Bharat Ratna
People tagged with Bharat Ratna.
17 profiles
Science
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Aerospace scientist and 11th President of India
1931 – 2015
Science
C. V. Raman
Physicist; Nobel laureate who discovered the Raman effect
1888 – 1970
Politics & Leadership
Vallabhbhai Patel
First Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India
1875 – 1950
Music
Ravi Shankar
Sitar virtuoso who brought Indian classical music to the world
1920 – 2012
Politics & Leadership
Rajiv Gandhi
Sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
1944 – 1991
Politics & Leadership
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Second Prime Minister of India (1964–1966)
1904 – 1966
Politics & Leadership
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
1889 – 1964
Politics & Leadership
Indira Gandhi
Third Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office
1917 – 1984
Sports
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricketer; the leading run-scorer in the history of Test and ODI cricket
Born 1973
Activism & Humanitarian
Mother Teresa
Founder of the Missionaries of Charity; Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Catholic saint
1910 – 1997
Music
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback singer whose voice defined Hindi film music for seven decades
1929 – 2022
Politics & Leadership
Rajendra Prasad
First President of India (1950–1962)
1884 – 1963
Politics & Leadership
Pranab Mukherjee
Thirteenth President of India (2012–2017)
1935 – 2020
Politics & Leadership
Morarji Desai
Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress
1896 – 1995
Politics & Leadership
L. K. Advani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Born 1927
Politics & Leadership
B. R. Ambedkar
Principal architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first Law Minister
1891 – 1956
Politics & Leadership
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Tenth Prime Minister of India and a founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party
1924 – 2018