \ [Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81760/teacher-s-day-2020-celebrating-legacy-of-dr-sarvepalli-radhakrishnan) 1954 \ C. V. Raman 1954 \ Bhagwan Das 1955 \ M. Visvesvaraya 1955 \ [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44682/what-are-the-various-courses-offered-by-jawaharlal-nehru-technological-university-hyderabad) 1955 \ Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 \ Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 \ Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961 \ Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 \ Rajendra Prasad 1962 \ Zakir Husain 1963 \ Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 \ Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 \ Indira Gandhi 1971 \ V.V Giri 1975 \ K. Kamaraj 1976 \ Mother Teresa 1980 \ Vinoba Bhave 1983 \ Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 \ M.G. Ramachandran 1988 \ B.R. Ambedkar 1990 \ Nelson Mandela 1990 \ Rajiv Gandhi 1991 \ [Vallabhbhai Patel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85472/man-of-iron-vallabhbhai-patel-explore-it-here) 1991 \ Morarji Desai 1991 \ [Abul Kalam Azad](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48778/what-were-maulana-abul-kalam-azad-major-contribution-in-india-s-independence) 1992 \ J.R.D. Tata 1992 \ Satyajit Ray 1992 \ Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 \ Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 \ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997 \ M.S. Subbulakshmi 1998 \ Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998 \ Jayaprakash Narayan 1999 \ Amartya Sen 1999 \ [Gopinath Bordoloi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48863/what-were-gopinath-bordoloi-major-contribution-in-india-s-independence) 1999 \ Ravi Shankar 1999 \ Lata Mangeshkar 2001 \ Bismillah Khan 2001 \ Bhimsen Joshi 2009 \ C.N.R. Rao 2014 \ Sachin Tendulkar 2014 \ [Madan Mohan Malaviya](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40338/from-which-place-did-madan-mohan-malaviya-publish-his-famous-newspaper-the-leader) 2015 \ Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2015 \ Pranab Mukherjee 2019 \ Bhupen Hazarika 2019 \ Nanaji Deshmukh 2019 \ The Bharat Ratna is considered the highest civilian award in our country and I believe the awardees who have been awarded the Bharat Ratna have selflessly served their service for the nation not only in the field of art & literature but also in sports and politics too. [One of the major](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/109/gender-inequality-still-one-of-the-major-flaw-in-our-society) things I love about Bharat Ratna is that it is awarded to the person and their service irrespective of their occupation, gender, race, and sex. --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82873/facts-about-bharat-ratna-and-list-of-bharat-ratna-awardees-till-date Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. 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