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The Award is given for exceptional work of the advancement of art, literature and science and in the recognition of the public services of the highest order.
The decoration is in the form of a pipal leaf. about 5.8cms. long, 4.7cms. wide and 3.1mm thick. It is of toned bronze. On its obverse is embossed a replica of the sun 1.6cms. in diameter, below which the words "Bharat Ratna" are embossed in Hindi. On the reverse are the state emblem and the motto also in Hindi.
The following have received the award so far:
- C. Rajgopalachari(1954)
- S. Radhakrishnan(1954)
- C.V. Raman(1954)
- Jawaharlal Nehru(1955)
- Bhagwan Das(1955)
- M. Vishweshvaraiya(1955)
- Govind Vallabh Pant(1958)
- D. K. Karve(1958)
- B.C. Roy (1961)
- P.D. Tandon (1961)
- Rajendra Prasad (1962)
- Zakir Hussain (1963)
- P.V.Kane (1963)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (posthumous) (1966)
- Mrs. Indira Gandhi (1971)
- V.V. Giri (1975)
- K.Kamaraj (Posthumous) (1976)
- Mother Teresa (1980)
- Vinoba Bhave (1983)
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
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- M.G. Ramchandran (posthumous) (1988)
- B.R. Ambedkar (posthumous) (1989)
- Dr. Nelson Mandela (1990)
- Morarji Desai (1991)
- Vallabhbhai Patel (posthumous) (1991)
- Rajiv Gandhi (posthumous) (1991)
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (posthumous) (1992)
- J.R.D. Tata (1992)
- Satyajit Ray (1992)
- Gulzari Lal Nanda (1997)
- M.S.Subbalakshmi (1998)
- Jayaprakash Narayan (1999)
- Amartya Sen (1999)
- Ravi Shankar (1999)
- Gopinath Bordoli (posthumous) (1999)
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Lata Mangeshkar (2000)
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Bismilla Khan (2000)
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