# Bharat Ratna: every recipient from 1980 to 2024

From Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela to Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar and the five recipients of 2024: everyone awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, from 1980 to 2024, in order of year.

- 74 votes · 36 items
- Sep 16, 2024 · deepika_nomad
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## Top 36

1. **Vallabhbhai Patel** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1991 (posthumously).
2. **Mother Teresa** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1980.
3. **Vinoba Bhave** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1983 (posthumously).
4. **Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1987.
5. **Bhupen Hazarika** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019 (posthumously).
6. **B. R. Ambedkar** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1990 (posthumously).
7. **Nelson Mandela** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1990.
8. **C. Subramaniam** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1998.
9. **Atal Bihari Vajpayee** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2015.
10. **M. G. Ramachandran** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1988 (posthumously).
11. **Satyajit Ray** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
12. **Gulzarilal Nanda** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1997.
13. **Bhimsen Joshi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2008.
14. **C. N. R. Rao** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014.
15. **Pranab Mukherjee** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
16. **Karpoori Thakur** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024 (posthumously).
17. **Charan Singh** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024 (posthumously).
18. **Morarji Desai** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1991.
19. **Maulana Abul Kalam Azad** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992 (posthumously).
20. **Bismillah Khan** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001.
21. **Rajiv Gandhi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1991 (posthumously).
22. **A. P. J. Abdul Kalam** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1997.
23. **M. S. Subbulakshmi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1998.
24. **Amartya Sen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999.
25. **Nanaji Deshmukh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019 (posthumously).
26. **L. K. Advani** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024.
27. **P. V. Narasimha Rao** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024 (posthumously).
28. **Jayaprakash Narayan** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999 (posthumously).
29. **J. R. D. Tata** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
30. **Ravi Shankar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999.
31. **Gopinath Bordoloi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1999 (posthumously).
32. **Lata Mangeshkar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001.
33. **Sachin Tendulkar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014.
34. **Madan Mohan Malaviya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2015 (posthumously).
35. **M. S. Swaminathan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2024 (posthumously).
36. **Aruna Asaf Ali** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1997 (posthumously).

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