• Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1954 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.
• Dr.
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was rewarded with Bharat Ratna award in the year1954 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering.
• Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year1954 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.
• Dr. M. Vishweshwariah was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1955 for his contribution towards Civil service.
• Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was honoured with Bharat Ratna award in the year 1955 for his contribution in the field of Public affairs.
• Dr. Bhagwan Das was rewarded with Bharat
Ratna Award in the year 1955 for his contribution towards Literature and Education.
• Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1957 for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs.
• Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1958 for his contribution towards Social Work.
• Shri Purushottam Das Tandon was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1961 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.
• Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1961 for his work in the field of Public Affairs.
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad was rewarded
with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1962 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.
• Dr. Zakir Hussain was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.
• Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1963 for his contribution towards Social Work.
• Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was rewarded with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1966 for his work towards Public
Affairs.
• Smt. Indira Gandhi was awarded Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1971 for her work in the field of Public Affairs. •
Shri V.V. Giri was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1975 for his work towards Public Affairs. •
Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award j in the year 1976 for work towards
Public Affairs.
• Mother Teresa was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1980 for her contribution towards Social Work.
• Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1983 for his contribution towards Social Work.
• Abdul Ghaffar Khan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1987 for his contribution towards Social Work.
• Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1988 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1990 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1990 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1991 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Shri Rajiv Gandhi was awarded with the Bharat Ratna
Award in the year 1991 for his contribution towards Public Affairs.
• Shri Morarji Desai was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1991 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Shri Satyajit Ray was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1992 for his work in field of Arts.
• Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the yearfor his work towards Public Affairs.•
Shri
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1992 for his work in the field of Trade and Industry.
• Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his work in the field of Public Affairs.
• Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his work towards in the field of Public Affairs. •
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1997 for his contribution in the field of Science and Engineering.
• Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1998 for her work towards Arts.
• Shri Chidambaram Chidambaram Subramaniam was honoured with the Bharat
Ratna Award in the year1998 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Arts.
• Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year1999 for his work towards Pubic Affairs.
• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in
the year 1999 for his work towards Public Affairs.
• Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1999 for his work towards Literature and education.
• Late. Ustad Bismillah Khan was rewarded with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2001 for his contribution towards Arts.
• Kumari Lata Mangeshkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2001 for her contribution in the field of Arts.
• Pandit Bhismen Gururaj Joshi was honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in the year2008 for his contribution in th field of Arts.
Note: Nobody was given country's highest civilian award - Bharat Ratna during the year 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007, 2009 and 2010,
Source: Current Affairs
