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Q: Q.4 How many people have received Bharat Ratna till now?

Ans. Till now, 48 people have received the Bharat Ratna Award.

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Bharat Ratna Award: In India, the Bharat Ratna is considered the highest civilian award. The award was initiated on 2nd January 1954 and is given to the people for their extraordinary service in any field. A person irrespective of race, occupation, position, or sex can receive the award. The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the current Prime Minister of India to the President. Every year, a maximum of 3 nominees are awarded. In this article, we have discussed the Bharat Ratna Award List in India 2022.

Bharat Ratna Award 2022

Earlier, Bharat Ratna was conferred to the citizens for their exceptional service in arts, literature, science, and public services but in 2011 the criteria got extended and it was decided that any field of human endeavor will be included in the award list. A Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal leaf-shaped medallion is honored to the Bharat Ratna Recipients. In the Indian order of precedence the Bharat Ratna awardee are ranked seventh.

Bharat Ratna Award List in India 2022

The Bharat Ratna was first awarded in 1954 to Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Dr CV Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. Since then till 2019 the award has been received by 48 individuals, including 14 who were awarded posthumously. In the given table we have discussed the Bharat Ratna Recipients from 1954-2019 along with their details.

Bharat Ratna Award List in India 2022
Year	Awardee	About
1954	C. Rajagopalachari(1878-1972)	Last Governor-General of an independent India. Activist, statesman and lawyer. Established Swatantra Party Worked as chief minister of the Madras Presidency (1937–39) and Madras State (1952–54).
	Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)	India’s second President (1962–1967) First Vice–President of India (1952–1962).
	C. V. Raman (1888-1970)	Physicists, mathematician, and scientist Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930
1955	Bhagwan Das (1869-1958)	Activist, philosopher, and educationist Co-founder of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
	M. Visvesvaraya (1861-1962)	Civil engineer Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Diwan of Mysore(1912-18)
	Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru(1889-1964)	The first and longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947–64).
1957	Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961)	An independent activist. The first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1950–54) and as premier of the United Provinces (1937–1939, 1946–1950). He served as the Union Home Minister (1955 to 1961).
1958	Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858-1962)	Social Reformer Educator
1961	Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962)	political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker Known as the “Maker of Modern West Bengal.” Second chief minister of West Bengal from 1948 to 1962
1961	Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962)	Activist Known as Rajarshi Speaker of the United Provinces Legislative Assembly
1962	Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)	Activist, lawyer, statesman, and scholar First President of India
1963	Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969)	Activist, economist, and education philosopher A Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Governor of Bihar(1948–1966) Second vice president of India (1962–1967) Country’s third president (1967–69).
1963	Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972)	Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Known for his five-volume literary work
1966	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) (Posthumous)	Activist Second Prime Minister of India
1971	Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)	First women Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984 Iron Lady of India
1975	V. V. Giri (1894-1980)	Trade Unionist First president of All India Trade Union Congress
1976	K. Kamaraj (1903-1975) (Posthumous)	Independence activist and statesman Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1954 to 1957, 1957 to 1962, and 1962 to 1963.
1980	Mother Teresa (1910-1997)	Catholic nun Founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
1983	Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895-1982) (Posthumous)	Activist Social reformer Close associate of Mahatma Gandhi Received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958
1987	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988)	First noncitizen, independence activist Frontier Gandhi Joined the Khilafat Movement in 1920
1988	M. G. Ramachandran (1917-1987) (Posthumous)	Actor turned politician Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 1977 to 1980, 1980 to 1984, and 1985 to 1987.
1990	B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) (Posthumous)	Social reformer Representative of the Dalits India’s first law minister Chief architect of the Indian Constitution
1990	Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)	Leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa President of South Africa Gandhi of South Africa He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
1991	Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) (Posthumous)	Ninth Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) (Posthumous)	Activist First Deputy Prime Minister of India Known as Iron Man of India
	Morarji Desai (1896-1995)	Activist 6th Prime Minister of India Received the Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian honor given by the Government of Pakistan
1992	Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958) (Posthumous)	Activist First Minister of education Known as Maulana Azad
	J. R. D. Tata (1904-1993)	Industrialist, philanthropist Launched the first airline of the country Air India He established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Motors, and TCS.
	Satyajit Ray (1922-1992)	Director, film-maker, writer, novelist Established Indian cinema on the global stage In 1984, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honour in film.
1997	Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)	Interim Prime Minister of India. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
	Aruna Asaf Ali (1909-1996) (Posthumous)	Hoisted the Indian flag in 1942 during the Quit India Movement in Bombay Elected as Delhi’s first mayor after independence in 1958.
	A.P.J Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)	11th president from 2002 to 2007
1998	M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916-2005)	Carnatic classical vocalist Known as the “Queen of Songs,” First Indian artist to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
1998	Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000)	Former Minister of Agriculture of India Known for bringing Green Revolution in India
1999	Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979) (Posthumous)	Activist, and social reformer Known as Lok Nayak
	Amartya Sen	In 1998, received Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
	Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950) (Posthumous)	Assam’s 1st Chief Minister
	Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)	Musician, sitar player Four-time Grammy Award winner Known as the world’s best-known exponent of Hindustani classical music
2001	Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022)	Nightingale of India Received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989
2001	Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006)	Hindustani classical shehnai player
2009	Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (1922-2011)	Hindustani classical vocalist
2014	C. N. R. Rao	Chemist and professor Author
2014	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricketer
2015	Madan Mohan Malaviya )(1861-1946) (Posthumous)	Scholar and educational reformer Established Banaras Hindu University (1906) and Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (1906
2015	Atal Bihari Bajpayee (1924-2018)	Elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, twice to the Rajya Sabha Became the Prime Minister of India for three terms Got the “Best Parliamentarian” award
2019	Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020)	Indian politician Senior leader in the Indian National Congress Thirteenth president of India Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.
	Nanaji Deshmukh (1916-2010) (Posthumous)	A social activist from India, education, health, and rural self-reliance In 1999, he got the Padma Vibhushan award. In 1950, he established the country’s first Saraswati Shishu Mandir at Gorakhpur
	Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011)(Posthumous)	Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet, and film-maker from Assam Received many awards such as Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992), the Padmashri Award (1977), the Padmabhushan Award (2001), and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987)

FAQs: Bharat Ratna Award List in India

Q.1 Which is the highest civilian award in India?

Ans. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India.

Q.2 Who received the first Bharat Ratna Award?

Ans. The first Bharat Ratna Award was received by Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Dr CV Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1954.

Q.3 Who confers Bharat Ratna Award?

Ans. The President of India confers the Bharat Ratna Award on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Q.4 How many people have received Bharat Ratna till now?

Ans. Till now, 48 people have received the Bharat Ratna Award.

Bharat Ratna Award List in India 2022 PDF: Winner List

Bharat Ratna Award 2022

Bharat Ratna Award List in India 2022

FAQs: Bharat Ratna Award List in India

FAQs

Q.1 Which is the highest civilian award in India?

Q.2 Who received the first Bharat Ratna Award?

Q.3 Who confers Bharat Ratna Award?

Q.4 How many people have received Bharat Ratna till now?

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