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Who Got Bharat Ratna?

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The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour, awarded by the President of India since 1954 for exceptional service of the highest order.

Year Recipient Field
1954 C. Rajagopalachari Statesman
1954 S. Radhakrishnan Philosopher, Statesman
1954 C.V. Raman Physicist (Nobel Laureate)
1955 Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister
1990 B.R. Ambedkar (posthumous) Constitution architect
1999 Amartya Sen Economist, Nobel Laureate
2001 Lata Mangeshkar Singer
2014 Sachin Tendulkar Cricketer (first sportsperson)
2015 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister
2019 Pranab Mukherjee President of India
2024 M.S. Swaminathan (posthumous) Agricultural scientist
2024 P.V. Narasimha Rao (posthumous) Prime Minister
2024 Chaudhary Charan Singh (posthumous) Prime Minister
2024 Karpoori Thakur (posthumous) Politician
2024 Lal Krishna Advani Politician

The award carries no cash prize but grants the right to use "Bharat Ratna" as a suffix to the recipient's name.