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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)
- Lata
Mangeshkar (2000)
- Bismilla
Khan (2000)
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