S.No
|
Name
|
Birth
/ death
|
Awarded
|
Notes
|
Indian
state or country
|
1.
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
1888–1975
|
1954
|
Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher.
|
|
2.
|
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
|
1878–1972
|
1954
|
Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
3.
|
C. V. Raman
|
1888–1970
|
1954
|
Nobel-prize winning Physicist
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4.
|
Bhagwan Das
|
1869–1958
|
1955
|
Philosopher, Freedom Fighter
|
|
5.
|
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
|
1861–1962
|
1955
|
Civil Engineer
|
|
6.
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
1889–1964
|
1955
|
First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
7.
|
Govind Ballabh Pant
|
1887–1961
|
1957
|
Freedom Fighter, Home Minister
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
8.
|
Dhondo Keshav Karve
|
1858–1962
|
1958
|
Educationist, Social Reformer
|
|
9.
|
B. C. Roy
|
1882–1962
|
1961
|
Physician, Politician
|
|
10.
|
Purushottam Das Tandon
|
1882–1962
|
1961
|
Freedom Fighter, Educationalist.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
11.
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
1884–1963
|
1962
|
First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist
|
|
12.
|
Zakir Hussain
|
1897–1969
|
1963
|
Former President, Scholar.
|
|
13.
|
Pandurang Vaman Kane
|
1880–1972
|
1963
|
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
|
Maharashtra
|
14.
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1904–1966
|
1966
|
Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
15.
|
Indira Gandhi
|
1917–1984
|
1971
|
Former Prime Minister
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
16.
|
V. V. Giri
|
1894–1980
|
1975
|
Former President, Trade Unionist.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
17.
|
K. Kamaraj
|
1903–1975
|
1976
|
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
18.
|
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa)
|
1910–1997
|
1980
|
Naturalized Indian citizen, Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979).
|
West Bengal
|
19.
|
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
|
1895–1982
|
1983
|
Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Figher.
|
Maharashtra
|
20.
|
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
|
1890–1988
|
1987
|
First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter.
|
Pakistan
|
21.
|
M. G. Ramachandran
|
1917–1987
|
1988
|
Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
22.
|
B. R. Ambedkar
|
1891–1956
|
1990
|
Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Leader of
Buddhist people of India
|
Maharashtra
|
23.
|
Nelson Mandela
|
b. 1918
|
1990
|
Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of
Anti-Apartheid movement.
|
South Africa
|
24.
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
1944–1991
|
1991
|
Posthumous, Former Prime Minister
|
|
25.
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
|
1875–1950
|
1991
|
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India.
|
|
26.
|
Morarji Desai
|
1896–1995
|
1991
|
Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter.
|
Gujarat
|
27.
|
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
|
1888–1958
|
1992
|
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Educator.
|
West Bengal
|
28.
|
J. R. D. Tata
|
1904–1993
|
1992
|
Industrialist and philanthropist.
|
Maharashtra
|
29.
|
Satyajit Ray
|
1922–1992
|
1992
|
Legendary Indian Film Director
|
West Bengal
|
30.
|
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
|
b. 1931
|
1997
|
Former President, Scientist.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
31.
|
Gulzarilal Nanda
|
1898–1998
|
1997
|
Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister.
|
|
32.
|
Aruna Asaf Ali
|
1908–1996
|
1997
|
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter.
|
West Bengal
|
33.
|
M. S. Subbulakshmi
|
1916–2004
|
1998
|
Classical singer.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
34.
|
Chidambaram Subramaniam
|
1910–2000
|
1998
|
Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture(Father of Green
revolution).
|
Tamil Nadu
|
35.
|
Jayaprakash Narayan
|
1902–1979
|
1998
|
Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
36.
|
Ravi Shankar
|
b. 1920
|
1999
|
|
west bengal
|
37.
|
Amartya Sen
|
b. 1933
|
1999
|
Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist.
|
West Bengal
|
38.
|
Gopinath Bordoloi
|
1890–1950
|
1999
|
Posthumous, freedom fighter
|
|
39.
|
Lata Mangeshkar
|
b. 1929
|
2001
|
Play back singer.
|
Maharashtra
|
40.
|
Ustad Bismillah Khan
|
1916-2006
|
2001
|
Classical Maestro
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
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