S.No
|
Name
|
Birth
/ death
|
Awarded
|
Notes
|
Indian
state or country of origin
|
1.
|
Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan |
1888-1975
|
1954
|
Second
President, First Vice President, Philosopher. |
Tamil
Nadu |
2
|
C.
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
|
Literature,
Freedom Fighter |
Uttar
Pradesh |
5
|
Mokshagundam
Visvesvarayya |
1861-1962
|
1955
|
Civil
Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore |
Karnataka |
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 (nowUttarakhand) |
8
|
Dhondo
Keshav Karve |
1858-1962
|
1958
|
Educationist,
Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year. |
Maharashtra |
9
|
Bidhan
Chandra Roy |
1882-1962
|
1961
|
Physician,
Politician, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal |
West
Bengal |
10
|
Purushottam
Das Tandon |
1882-1962
|
1961
|
Freedom
Fighter, Educationist |
Uttar
Pradesh |
11
|
Rajendra
Prasad |
1884-1963
|
1962
|
First
President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist |
Bihar |
12
|
Zakir
Hussain |
1897-1969
|
1963
|
Former
President, Scholar. |
Andhra
Pradesh |
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. |
Orissa |
17
|
K.
Kamaraj |
1903-1975
|
1976
|
Posthumous,
Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. |
Tamil
Nadu |
18
|
Mother
Teresa |
1910-1997
|
1980
|
Nobel
Laureate (Peace, 1979). |
West
Bengal |
19
|
Vinoba
Bhave |
1895-1982
|
1983
|
Posthumous,
Social Reformer, Freedom Fighter. |
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,Social Reformer, Economist and Scholar |
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 |
New
Delhi |
25
|
Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel |
1875-1950
|
1991
|
Posthumous,
Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. |
Gujarat |
26
|
Morarji
Desai |
1896-1995
|
1991
|
Former
Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. |
Gujarat |
27
|
Abul
Kalam Azad |
1888-1958
|
1992
|
Posthumous,
Freedom Fighter, First Education Minister of India |
West
Bengal |
28
|
J.
R. D. Tata |
1904-1993
|
1992
|
Industrialist
and philanthropist |
Maharashtra |
29
|
Satyajit
Ray |
1922-1992
|
1992
|
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. |
Punjab |
32
|
Aruna
Asaf Ali |
1908-1996
|
1997
|
Posthumous,
Freedom Fighter. |
West
Bengal |
33
|
M.
S. Subbulakshmi |
1916-2004
|
1998
|
Karnatic
music vocalist. |
Tamil
Nadu |
34
|
Chidambaram
Subramaniam |
1910-2000
|
1998
|
Freedom
Fighter, Minister of Agriculture. |
Tamil
Nadu |
35
|
Jayaprakash
Narayan |
1902-1979
|
1998
|
Posthumous,
Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. |
Bihar |
36
|
Ravi
Shankar |
B.
1920
|
1999
|
Sitar
player |
United
States |
37
|
Amartya
Sen |
B.
1933
|
1999
|
Nobel-prize
winning Economist |
West
Bengal |
38
|
Gopinath
Bordoloi |
1890-1950
|
1999
|
Posthumous,
Freedom fighter, Chief Minister |
Assam |
39
|
Lata
Mangeshkar |
B.
1929
|
2001
|
Singer |
Maharashtra |
40
|
Bismillah
Khan |
1916-2006
|
2001
|
Classical
musician, shehnai maestro |
Bihar |
41
|
Bhimsen
Joshi |
B.
1922
|
2008
|
Hindustani
Classical vocalist |
Maharashtra |