Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna:  the highest civilian award is given for exceptional service the advancement of art, literature, and science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order.
- the decoration is in the form of about 5.8 cm long, 4.7  cm wide and 3.1 mm thick. It is of the toned branch. On its observe is an embossed  replica of the sun, 1.6 cm diameter, below which the word "Bharat Ratna" are embossed in Hindi.  on the reverse our state emblem, the sun, and name of Platinum. The inscriptions are in burnished bronze.
- The first three recipients of Bharat Ratna Dr. Sarvpalli Radha Krishna, C. Rajagopalchari , Dr. C.V. Raman in 1954 while Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the first foreigner to be honored with this award in 1987.

                        Awarded by

.                      Bharat Ratan

Country: India

Type: National civilian

Ribbon: 

Obverse: An image of the Sun along with the word "Bharat Ratna" inscribed in Devanagri,on peepal leaf

Reverse: A platinum State Emblem of India placed in the center with National motto "Satyamev Jayate" in Devanagri script.

Recipients of the Bharat Ratna

1954: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari,Dr. Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman

1955: Dr. Bhagwan Das, Dr. mokshagundam Visvesvaraiya,  Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

1957: Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant

1958: Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve

1961: Bidhan Chandra (B.C.)  Roy, Rajshri Purushottam Das Tandon

1962: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1963: Dr Pandurang Vaman kane, Dr Zakir Hussain

1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri

1972: Mrs. Indira Gandhi

1975: Varahagiri Venkat Giri

1976: Kumarswami kamraj

1980: Mary Bojaxhiu teresa (Mother Teresa)

1983: Acharya Vinoba Bhave

1987: Khan Abdul ghaffar Khan

1988: Marudur Gopalan(MG) Ramachandran

1990: Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

1991: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji  Ranchhodji Desai ,Rajiv Gandhi

1992: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, Satyajeet Rai

1997:  Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Guljarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali

1998: Chidambaram Subramanyam, Madurai Sanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi

1999: Pt. Ravi Shankar, professor  Amartya Sen, Gopinath Bordoloi and Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan

2001: Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar,  Ustad Bismillah Khan

2009: Pt. Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi

 2014: professor CNR Rao, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

2015: Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2019: Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika.

Note:  Indira Gandhi was the first woman recipient of Bharat Ratna.