List Of Award Winners
2014: Sachin Tendulkar (1973) - Cricketer
2014: C. N. R. Rao (1934) - Scientist 2008: Bhimsen Joshi (1922-2011) – Hindustani classical singer
2001: Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) – Hindustani classical shehnai player
2001: Lata Mangeshkar (1929) – Playback singer
1999: Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and Chief Minister of Assam
1999: Amartya Sen (1933) – Economist and Nobel Prize winner
1999: Ravi Shankar (1920) – Sitar player
1999: Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and politician
1998: Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000) – Freedom fighter and Minister of Agriculture
1998: M.S.Subbulakshmi (1916-2004) – Classical carnatic singer
1997: Aruna Asaf Ali (1908-1996) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter
1997: Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998) – Freedom fighter and interim Prime Minister
1997: A.P.J Abdul Kalam (1931) – Aeronautical Engineer and 11th President of India
1992: Satyajit Ray (1922-1992) – Famous filmmaker
1992: J.R.D. Tata (1904-1993) – Industrialist and philanthropist
1992: Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and first Minister of Education
1991: Morarji Desai (1896-1995) – Freedom fighter and 5th Prime Minister of India
1991: Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and first Home Minister of India
1991: Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) – Awarded after his deatch. 7th Prime Minister of India
1990: Nelson Mandela (1918) – Second non-citizen and first non-indian recipient from South Africa
1990: B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) – Awarded after his death. Chief architect of the Indian Constitution, economist and politician
1988: M.G Ramachandran (1917-1987) – Awarded after his death. Film actor and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1987: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) – Freedom fighter and first non-citizen
1983: Vinoba Bhave (1895-1982) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and social reformer
1980: Mother Teresa (1910-1997) – Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Prize winner
1976: K Kamaraj (1903-1975) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1975: V.V Giri (1894-1980) – 4th President of India
1971: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) – 4th Prime Minister of India. First and till date the only lady Prime Minister of India
1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) – Awarded after his death. Freedom fighter and 2nd Prime Minister of India
1963: Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972) – Sanskrit scholar
1963: Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) – Scholar and 3rd President of India
1962: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) – Freedom fighter and first President of India.
1961: Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962) – Freedom fighter and scholar
1961: Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882-1962) – Physician and Cheif Minister of West Bengal
1958: Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858-1962) – Educator and social reformer
1957: Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961) – Freedom fighter and Cheif Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1955: Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) – Freedom fighter, author and first Prime Minister of India
1955: M Visvesvarayya (1860-1962) – Civil engineer
1955: Bhagwan Das (1869-1958) – Freedom fighter and author
1954: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) – Philosopher and 2nd President of India
1954: C.V Raman (1888-1970) – Physicist and Nobel Prize winner
1954: Chakarvarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) – Freedom fighter and last governor-general
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