1 | Chakravarti Rajgopalachari | 1878–1972 | 1954 | Independence activist, last Governor-General | Tamil Nadu |
2. | C. V. Raman | 1888–1970 | 1954 | Physicist | Tamil Nadu |
3. | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1888–1975 | 1954 | Philosopher, second President | Andhra Pradesh |
4. | Bhagwan Das | 1869–1958 | 1955 | Independence activist, author | Uttar Pradesh |
5. | Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya | 1861–1962 | 1955 | Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore | Karnataka |
6. | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1889–1964 | 1955 | Independence activist, author, first Prime MinisterP | Uttar Pradesh |
7. | Govind Ballabh Pant | 1887–1961 | 1957 | Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
8. | Dhondo Keshav Karve | 1858–1962 | 1958 | Educator, social reformer | Maha- rashtra |
9. | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 1882–1962 | 1961 | Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal | West Bengal |
10. | Purushottam Das Tandon | 1882–1962 | 1961 | Independence activist, educator | Uttar Pradesh |
11. | Rajendra Prasad | 1884-1963 | 1962 | Independence activist, jurist, first President | Bihar |
12. | Zakir Hussain | 1897–1969 | 1963 | Scholar, third President | Andhra Pradesh |
13. | Pandurang Vaman Kane | 1880–1972 | 1963 | Indologist and Sanskrit scholar | Maha- rashtra |
14. | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1904–1966 | 1966 | Posthumous, independence activist, second Prime Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
15. | Indira Gandhi | 1917–1984 | 1971 | Third Prime Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
16. | V. V. Giri | 1894–1980 | 1975 | Trade unionist and fourth President | orissa |
17. | K. Kamaraj | 1903–1975 | 1976 | Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State | Tamil Nadu |
18. | Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa of Calcutta) | 1910–1997 | 1980 | Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity | West Bengal / Albania |
19. | Vinoba Bhave | 1895–1982 | 1983 | Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist | Maha- rashtra |
20. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1890–1988 | 1987 | First non-citizen, independence activist | Pakistan |
21. | M. G. Ramachandran | 1917–1987 | 1988 | Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu |
22. | B. R. Ambedkar | 1891–1956 | 1990 | Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar | Madhya Pradesh |
23. | Nelson Mandela | b. 1918 | 1990 | Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement | south Africa |
24. | Rajiv Gandhi | 1944–1991 | 1991 | Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister | New Delhi |
25. | Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875–1950 | 1991 | Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister | Maha- rashtra |
26. | Morarji Desai | 1896–1995 | 1991 | Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister | New Delhi |
27. | Abul Kalam Azad | 1888–1958 | 1992 | Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education | Saudi Arabia |
28. | J. R. D. Tata | 1904–1993 | 1992 | Industrialist and philanthropist | France |
29. | Satyajit Ray | 1922–1992 | 1992 | Bengali filmmaker | west Bengal |
30. | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | b. 1931 | 1997 | Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India | Tamil Nadu |
31. | Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898–1998 | 1997 | Independence activist, interim Prime Minister | New Delhi |
32. | Aruna Asaf Ali | 1908–1996 | 1997 | Posthumous, independence activist | Punjab |
33. | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916–2004 | 1998 | Carnatic classical singer | Tamil Nadu |
34. | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1910–2000 | 1998 | Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture | Tamil Nadu |
35. | Jayaprakash Narayan | 1902–1979 | 1999 | Posthumous, independence activist and politician | Bihar |
36. | Pandit Ravi Shankar | 1920-2012 | 1999 | Sitar player | Uttar Pradesh |
37. | Amartya Sen | b. 1933 | 1999 | Economist, Nobel Laureate | West Bengal |
38. | Gopinath Bordoloi | 1890–1950 | 1999 | Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam | Assam |
39. | Lata Mangeshkar | b. 1929 | 2001 | Playback singer | Madhya Pradesh |
40. | Ustad Bismillah Khan | 1916–2006 | 2001 | Hindustani classical shehnaiplayer | Uttar Pradesh |
41. | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | 1922–2011 | 2008 | Hindustani classical singer | Karnataka |
Foreign Recipients
Nelson Mandela 1990
Posthumously Awarded
Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966
K. Kamaraj 1976
Vinoba Bhave 1983
M. G. Ramachandran 1988
B. R. Ambedkar 1990
Rajiv Gandhi 1991
Vallabhbhai Patel 1991
Abul Kalam Azad 1992
Aruna Asaf Ali 1997
Jayaprakash Narayan 1999
Gopinath Bordoloi 1999
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