List of all Bharat Ratna awardees so far:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.

Late Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi in 2008 : Karnataka Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar in 2001 : Maharashtra Late Ustad Bismillah Khan in 2001 for contribution in the field of Arts : Uttar Pradesh Prof. Amartya Sen in1999 for Literature & Education : United Kingdom Lokpriya Gopinath (posth.) Bordoloi in1999, for Public Affairs : Assam Loknayak Jayprakash (Posth.) Narayan in 1999 for Public Affairs: Bihar Pandit Ravi Shankar in 1999 for his contribution in the field of Arts : United States Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam in 1998 for Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi in 1998 for her contribution in the field of Arts : Tamil Nadu Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 1997 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering : Delhi Smt. Aruna Asaf (Posth.) Ali in 1997 for her contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Delhi Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda in 1997 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Gujarat Shri JRD Tata in 1992 for his contribution in the field of Trade & Industry : Maharashtra Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1992 for his contribution in Public Affairs : West Bengal Shri Satyajit Ray in 1992 for his contribution in the field of Arts : West Bengal Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Gujarat Shri Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Delhi Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1991 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Gujarat Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr in 1990 for his contribution in Public Affairs : Maharashtra Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in 1990 for his contribution in Public Affairs : South Africa Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran in 1988 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in 1987 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Pakistan Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1983 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra Mother Teresa in 1980 for contribution in the field of Social Work : West Bengal Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj in 1976 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu Shri V.V. Giri in 1975 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Orissa Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1971 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane in 1963 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra Dr. Zakir Hussain in 1963 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Andhra Pradesh Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1962 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Bihar Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in 1961 for contribution in the Field of Public Affairs: West Bengal Shri Purushottam Tandon in 1961 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve in 1958 for contribution in the field of Social Work : Maharashtra Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant in 1957 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh Dr. Bhagwan Das in 1955 for contribution in Literature & Education : Uttar Pradesh Shri Jawaharlal Nehru in 1955 for contribution in the field of Public Affairs : Uttar Pradesh Dr. M. Vishweshwariah in 1955 for contribution in the field of Civil Service : Karnataka

39. Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1954 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu 40. Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman in 1954 in Science & Engineering: Tamil Nadu 41. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan in 1954 for contribution in Public Affairs : Tamil Nadu