Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Award Information

Category Indian Cinema

Instituted 1969

First Awarded 1969

Awarded by Govt. of India

Description Lifetime Achievement award

First Awardee(s) Devika Rani 1969

Last Awardee(s) Tapan Sinha 2006

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime
contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969 [1], the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb
Phalke [2], considered the father of Indian cinema.

The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the
National Film Awards. The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals of
India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and
won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The case had delayed announcement of the award for
2006, which was announced in the middle of 2008. The 2007 award which had to be announced
at the end of 2008 is pending.

[edit] Past Winners

National
Year   Winner   Occupation  
Awards  

17th 1969 Devika Rani actress

18th 1970 B. N. Sircar producer

19th 1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous)

20th 1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director)

21st 1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress

22nd 1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy Director

23rd 1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director

24th 1976 Kanan Devi actress

25th 1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer,

26th 1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director

27th 1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer

28th 1980 Paidi Jairaj actor, director

29th 1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director)

30th 1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer

31st 1983 Durga Khote actress

32nd 1984 Satyajit Ray director

33rd 1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer

34th 1986 B. Nagi Reddy producer

35th 1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director

36th 1988 Ashok Kumar actor

37th 1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer

38th 1990 A. Nageswara Rao actor

39th 1991 Bhalji Pendharkar director, producer, writer

40th 1992 Bhupen Hazarika composer (music director)

41st 1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri lyricist

42nd 1994 Dilip Kumar actor

43rd 1995 Rajkumar actor

44th 1996 Sivaji Ganesan actor

45th 1997 Pradeep lyricist

46th 1998 B.R. Chopra director, producer

47th 1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee director

48th 2000 Asha Bhosle singer

49th 2001 Yash Chopra director, producer

50th 2002 Dev Anand actor, director, producer

51st 2003 Mrinal Sen director

52nd 2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan director

53rd 2005 Shyam Benegal director

54th 2006 Tapan Sinha director

55th 2007 pending announcement

Ashoka Chakra Award

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Ashoka Chakra
Award Information

Type Peace Time

Gallantry

Category National Bravery

Awarded by Govt. of India

Previous Name(s) Ashoka Chakra,

Class I
(till 1967)

Ribbon

Award Rank

none ← Ashoka Chakra →

Kirti Chakra

This article is about Ashoka Chakra, an award. For information about Ashoka Chakra the symbol,
see Ashoka Chakra.
The Ashoka Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or
self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra,
and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-
sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military
or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously.

Subsequent awards of the Ashoka Chakra are recognized by a bar to the medal ribbon (to date,
none have been awarded). It is possible for a recipient to be awarded the Kirti Chakra or Shaurya
Chakra in addition for separate acts of gallantry.

The medal was originally established on 4 January 1952 as the "Ashoka Chakra, Class I" as the
first step of a three-class sequence of non-combatant bravery decorations. In 1967, these
decorations were removed from the "class-based" system and renamed as the Ashoka Charkra,
Kirti Chakra, and Shaurya Chakra. This is an important point in understanding the independent
Indian view of decorations. It would also lead to changes in the Padma Vibhushan series, the
distinguished service medal series, the life saving medal series, and the Defence Security Corps
medal series.

From 1 February 1999, the central government instituted a monthly stipend for Ashoka Chakra
recipients of Rs. 1400. Jammu and Kashmir awarded a cash award of Rs. 1500 (ca. 1960) for
recipients of this award.

Obverse: Circular gold gilt, 1-3/8 inches in diameter. In the center, the chakra (wheel) of
Ashoka, surrounded by a lotus wreath and with an ornate edge. Suspended by a straight bar
suspender. The medal is named on the edge.

Reverse: Blank in the center, with "Ashoka Chakra" in Hindi along the upper edge on the medal
and the same name in English along the lower rim, "ASHOKA CHAKRA". On either side is a
lotus design. The center is blank, perhaps with the intent that details of the award be engraved
there. There is no indication of the class on the pre-1967 awards, and, in fact, there is no
difference between these medals and the post-1967 awards.

Ribbon: 32 mm, dark green with a 2 mm central saffron stripe. Dark green 15 mm, saffron 2
mm, dark green 15 mm.

[edit] See also

 Ashoka the Great, Emperor of the Mauryan empire in the third century BC

[edit] External links

 Bharat Rakshak Page on Ashoka Chakra
 Ashoka Chakra awardees of the Indian Air Force
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The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by
the government of India.

As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the Government of India launched the
International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi. This is an annual award given to individuals and institutions for their
contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and
other Gandhian methods. The award carries Rs. 10 million in cash, convertible in any currency in
the world, a plaque and a citation. It is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, creed or
sex.

A jury consisting of the Prime Minister of India, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,
Chief Justice of India and two other eminent persons decides the awardee each year.

Ordinarily, only proposals coming from competent persons invited to nominate are considered.
However, a proposal is not taken as invalid for consideration by the jury merely on the ground of
not having emanated from competent persons. If, however, it is considered that none of the
proposals merit recognition, the jury is free to withhold the award for that year. Only
achievements within 10 years immediately preceding the nomination are considered for the
award; an older work may, however, be considered if its significance has not become apparent
until recently. A written work, in order to be eligible for consideration, should have been
published.

[edit] Gandhi Peace Prize Recipients

No   Year   Name   Recipient Description  

1. 1995 Julius Nyerere 1st President of Tanzania

2. 1996 A. T. Ariyaratne Founder of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

German diplomat, recognised for his work against

3. 1997[1] Gerhard Fischer[2]
leprosy and polio

4. 1998 Ramakrishna Mission Founded by Swami Vivekananda

5. 1999[3] Baba Amte Social Worker

Nelson Mandela (co-

6. 2000 Former President of South Africa
recipient)

Grameen Bank (co-

7. 2000 Founded by Muhammad Yunus
recipient)

8. 2001[4] John Hume Northern Irish Politician

Bharatiya Vidya
9. 2002
Bhavan

Last President of Czechoslovakia and first President

10. 2003 Václav Havel
of the Czech Republic

11. 2004 Coretta Scott King Widow of Martin Luther King

12. 2005[5] Desmond Tutu South African cleric and activist

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India, and the
country's oldest alongside the Filmfare Awards.[1] Established in 1954, it has been run by the
Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. [2][3]

Every year a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the
award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards. This
is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are
screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they
hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting
awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the national scale of
the National Film Awards, it is considered equivalent of the American Academy Awards.[4][5]

Contents
[hide]

 1 History
 2 Juries
 3 Awards up to 2007
o 3.1 Golden Lotus Award
o 3.2 Silver Lotus Award
o 3.3 Nargis Dutt Award
o 3.4 Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film
o 3.5 Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
o 3.6 Non-Feature Film Awards
o 3.7 Best Book on Cinema
o 3.8 Best Film Critic
 4 See also
 5 References
o 5.1 Notes
o 5.2 Further reading
 6 External links

[edit] History
The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived the ceremony to
honour films made across India, on a national scale, to encourage the furthering of Indian art and
culture.

[edit] Juries
The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature
Films. Two separate 10-member jury panels select the winners for each, and these juries are
appointed by the Directorate of Film Festivals in India. Neither the Government or the
Directorate have influence over which films are selected for consideration and which films
ultimately win awards. There are strict criteria as to whether a film is eligible for consideration
by the jury panels. Over 100 films made across the country are entered in each category (Feature
and Non-Feature) for the awards and deemed eligible each year.

[edit] Awards up to 2007

The Awards are presented to Feature Films produced in the previous year,[6] given in the
following categories:

[edit] Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

 Best Film
 Best Direction
 Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
 Best Children's Film

[edit] Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

 Best Actor
 Best Actress
 Best Supporting Actor
 Best Supporting Actress
 Best Child Artist
 Best Cinematography
 Best Screenplay
 Best Art Direction
 Best Make-up Artist [7]
 Best Costume Design
 Best Music Direction
 Best Lyrics
 Best Male Playback Singer
 Best Female Playback Singer
 Best Choreography
 Best Audiography
 Best Editing
 Best Special Effects
 Second Best Feature Film
 Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Best Feature Film in each of the languages specified in schedule VIII of the constitution:
  Best Regional Film (Assamese)
 Best Regional Film (Bengali)
 Best Regional Film (Hindi)
 Best Regional Film (Kannada)
 Best Regional Film (Malayalam)
 Best Regional Film (Marathi)
 Best Regional Film (Oriya)
 Best Regional Film (Punjabi)
 Best Regional Film (Tamil)
 Best Regional Film (Telugu)

Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in schedule VIII of the
constitution:

 Best Feature Film in English

 Best Feature Film in Konkani
 Best Feature Film in Manipuri

Other Feature Film Awards:

 Best Film on Family Welfare

 Best Film on Other Social Issues
 Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation

[edit] Nargis Dutt Award

This award is given to the Best Feature film on National Integration

 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

[edit] Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film

This award is given to the film judged Best First Film of a Director at the National Film Awards

 Indira Gandhi Award

[edit] Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is for lifetime achievement and contribution to Indian Cinema. It is named after
Dadasaheb Phalke, one of India's pioneering film makers.

 Dadasaheb Phalke Award

[edit] Non-Feature Film Awards

The Awards presented to Non-Feature Films are given in different categories including the
following:

 Best Non-Feature Film

 Best First Non-Feature Film
 Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film
 Best Biographical Film
 Best Arts/Cultural Film
 Best Scientific Film
 Best Promotional Film
 Best Agriculture Film
 Best Film on Social Issues
 Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film
 Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
 Best Exploration/Adventure Film
 Best Investigative Film
 Best Animated Film
 Best Short Fiction Film
 Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare
 Best Non-Feature Film Direction
 Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
 Best Non-Feature Film Audiography
 Best Non-Feature Film Editing
 Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction
 Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

[edit] Best Book on Cinema

This award is given to the Best Book on Cinema:

 Best Book on Cinema

[edit] Best Film Critic

This award is given to the Best Film Critic on Cinema: Best Film Critic

The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a National Film Award, given
to a feature film production, the jury of the National Film Awards feel is the Best debut film of a
director in India.

The National Film Award - Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director winners:
Year Film Director Language
1. Kabul Express Kabir Khan Hindi
2007
2. Ekantham Madhu Kaithapuram Malayalam
2006 Parineeta Pradeep Sarkar Hindi
2005 Grahanam Mohan Krishna Indraganti Telugu
2004 Margam Rajiv Vijaya Raghavan Malayalam
1. Patal Ghar Abhijit Chaudhary Bengali
2003
2. Prohor Subhadro Chaudhary Bengali
2002 Thiladaanam K.N.T. Sastry Telugu
2001 Sayahnam R. Sarath Malayalam
1. Laado Aswini Chowdhary Haryanvi
2000
2. Dollar Dreams Shekhar Kammula English
1999 Daya Venu Malayalam
1998 Bhoothakkannadi A. K. Lohitha Das Malayalam
1997 Rag Birag Bindhu Chakraborthy Assamese
1996 Kahini Malaya Bhattacharya Bengali
1995 Moghamull G. Rajasekharan Tamil
1994 Sunya Theke Suru Ashok Viswanathan Bengali
1993 Mrs. Beatty's Children Pamela Rooks English
1992 Haldhaar Sanjeev Hazarika Assamese
1991 Perumthachan Ajayan Malayalam
1990 Wosobipo Gautam Bora Karbi
1989 Thrishagni Nabayendu Ghosh Hindi
1988 Ekti Jiban Raja Mitra Bengali
1987 Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin Sudhir Mishra Hindi
1986 New Delhi Times Romesh Sharma Hindi
1985 Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai Prathap Pothan Tamil
1984 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron Kundan Shah Hindi
1983 Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum Sridhar Rajan Tamil
1982 Aadhar Sila Ashok Ahuja Hindi
1981 Maina Tadanta Utpalendu Chakraborthy Bengali
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
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£The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is a National Film
Award, given to a feature film production, the jury of the National Film Awards feel has best
dealt with themes relating to National Integration in India.

The winners of the Award:

Year   Film   Language   Director  

2007 Kallarali Hoovagi Kannada T.S. Nagabharna [1]

2006 Daivanamathil Malayalam Jayaraj

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten

2005 Hindi/English Shyam Benegal
Hero

2004 Pinjar Hindi Chandra Prakash Dwivedi

2003 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer English Aparna Sen

2002 Bub (father) Kashmiri Jyoti Sarup

2001 Pukar Hindi Rajkumar Santoshi

2000 Shaheed Udham Singh Punjabi Chitrarath

1999 Zakhm Hindi Mahesh Bhatt

1998 Border Hindi J.P. Dutta

1997 Kanakinavu Malayalam Siby Malayil

1996 Bombay Tamil Mani Ratnam

1995 Mukhta Marathi Jabbar Patel

1994 Sardar Hindi Ketan Mehta

1993 Roja Tamil Mani Ratnam

1992 Adi Mimansa Oriya A.K. Bir

1991 no award -

1990 Santa Sishunala Sharifa Kannada T.S. Nagabharana

1989 Rudraveena Telugu K. Balachander

1988 Tamas Hindi Govind Nihalani

1987 no award -

1986 Sree Narayana Guru Malayalam P.A. Backer

1985 Aadmi Aur Aurat Hindi Tapan Sinha

1984 Sookha Hindi M. S. Sathyu

1983 Aaroodam Malayalam I.V. Sasi

1982 Saptapadhi Telugu K. Viswanath

1981 Bhavni Bhavai Gujarati Ketan Mehta

1980 22 June 1897 Marathi Nachiket, Jayoo Patwardhan

1979 Grahana Kannada T.S. Nagabharana

1978 no award -

1977 no award -

1976 no award -

1975 Parinay Hindi Kanthilal Rathod

1974 Garam Hawa Hindi M. S. Sathyu

1973 Achanum Bappayum Malayalam K.S. Sethumadhavan

1972 Do Boond Pani Hindi Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

1971 Thurakkatha Vaathil Malayalam P. Bhaskaran

1970 Saat Hindustani Hindi Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

1969 Janma Bhoomi Malayalam John Sankaramangalam

1968 no award -

1967 Subhash Chandra Hindi Piyush Ghosh

1966 Shaheed Hindi S. Ram Sharma

[edit] References
1. ^ 54th National Film Awards The Hindu, June 11, 2008.
The Arjun Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding
achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 300,000, a bronze statuette
of Arjun and a scroll.

Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons
who belonged to the pre-Arjun Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of
disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the
physically handicapped category.

The Government has recently[when?] revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised
guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good
performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence
for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of
leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.

From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:

 Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World

Championship Disciplines and Cricket
 Indigenous Games
 Sports for the Physically Challenged

Contents
[hide]

 1 Arjun Awardees in Archery

 2 Arjun Awardees in Athletics
 3 Arjun Awardees in Badminton
 4 Arjun Awardees in Ball Badminton
 5 Arjun Awardees in Basketball
 6 Arjun Awardees in Billiards & Snooker
 7 Arjun Awardees in Boxing
 8 Arjun Awardees in Carrom
 9 Arjun Awardees in Chess
 10 Arjun Awardees in Cricket
 11 Arjun Awardees in Cycling
 12 Arjun Awardees in Equestrian
 13 Arjun Awardees in Football
 14 Arjun Awardees in Golf
 15 Arjun Awardees in Gymnastics
 16 Arjun Awardees in Hockey
 17 Arjun Awardees in Judo
 18 Arjun Awardees in Kabaddi
  19 Arjun Awardees in Lawn Tennis
 20 Arjun Awardees in Rowing
 21 Arjun Awardees in Shooting
 22 Arjun Awardees in Squash
 23 Arjun Awardees in Swimming
 24 Arjun Awardees in Table Tennis
 25 Arjun Awardees in Volleyball
 26 Arjun Awardees in Weightlifting
 27 Arjun Awardees in Wrestling
 28 Arjun Awardees in Yachting
 29 See also
 30 External links

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Archery

No Year Recipient Name
1 1981 Krishna Das
2 1989 Shyam Lal
3 1991 Limba Ram
4 1992 Sanjeev Kumar Singh
5 2005 Tarundeep Rai
6 2005 Dola Banerjee
7 2006 Jayanta Talukdar

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Athletics

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
2 1962 Tarlok Singh
3 1963 Stephie D'Souza
4 1964 Makhan Singh
5 1965 Kenneth Powell
6 1966 Ajmer Singh
7 1966 B. S. Barua
8 1967 Praveen Kumar
9 1967 Bhim Singh
10 1968 Joginder Singh
11 1968 Manjit Walia
12 1969 Harnek Singh
13 1970 Mohinder Singh Gill
14 1971 Edward Sequeira
15 1972 Vijay Singh Chauhan
16 1973 Sriram Singh
17 1974 T. C. Yohannan
18 1974 Shivnath Singh
19 1975 Hari Chand
20 1975 V. Anusuya Bai
21 1976 Bahadur Singh Chouhan
22 1976 Geeta Zutshi
23 1978-79 Suresh Babu
24 1978-79 Angel Mary Joseph
25 1979-80 R. Gyanasekaran
26 1980-81 Gopal Saini
27 1981 Sabir Ali
28 1982 Charles Borromeo
29 1982 Chand Ram
30 1982 M. D. Valsamma
31 1983 Suresh Yadav
32 1983 P. T. Usha
33 1984 Raj Kumar
34 1984 Shiny Abraham
35 1985 Raghubir Singh Bal
36 1985 Asha Agarwal
37 1985 Adille Sumariwala
38 1986 Suman Rawat
39 1987 Balwinder Singh
40 1987 Vandana Rao
41 1987 Bagicha Singh
42 1987 Vandana Shanbagh
43 1988 Ashwini Nachappa
44 1989 Mercy Kuttan
45 1990 Deena Ram
46 1992 Bahadur Prasad
47 1993 K. Saramma
48 1994 Rosa Kutty
49 1995 Shakti Singh
50 1995 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
51 1996 Ajit Bhaduria
52 1996 Padmini Thomas
53 1997 Reeth Abraham
54 1998 Sirichand Ram
55 1998 Neelam Jaswant Singh
56 1998 S. D. Eshan
57 1998 Rachita Mistry
58 1998 Paramjit Singh
59 1999 Gulab Chand
60 1999 Gurmit Kaur
61 1999 Parduman Singh
62 1999 Sunita Rani
63 2000 K. M. Beenamol
64 2000 Yadvendra Vashishta (PH)
65 2000 Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar - Powerlifting (PH)
66 2000 Joginder Singh Bedi (PH) (For Life time Contribution)
67 2002 Anju Bobby George
68 2002 Saraswati Saha
69 2003 Soma Biswas
70 2003 Madhuri Saxena
71 2004 Anil Kumar
72 2004 J. J. Shobha
73 2004 Devendra Jhajharia (Physically Challenged)
74 2005 Manjit Kaur
75 2005 Rajinder Singh Rahelu (Physically Challenged)
76 2006 K. M. Binu
77 2007 Chitra K. Soman

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Badminton

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Nandu Natekar
2 1962 Meena Shah
3 1965 Dinesh Khanna
4 1967 Suresh Goel
5 1969 Dipu Ghosh
6 1970 D. V. Tambay
7 1971 S. Moorthy
8 1972 Prakash Padukone
9 1974 Raman Ghosh
10 1975 Davinder Ahuja
11 1976 Ami Ghia
12 1977-78 Ms. K.T. Singh
13 1980-81 Syed Modi
14 1982 P. Ganguli
15 1982 Madhumita Bisht
16 1991 Rajeev Bagga
17 2000 Pullela Gopichand
18 1999 George Thomas
19 2003 Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged)
20 2004 Abhinn Shyam Gupta
21 2005 Aparna Popat
22 2006 Chetan Anand
23 2006 Rohit Bhakar (Physically Challenged)
24 2007 Anup Sridhar
[edit] Arjun Awardees in Ball Badminton
No Year Recipient Name
1 1970 J. Pitchyya
2 1972 Ms. J. Srinivasan
3 1973 A. Kareem
4 1975 L.A. Iqbal
5 1976 A. Sam Christ Das
6 1984 D. Rajaraman

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Basketball

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Sarbjit Singh
2 1967 Khushi Ram
3 1968 Gurdial Singh
4 1969 Hav. Hari Dutt
5 1970 Gulam Abbas Moontasir
6 1971 Man Mohan Singh
7 1973 S. K. Kataria
8 1974 A.K. Punj
9 1975 Hanuman Singh
10 1977-78 T. Vijayaraghawan
11 1979-80 Om Prakash
12 1982 Ajmer Singh
13 1991 Radhey Shyam
14 1991 Ms. S Sharma
15 1999 Sajjan Singh Cheema

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Billiards & Snooker

No Year Recipient Name
1 2002 Alok Kumar
2 2003 Pankaj Advani
3 2005 Anuja Prakash Thakur

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Boxing

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 L. Buddy D' Souza
2 1962 Hav. P. Badadur Mal
3 1966 Hawa Singh
4 1968 Hav. Dennis Swamy
5 1971 Hav. Muniswamy Venu
6 1972 Hav. Chandranarayanan
7 1973 Hav. Mehatab Singh
8 1977-78 B.S. Thapa
9 1978-79 C.C. Machaiah
10 1979-80 B. Singh
11 1980-81 Issac Amaldas
12 1981 Hav. G. Manoharan
13 1982 Hav. Kaur Singh
14 1983 Jas Lal Pradhan
15 1986 Jai Pal Singh
16 1987 Seeva Jayaram
17 1989 Gopal Dewang
18 1991 D.S. Yadav
19 1992 Rajender Prasad
20 1993 Manoj Pingale
21 1993 Mukund Killekar
22 1995 V. Devarajan
23 1996 Raj Kumar Sangwan
24 1998 N.G. Dingko Singh
25 1999 Gurcharan Singh
26 1999 Jitender Kumar
27 2002 Md. Ali Qamar
28 2003 Ms. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom
29 2005 Akhil Kumar
30 2006 Vijender Kumar
31 2007 Verghese Johnson

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Carrom

No Year Recipient Name
1. 1996 A. Maria Irudayam

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Chess

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Manuel Aaron
2 1980-81 Rohini Khadilkar
3 1983 Dibyendu Barua
4 1984 Pravin Thipsay
5 1985 Vishwanathan Anand
6 1987 D. V. Prasad
7 1987 Bhagyashree Thipsay
8 1990 Anupama Gokhale
9 2000 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
10 2002 Krishnan Sasikiran
11 2003 Koneru Humpy
12 2005 Surya Shekhar Ganguly
13 2006 Pentyala Harikrishna
14 2007 Dronavalli Harika

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Saleem Durani
2 1964 Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
3 1965 Vijay Manjrekar
4 1966 Chandu Borde
5 1967 Ajit Wadekar
6 1968 E.A.S. Prasanna
7 1969 Bishan Singh Bedi
8 1970 Dilip Sardesai
9 1971 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
10 1972 Eknath Solkar
11 1972 B.S. Chandrashekhar
12 1975 Sunil Gavaskar
13 1976 Shanta Rangaswamy
14 1977-78 Gundappa Vishwanath
15 1979-80 Kapil Dev Nikhanj
16 1980-81 Chetan Chauhan
17 1980-81 Syed Kirmani
18 1981 Dilip Vengsarkar
19 1982 Mohinder Amarnath
20 1983 Diana Edulji
21 1984 Ravi Shastri
22 1985 Shubhangi Kulkarni
23 1986 Mohammad Azharuddin
24 1986 Sandhya Agarwal
25 1989 Madan Lal
26 1993 Manoj Prabhakar
27 1993 Kiran More
28 1994 Sachin Tendulkar
29 1995 Anil Kumble
30 1996 Javagal Srinath
31 1997 Ajay Jadeja
32 1997 Sourav Ganguly
33 1998 Rahul Dravid
34 1998 Nayan Mongia
35 2000 B.K. Venkatesh Prasad
36 2002 Virender Sehwag
37 2003 Harbhajan Singh
38 2003 Ms. Mithali Raj
39 2005 Ms. Anju Jain
40 2006 Ms. Anjum Chopra

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Cycling

No Year Recipient Name
1 1975 Amar Singh
2 1978-79 Ms. M. Mahapatra
3 1983 A.R. Arthna

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Equestrian

No Year Recipient Name
1 1973 Dafadar Khan M. Khan
2 1976 Lt. Col. H.S. Sodhi
3 1982 Maj. R. Singh Brar
4 1982 Raghubir Singh (Equestrian)
5 1984 Capt. G. Mohd. Khan
6 1987 Maj. J.S. Ahluwalia
7 1991 Capt. Adhiraj Singh
8 2003 Capt. Rajesh Pattu
9 2004 Maj. Deep Kumar Ahlawat

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Football

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 P. K. Banerjee
2 1962 T. Balaram
3 1963 Chuni Goswami
4 1964 Jarnail Singh
5 1965 Arun Lal Ghosh
6 1966 Yusuf Khan
7 1967 Peter Thangaraj
8 1969 Inder Singh
9 1970 Syed Naeemuddin
10 1971 C. P. Singh
11 1973 Magan Singh
12 1978-79 Gurdev Singh Gill
13 1979-80 Prasun Banerjee
14 1980-81 Mohammed Habib
15 1981 Sudhir Karmakar
16 1983 Shanti Mullick
17 1989 S. Bhattacharjee
18 1997 B. S. K. Shankhwalker
19 1998 Baichung Bhutia
20 2002 I. M. Vijayan

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Golf

No Year Recipient Name
1 1999 Chiranjeev Milkha Singh (Jeev Milkha Singh)
2 2002 Shiv Kapur
3 2004 Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (Jyoti Randhawa)
4 2007 Arjun Atwal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Gymnastics

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Shyam Lal
2 1975 Montu Debnath
3 1985 Ms. S. Sharma
4 1989 Ms. Krupali Patel
5 2000 Dr. (Ms.) Kalpna Debnath

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Hockey

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Prithipal Singh
2 1961 N. Lumsden
3 1963 Charanjit Singh
4 1964 S. Laxman
5 1965 Udham Singh
6 1965 E. Britto
7 1966 V. J. Peter
8 1966 Sunita Puri
9 1966 Gurbaksh Singh
10 1967 Harbinder Singh
11 1967 Mohinder Lal
12 1968 Balbir Singh Kular
13 1970 Ajit Pal Singh
14 1971 P. Krishnamurthy
15 1972 Michael Kindo
16 1973 M. P. Ganesh
17 1973 O. Mascarenhas
18 1974 Ashok Kumar
19 1974 A. Kaur
20 1975 B. P. Govinda
21 1975 R. Saini
22 1977-78 Capt. Harcharan Singh
23 1977-78 L. L. Fernandes
24 1979-80 Vasudevan Baskaran
25 1979-80 R. B. Mundphan
26 1980-81 Mohammed Shahid
27 1980-81 Eliza Nelson
28 1981 Versha Soni
29 1983 Zafar Iqbal
30 1984 Rajbir Kaur
31 1984 S. Maney
32 1985 Prem Maya Sonir
33 1985 Panda Muthanna
34 1986 J. M. Carvalho
35 1988 M. P. Singh
36 1989 Pargat Singh
37 1990 Jagbir Singh
38 1992 Mervyn Fernandes
39 1994 Jude Felix Sabastain
40 1995 Dhanraj Pillai
41 1995 Mukesh Kumar
42 1996 A. B. Subbaiah
43 1996 Ashish Kumar Ballal
44 1997 Harmik Singh
45 1997 Surinder Singh Sodhi
46 1997 Rajinder Singh
47 1998 S. Surjit Singh
48 1998 Pritam Rani Siwach
49 1998 B. S. Dhillon
50 1998 S. Omana Kumari
51 1998 Mohammed Riaz
52 1998 Baldev Singh
53 1998 Maharaj Krishna Kaushik
54 1999 Balbir Singh Kullar
55 1998 Lt. Col. Haripal Kaushik
56 1998 Ramandeep Singh
57 1998 V. J. Phillips
58 2000 Baljeet Singh Saini
59 2000 Tingonleima Chanu
60 2000 Gp. Capt. R. S. Bhola
61 2000 Balkishan Singh
62 2000 Jalaluddin Rizvi
63 2000 Madhu Yadav
64 2002 Dilip Tirkey
65 2002 Gagan Ajit Singh
66 2002 Mamta Kharab
67 2003 Devesh Chauhan
68 2003 Suraj Lata Devi
69 2004 Deepak Thakur
70 2004 Innocent Helen Mary
71 2005 Viren Rasquinha
72 2006 Jyoti Sunita Kullu
73 2007 Prabhjot Singh

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Judo

No Year Recipient Name
1 1992 Sandeep Byala
2 1993 Cawas Billimoria
3 1996 Ms. Poonam Chopra
4 1998 Narender Singh
5 2003 Akram Shah
6 2004 Ms. Angom Anita Chanu
7 2007 Ms. Tombi Devi

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Kabaddi

No Year Recipient Name
1 1998 Ashan Kumar
2 1998 Biswajit Palit
3 1999 Balwinder Singh
4 1999 Tirath Raj
5 2000 C. Homonappa
6 2002 Ram Mehar Singh
7 2003 Sanjeev Kumar
8 2004 Sunder Singh
9 2005 Ramesh Kumar
10 2006 Naveen Gautam

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Lawn Tennis

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Ramanathan Krishnan
2 1962 Naresh Kumar
3 1966 Jaidip Mukerjea
4 1967 Premjit Lall
5 1974 Vijay Amritraj
6 1978-79 Nirupama Mankad
7 1980-81 Ramesh Krishnan
8 1985 Anand Amritraj
9 1990 Leander Paes
10 1995 Mahesh Bhupathi
11 1996 Gaurav Natekar
12 1997 Asif Ismail
13 2000 Akhtar Ali
14 2004 Sania Mirza
[edit] Arjun Awardees in Rowing
No Year Recipient Name
1 1981 Maj. Parveen Oberoy
2 1984 Capt. M.A. Naik
3 1991 Naib Subedar Dalvir Singh
4 1994 Major R.S. Bhanwala
5 1996 Surender Singh Waldia
6 1999 Jagjit Singh
7 2000 Surender Singh Kanwasi
8 2004 Jenil Krishnan
9 2007 Bajranj Lal Thakur

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Shooting

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Karni Singh
2 1968 Rajyashree Kumari
3 1969 Bhuvaneshwari Kumari
4 1971 Bhim Singh
5 1972 Udyan Chinubhai
6 1978-79 Randhir Singh
7 1981 S. P. Chauhan
8 1983 Mohinder Lal
9 1983 Soma Dutta
10 1985 A. J. Pandit
11 1986 Bhagirath Samai
12 1993 Mansher Singh
13 1994 Jaspal Rana
14 1996 Moraad A. Khan
15 1997 Satendra Kumar
16 1997 Shilpi Singh
17 1998 Manavjit Singh
18 1998 Roopa Unnikrishnan
19 1999 Vivek Singh
20 2000 Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat
21 2000 Abhinav Bindra
22 2000 Gurbir Singh
23 2002 Anwer Sultan
24 2002 Suma Shirur
25 2003 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
26 2004 Deepali A. Deshpande
27 2005 Gagan Narang
28 2006 Vijay Kumar
29 2007 Avneet Kaur Sidhu

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Squash

No Year Recipient Name
1 2006 Sourav Ghosal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Swimming

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Jam. Bajarangi Prasad
2 1966 Rima Datta
3 1967 Arun Shaw
4 1969 Baidyanath Nath
5 1971 Bhanwar Singh
6 1973 D. (Tingoo) Khatau
7 1974 A.B. Sarang
8 1974 Manjari Bhargava (diving)
9 1975 M.S. Rana
10 1975 Smita Desai
11 1982 Persis Madan
12 1983 Anita Sood
13 1984 Khajan Singh
14 1988 Wilson Cherian
15 1990 Bula Choudhury
16 1996 V. Kutraleeshwaran
17 1998 Bhanu Sachdeva
18 1999 Nisha Millet
19 2000 Sebastian Xavier
20 2000 J. Abhijith
21 2005 Shikha Tandon

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Table Tennis

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 J.C. Vohra
2 1965 G. R. Deewan
3 1966 U. Sundararaj
4 1967 F. R. Khodaiji
5 1969 Mir Kasim Ali
6 1970 G. Jagannath
7 1971 K. F. Khodaiji
8 1973 N. R. Bajaj
9 1976 S. Shailja
10 1979-80 Indu Puri
11 1980-81 Manjit Dua
12 1982 V. Chandrasekhar
13 1985 Kamlesh Mehta
14 1987 Monalisa Barua
15 1989 Niyati Shah
16 1990 M. S. Walia
17 1997 Chetan Baboor
18 1998 Subramaniam Raman
19 2002 Mantu Ghosh
20 2004 Achanta Sharath Kamal
21 2005 Soumyadeep Roy
22 2006 Subhajit Saha

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Volleyball

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 A. Palanisamy
2 1962 Nripjit Singh
3 1972 Balwant Singh "Ballu"
4 1973 G.M. Reddy
5 1974 M.S. Rao
6 1975 Sub. Insp. R. Singh
7 1975 K.C. Elamma
8 1976 Jimmy George
9 1977-78 A. Raman Rao
10 1978-79 Kutty Krishan
11 1979-80 S.K. Mishra
12 1982 G.E. Sridharan
13 1983 R.K. Purohit
14 1984 Saley Joseph
15 1986 Cyril C. Vallor
16 1989 Abdul Basith
17 1990 Dalel Singh Ror
18 1991 K. Udaya Kumar
19 1999 Sukhpal Singh
20 2000 P.V. Ramana
21 2002 Ravikant Reddy

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Weightlifting

No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 A.N. Ghosh
2 1962 L.K. Dass
3 1963 K.E. Rao
4 1965 B.S. Bhatia
5 1966 Mohan Lal Ghosh
6 1967 S. John Gabriel
7 1970 Arun Kumar Dass
8 1971 S.L. Salwan
9 1972 Anil Kumar Mandal
10 1974 S. Vellaiswamy
11 1975 Dalbir Singh
12 1976 K. Balamuruganandam
13 1977-78 M.T. Selvan
14 1978-79 E. Karaunakaran
15 1981 B.K. Satpathy
16 1982 Tara Singh
17 1983 Vispy K. Daroga
18 1985 Mehar Chand Bhaskar
19 1986 Jag Mohan Sapra
20 1987 G. Devan
21 1989 Jyotsna Dutta
22 1990 R. Chandra
23 1990 N. Kunjarani
24 1991 Chhaya Adak
25 1993 Bharati Singh
26 1994 K. Malleswari
27 1997 Paramjit Sharma
28 1997 N. Laxmi
29 1998 Satheesha Rai
30 1999 Dalbir Singh
31 2000 Sanamacha Chanu Thingbaijan
32 2002 Thandava Murthy Muthu
33 2006 Geeta Rani
[edit] Arjun Awardees in Wrestling
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Hav. Udey Chanf
2 1962 Malwa
3 1963 G. Andalkar
4 1964 Bishamber Singh
5 1966 Bhim Singh
6 1967 Mukhtiar Singh
7 1969 Master Chandgi Ram (Indian style wrestling)
8 1970 Sudesh Kumar
9 1972 Prem Nath
10 1973 Jagroop Singh
11 1974 Satpal
12 1978-79 Rajinder Singh
13 1980-81 Jagminder Singh
14 1982 Kartar Singh
15 1985 Mahabir Singh
16 1987 Subhash
17 1988 Rajesh Kumar
18 1989 Satywan
19 1990 Ombir Singh
20 1992 Pappu Yadav
21 1993 Ashok Kumar
22 1997 Jagdish Singh
23 1997 Sanjay Kumar
24 1998 Kaka Pawar
25 1998 Rohtas Singh Dahiya
26 1999 Ashok Kumar
27 2000 Randhir Singh
28 2000 Kripa Shakar Patel
29 2000 K.D. Jadhav (Posthumously)
30 2000 Naresh Kumar
31 2002 Palwinder Singh Cheema
32 2002 Sujeet Mann
33 2003 Shokhinder Tomar
34 2004 Anuj Kumar
35 2005 Sushil Kumar
36 2006 Geetika Jakhar
37 2007 Alka Tomar

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Yachting

No Year Recipient Name
1 1970 Lt. Cdr. S. J. Contractor
2 1973 Afsar Hussain
3 1978-79 Cdr. S. K. Mongia
4 1981 Zarir Karanjia
5 1982 Farokh Tarapore
6 1982 Fali Unwalla
7 1982 Jeeja Unwalla
8 1986 Lt. Dhruv Bhandari
9 1987 C. S. Pradipak
10 1990 P. K. Garg
11 1993 Cdr. Homi Motiwala
12 1996 Lt. Cdr. Kelly Subbanand Rao (Posthumously)
13 1999 Aashim Mongia
14 2002 Nitin Mongia

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Bharat Ratna
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 Bharat Ratna

Award Information

Type Civilian

Category General

Instituted 1954

Last Awarded 2008

Total Awarded 41

Awarded by Government
of India

Description An image of
the Sun along
with the
words "Bharat
Ratna",
inscribed in
Devanagari
script,
on a peepul
leaf

First Awardee(s) Sarvepalli

Radhakrishna
n

Last Awardee(s) Bhimsen Joshi

 Award Rank

None ← Bharat Ratna → Padma

Vibhushan

Bharat Ratna (translates to Jewel of India[1] or Gem of India[2] in English) is India's highest
civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic,
literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest
order."[3] Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna carry no special title nor any other
honorifics, but they do have a place in the Indian order of precedence.

The award was established by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, on January 2, 1954.[4]
Along with other major national honours, such as the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and
Padma Shri, the awarding of the Bharat Ratna was suspended from July 13, 1977 to January 26,
1980.

The honour has been awarded to forty one persons, a list which includes two non-Indians and a
naturalized Indian citizen. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the states with the highest
number(7) of awardees followed closely by Maharashtra(6). Originally, the specifications for the
award called for a circular gold medal carrying the state emblem and motto, among other things.
It is uncertain if a design in accordance with the original specifications was ever made. The
actual award is designed in the shape of a peepul leaf and carries with the words "Bharat Ratna",
inscribed in Devanagari script. The reverse side of the medal carries the state emblem and motto.
The award is attached to a two-inch wide ribbon, and was designed to be worn around the
recipient's neck.

Contents
[hide]

 1 History
 2 Controversies
o 2.1 Award to Subhas Chandra Bose
o 2.2 Award to Abul Kalam Azad
 3 Specifications
 4 Living Recipients of the Bharat Ratna
o 4.1 Indian Recipients
o 4.2 Foreign Recipients
 5 Complete list of the Awardees
 6 References
 7 External links
[edit] History
The order was established by Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of India, on January 2, 1954. The
original statutes of January 1954 did not make allowance for posthumous awards (and this
perhaps explains why the decoration was never awarded to Mahatma Gandhi), though this
provision was added in the January 1955 statute. Subsequently, there have been twelve
posthumous awards, including the award to Subhash Chandra Bose in 1992, which was later
withdrawn due to a legal technicality, the only case of an award being withdrawn. The award
was briefly suspended from July 13, 1977 to January 26, 1980.

The Bharta Ratna Citation, the certificate conferred to Late M. G. Ramachandran

While there was no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian
citizens, this seems to have been the general assumption. There has been one award to a
naturalized Indian citizen — Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa (1980);
and two to non-Indians — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990). The
awarding of this honor though, has frequently been the subject of litigation questioning the
constitutional basis of such.

[edit] Controversies
[edit] Award to Subhas Chandra Bose

Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in
1992. The award was later withdrawn due to a legal technicality. This is the only case of an
award being withdrawn. It was withdrawn in response to a Supreme Court of India directive
following a Public Interest Litigation filed in the Court against the posthumous nature of the
award. The Award Committee could not give conclusive evidence of Bose’s death and thus it
invalidated the posthumous award.

[edit] Award to Abul Kalam Azad

When the award was offered to freedom fighter and India's first Minister of Education, Abul
Kalam Azad, he promptly declined it saying that it should not be given to those who have been
on the selection committee. Later he was awarded posthumously in 1992.[5]

[edit] Specifications
The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold medal, 35 mm in diameter,
with the sun and the Hindi legend "Bharat Ratna" above and a floral wreath below. The reverse
was to carry the state emblem and motto. It was to be worn around the neck from a white ribbon.
There is no indication that any specimens of this design were ever produced and one year later
the design was altered.

[edit] Living Recipients of the Bharat Ratna

[edit] Indian Recipients

 A.P.J Abdul Kalam (1997)

 Ravi Shankar (1999)
 Amartya Sen (1999)
 Lata Mangeshkar (2001)
 Bhimsen Joshi (2008)

[edit] Foreign Recipients

 Nelson Mandela (1990)

[edit] Complete list of the Awardees

Indian state or
Birth /
S.No   Name   Awarded   Notes   country of
death  
origin  
 Sir Sarvepalli 1888– Second President, First Vice
1. 1954 Andhra Pradesh
Radhakrishnan 1975 President, Philosopher.

Chakravarti 1878– Last Governor-General,

2. 1954 Tamil Nadu
Rajagopalachari 1972 Freedom Fighter.

1888–
3. Sir C. V. Raman 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu
1970

1869–
4. Bhagwan Das 1955 Literature, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
1958

Civil Engineer, Dam Architect,

Sir Mokshagundam 1861–
5. 1955 Diwan of Princely state of Karnataka
Visvesvarayya 1962
Mysore

1889– First Prime Minister, Freedom

6. Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 Uttar Pradesh
1964 Fighter, Author.

Uttar Pradesh
Govind Ballabh 1887– Freedom Fighter, Home
7. 1957 (now
Pant 1961 Minister
Uttarakhand)

Educationist, Social Reformer,

Dhondo Keshav 1858–
8. 1958 Awarded in his birth centenary Maharashtra
Karve 1962
year.

1882– Physician, Politician, Former

9. Dr. B. C. Roy 1961 West Bengal
1962 Chief Minister of West Bengal

Purushottam Das 1882–

10. 1961 Freedom Fighter, Educationist Uttar Pradesh
Tandon 1962

1884– First President, Freedom

11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1962 Bihar
1963 Fighter, Jurist
 1897–
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh
1969

Pandurang Vaman 1880–

13. 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Maharashtra
Kane 1972

1904– Posthumous, Second Prime

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Uttar Pradesh
1966 Minister, Freedom Fighter

1917–
15. Indira Gandhi 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh
1984

1894– Former President, Trade

16. V. V. Giri 1975 Orissa
1980 Unionist.

1903– Posthumous, Freedom Fighter,

17. K. Kamaraj 1976 Tamil Nadu
1975 Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu.

1910– Republic of
18. Mother Teresa 1980 Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979).
1997 Macedonia

Acharya Vinoba 1895– Posthumous, Social Reformer,

19. 1983 Maharashtra
Bhave 1982 Freedom Fighter.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar 1890– First non-citizen, Freedom

20. 1987 Pakistan
Khan 1988 Fighter.

M. G. 1917– Posthumous, Chief Minister-

21. 1988 Tamil Nadu
Ramachandran 1987 Tamil Nadu, Actor.

Posthumous, Architect-Indian
1891–
22. B. R. Ambedkar 1990 Constitution,Social Reformer, Maharashtra
1956
Economist and Scholar

23. Nelson Mandela b. 1918 1990 Second non-citizen and first South Africa
 non-Indian, Leader of Anti-
Apartheid movement.

1944– Posthumous, Former Prime

24. Rajiv Gandhi 1991 New Delhi
1991 Minister

Sardar Vallabhbhai 1875– Posthumous, Freedom Fighter,

25. 1991 Gujarat
Patel 1950 First Home Minister of India.

1896– Former Prime Minister,

26. Morarji Desai 1991 Gujarat
1995 Freedom Fighter.

Maulana Abul 1888– Posthumous, Freedom Fighter,

27. 1992 West Bengal
Kalam Azad 1958 First Education Minister of India

1904–
28. J. R. D. Tata 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra
1993

1922–
29. Satyajit Ray 1992 Film Director ,Oscar winner West Bengal
1992

30. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam b. 1931 1997 Former President, Scientist. Tamil Nadu

1898– Freedom Fighter, former Prime

31. Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 Punjab
1998 Minister.

1908–
32. Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal
1996

1916–
33. M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998 Carnatic music vocalist. Tamil Nadu
2004

34. Chidambaram 1910– 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Tamil Nadu

Subramaniam 2000 Agriculture (Father of Green
 revolution).

Jayaprakash 1902– Posthumous, Freedom Fighter,

35. 1998 Bihar
Narayan 1979 Social Reformer.

36. Pandit Ravi Shankar b. 1920 1999 Classical sitar player Uttar Pradesh

37. Amartya Sen b. 1933 1999 Nobel-prize winning Economist West Bengal

1890– Posthumous, Freedom fighter,

38. Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 Assam
1950 Chief Minister

39. Lata Mangeshkar b. 1929 2001 Singer Maharashtra

1916– Classical musician, shehnai

40. Bismillah Khan 2001 Bihar
2006 maestro

41. Bhimsen Joshi b. 1922 2008 Classical singer Maharashtra

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Padma Vibhushan
Award Information

Type Civilian

Category General

Instituted 1954

First Awarded 1954

Last Awarded 2008

Total Awarded 242

 Awarded by Govt. of India

Previous Name(s) Padma Vibushan,

Pahela Varg

Ribbon Medium Pink

First Awardee(s) Satyendra Nath

Bose & others
(1954)

Last Awardee(s) Justice (Dr) A.S.

Anand & others
(2008)

Award Rank

Bharat Ratna ← Padma

Vibhushan → Padma
Bhushan

The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. It consists of a medal and a
citation and is awarded by the President of India.

It was established on January 2, 1954. It comes after the Bharat Ratna and before the Padma
Bhushan. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any
field, including government service.

Contents
[hide]

 1 History
 2 Medallion details
o 2.1 First medallion (1954-1955)
o 2.2 Second medallion (1955-1957)
o 2.3 Current medallion (1957-current)
 3 List of Awardees
 4 External links
[edit] History
The award was established by Presidential decree on 2 January 1954. Padma Vibhushan was
originally established as the Pahela Varg (First Class) of a three-class "Padma Vibhushan"
awards. However the structure was changed in 1955 and there is no record of the award being
presented to any of the recipients in the original structure.

The award was suspended between 1977 and 1980. No award was made between 1992 and 1998
as well. As of March 2009, 242 people have received the award.

[edit] Medallion details

[edit] First medallion (1954-1955)

The initial medal was a circular gold medal, 1-3/8 inches in diameter, with an embossed lotus
flower in the center and the legend "Padma Vibhusman" above and a floral wreath below. The
obverse side had the Indian state emblem with the legend Desh Seva (National Service) above
and a lotus wreath below.

No record exists to show whether this design was used to present a medal to any of the awardees.

[edit] Second medallion (1955-1957)

In 1955, the badge design was altered to be a "mainly circular" 1-3/16-inch toned bronze badge
with geometrical patterns. The center had a lotus flower with four major petals embossed in
white gold. Above and below this flower, the name of the decoration Padma Vibhushan was
embossed in silver-gilt.

[edit] Current medallion (1957-current)

In 1957, the badge design was retained but the material changed from toned bronze to burnished
bronze.

[edit] List of Awardees

Year   Name   Field   State   Country  

1954 Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose Literature & Education West Bengal India

1954 Dr. Zakir Hussain Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh India

1954 Shri Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher Public Affairs Maharashtra India

1954 Shri Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Public Affairs Bihar India

1954 Nand Lal Bose Arts West Bengal India

1954 Shri V.K. Krishna Menon Public Affairs Kerala India

1955 Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve Literature & Education Maharashtra India

1955 J.R.D. Tata Trade & Industry Maharashtra India

1956 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh India

1956 Fazal Ali Public Affairs Bihar India

1956 Jankibai Bajaj Social Work Madhya Pradesh India

1957 Ghanshyam Das Birla Trade & Industry Rajasthan India

1957 Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad Law and Public affairs Maharashtra India

1957 Shriprakash Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh India

1959 John Matthai Literature & Education Kerala India

1959 Radhabinod Pal Public Affairs West Bengal India

1959 Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta Social Work Maharashtra India

1960 Naryana Raghvan Pillai Public Affairs Tamil Nadu India

1962 H. Varda Raja Iyengar Civil Service Tamil Nadu India

1962 Padmaja Naidu Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh India

1962 Vijayalakshmi Pandit Civil Service Uttar Pradesh India

Dr. Arcot Lakshman Swami

1963 Medicine Tamil Nadu India
Mudaliar

1963 Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Literature & Education West Bengal India

1963 Hari Vinayak Pataskar Public Affairs Maharashtra India

1964 Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India

1964 Acharya Kalelkar Literature & Education Maharashtra India

1965 Arjan Singh Civil Service Delhi India

1965 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri Civil Service West Bengal India

1965 Mehdi Nawaz Jung Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh India

1966 Valerian Cardinal Gracias Social Work Maharashtra India

1967 Bhola Nath Jha Civil Service Uttar Pradesh India

1967 Chandra Kisan Daphtary Public Affairs Maharashtra India

1967 Hafix Mohammed Ibrahim Civil Service Andhra Pradesh India

1967 Pattadakal Venkanna R Rao Civil Service Andhra Pradesh India

1968 Mahadev Srihari Ane Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh India

1968 Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Science & Engineering Illinois United States

1968 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Statistical Science Delhi India

1968 K. Vaidyanatha Kalyana Sundaram Public Affairs Delhi India

1968 Kripal Singh Civil Service Delhi India

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1969 Rajeshwar Dayal Civil Service Delhi India

1970 Binay Ranjan Sen Civil Service West Bengal India

1970 Dr Tara Chand Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India

Paramasiva Prabhakar
1970 Civil Service Tamil Nadu India
Kumaramangalam

1970 Grp.Capt. Suranjan Das Civil Service West Bengal India

1970 Lt. General Harbaksh Singh Military Service Punjab India

1970 A. Rameswami Mudaliar Civil Service Andhra Pradesh India

1970 Anthony Lancelot Dias Public Affairs Maharashtra India

1971 Dr. Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar Medicine Goa India

1971 Balaram Sivaraman Civil Service Tamil Nadu India

1971 Bimal Prasad Chaliha Civil Service Assam India

1971 Uday Shankar Arts Maharashtra India

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1972 Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Science & Engineering Gujarat India

1972 Sam Manekshaw Military Service Tamil Nadu India

Jammu and
1972 Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Public Affairs India
Kashmir

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1974 V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao Civil Service Karnataka India

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1974 Niren De Law and Public Affairs West Bengal India

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1975 Mary Clubwala Jadhav Social Work Tamil Nadu India

1976 Col. Bashir Hussain Zaidi Literature & Education Delhi India

Dr. Kalpathi Ramakrishna

1976 Science & Engineering Kerala India
Ramanathan
1976 Kalu Lal Shrimali Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India

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1976 Keshava Shankar Pillai Arts Delhi India

1976 Salim Moizuddin Ali Abdul Science & Engineering Uttar Pradesh India

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Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan

1977 Literature & Education Delhi India
Singh

1977 T. Balasaraswati Arts Tamil Nadu India

1980 Rai Krishnadasa Civil Service Uttar Pradesh India

1980 Ustad Bismillah Khan Arts Uttar Pradesh India

1981 Satish Dhawan Science & Engineering Karnataka India

1981 Ravi Shankar Arts Uttar Pradesh India

United
1982 Mira Behn Social Work
Kingdom

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1986 Autar Singh Paintal Medicine Delhi India

1986 Birju Maharaj Arts Delhi India

1986 Shri M. Devidas Alias Baba Amte Social Work Maharashtra India

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1987 Dr. Manmohan Singh Civil Service Delhi India

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1987 Kamladevi Chattopadhyay Social Work Karnataka India

1988 Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa Literature & Education Karnataka India

1988 Mirza Hameedullah Beg Law and Public Affairs Delhi India

Social Work and

1988 Pandurang Shastri Athavale Maharashtra India
Religious Work
1989 M. S. Swaminathan Science & Engineering Delhi India

1989 Umashankar Dikshit Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India

1989 Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Arts West Bengal India

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul

1990 Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India
Kalam

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Vallmpadugai Srinivasa Raghavan

1990 Literature & Education Delhi India
Arunachalam

1990 Bhabatosh Dutta Literature & Education West Bengal India

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1991 Rajaram Shastri Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India

1991 Gulzari Lal Nanda Public Affairs Gujarat India

1991 Khusro Faramurz Rustamji Civil Service Maharashtra India

1991 M.F. Husain Arts Maharashtra India

Dr. Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa

1992 Arts Karnataka India
Mansur

Dr. Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre

1992 Arts Maharashtra India
Alias Dr.V.Shantaram

Dr. Sivaramakrishna Iyer

1992 Medicine Delhi India
Padmavati

1992 Pandit Lakshmanshastri Joshi Literature & Education Maharashtra India

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1992 Aruna Asaf Ali Public Affairs Delhi India

1998 Lakshmi Sahgal Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India

1998 Usha Mehta Social Work Maharashtra India

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1998 Walter Sisulu Public Affairs South Africa

1999 Rajagopala Chidambaram Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India

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1999 Verghese Kurien Science & Engineering Gujarat India

1999 Justice Hans Raj Khanna Public Affairs Delhi India

1999 Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Law and Public Affairs Kerala India

1999 Kumari Lata Mangeshkar Arts Maharashtra India

1999 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Arts Karnataka India

Himachal
1999 Shri Braj Kumar Nehru Civil Service India
Pradesh

1999 Dharma Vira Civil Service Delhi India

1999 Shri Lallan Prasad Singh Civil Service Delhi India

1999 Nana Deshmukh Social Work Delhi India

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1999 Satish Gujral Arts Delhi India

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2000 Krishen Behari Lall Civil Service Delhi India

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2000 Bhairab Dutt Pande Civil Service Uttarakhand India

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2000 Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan Literature & Education Tamil Nadu India
2000 Sikander Bakht Public Affairs Delhi India

2000 Tarlok Singh Civil Service Delhi India

2001 Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Science & Engineering United States

Dr. Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava

2001 Civil Service Tamil Nadu India
Narasimhan

2001 Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma Arts Maharashtra India

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2001 John Kenneth Galbraith Literature & Education United States

2001 Kotta Satchidananda Murty Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh India

2001 Zubin Mehta Arts India

2002 Dr. Chakravthi Rangarajan Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh India

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2002 Shri Soli Jehangir Sorabjee Law Delhi India

2002 Smt. Kishori Amonkar Arts Maharashtra India

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2004 Law and Public Affairs Karnataka India
Venkatachaliah

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2005 B. K.Goyal Medicine Maharashtra India

2005 Dr. Karan Singh Public Affairs Delhi India

2005 Mohan Dharia Social Work Maharashtra India

2005 Ram Narayan Arts Maharashtra India

Marthanda Varma Sankaran

2005 Medicine Karnataka India
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2006 Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Science & Engineering Texas USA

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2006 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Arts Kerala India

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2007 Venkataraman Krishnamurthy Civil Service Delhi India

2007 Balu Sankaran Medicine Delhi India

2007 Fali Sam Nariman Law and Public Affairs Delhi India

Justice Prafullachandra Natwarlal

2007 Law and Public Affairs Delhi India
Bhagwati

2007 Khushwant Singh Literature & Education Delhi India

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2007 N.N. Vohra Civil Service Haryana India

2007 Naresh Chandra Civil Service Delhi India

Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy

2007 Science & Engineering Kerala United States
George

2007 Viswanathan Anand Sports Tamil Nadu India

2007 R.K. Pachauri Environmentalism India

2008 Narayana Murthy Information Technology Karnataka India

2008 E. Sreedharan Delhi Metro Kerala India

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2008 Edmund Hillary Mountaineering Auckland New Zealand

2008 Ratan Tata Industry Maharashtra India

2008 Pranab Mukherjee Public affairs West Bengal India

2008 Sachin Tendulkar Sports Maharashtra India

2009 Dr. Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Civil Service Maharashtra India

Environmental
2009 Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna Uttarakhand India
Conservation

2009 Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyaya Literature & Education West Bengal India

2009 Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj Medicine Punjab India

2009 Dr Purshotam Lal Medicine Uttar Pradesh India

2009 Shri Govind Narain Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India

2009 Dr. Anil Kakodkar Science & Engineering Maharashtra India

2009 Shri G. Madhavan Nair Science & Engineering Karnataka India

2009 Sister Nirmala Social Work West Bengal India

2009 Dr. A. S. Ganguly Trade & Industry Maharashtra India

[edit] External links

 List of Padma Vibhushan awardees

The Padma Bhushan award is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by
the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards, after the Bharat Ratna
and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded to recognize
distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.

Padma Bhushan
Award Information

Type Civilian

Category General

Instituted 1954

First Awarded 1954

Last Awarded 2009

Total Awarded 1034

 Awarded by Govt. of India

Award Rank

Padma Vibhushan ←
Padma Bhushan →
Padma Shri

Award Information

Type War Time Gallantry

Category National Bravery

Instituted 1950

First Awarded 1947

Last Awarded 1999

Awarded by Govt. of India

Description The second highest

military decoration in
India.

Award Rank

Param Vir Chakra ←

Maha Veera Chakra →
Vir Chakra

The Maha Vira Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India and is
awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea
or in the air. It may be awarded posthumously. Literally Maha Veera Chakra means wheel of a
great hero.

Contents
[hide]

 1 Appearance
 2 History
 3 References
  4 External links

[edit] Appearance
The medal is made of standard silver and is circular in shape. Embossed on the obverse is a five
pointed heraldic star with circular center-piece bearing the gilded state emblem of India in the
center. The words "Mahavira Chakra" are embossed in Devanagari and English on the reverse
with two lotus flowers in the middle. The decoration is worn on the left breast with a half-white
and half-orange riband about 3.2 cm in width, the orange being near the left shoulder.[1]

[edit] History
More than 155 acts of bravery and selfless courage have been recognized since the inception of
the medal. The most MVCs awarded in a single conflict was in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971,
when eleven were given to the Indian Air Force.

Provision was made for the award of a bar for a second award of the Maha Vira Chakra, the first
two being awarded in 1965. To date, there are six known awards of a first bar: Wing Commander
Jag Mohan Nath (1962 and 1 September 1965), Major General Rajindar Singh (19 March 1948
and 6 September 1965), General Arun Shridhar Vaidya (16 September 1965 and 5 December
1971), Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam (6 September 1965 and 5 December 1971
[posthumous]), Colonel Chewang Rinchen (July 1948 and 8 December 1971), and Brigadier Sant
Singh (2 November 1965 and January 1972),. No second bars have been awarded. Award of the
decoration carried with it the right to use M.V.C. as a postnominal abbreviation.

[edit] References
1. ^ http://www.india9.com/i9show/Mahavir-Chakra-27619.htm

[edit] External links

 Official list of Maha Vir Chakra recipients
 Writeups on Maha Vir Chakra winners
 Award Information

Type War Time

Gallantry

Category National Bravery

Instituted 1950

First Awarded 1947

Last Awarded 1999

Total Awarded 21

Awarded by Govt. of India

Description The highest

military
decoration in
India.

First Awardee(s) Major Som Nath

Sharma
(posthumous)

Last Awardee(s) Captain Vikram

Batra
(posthumous)

Award Rank

none ← Param Vir Chakra

 → Maha Vir Chakra

For the Indian-born British composer, see Param Vir

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest
degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, similar to the British Victoria
Cross, US Medal of Honor, or French Legion of Honor or Russian Cross of St. George. [1] It can
be, and often has been, awarded posthumously.

Param Vir means "Bravest of the Brave" in Sanskrit. (Param = Highest; Vīr = Brave (warrior);
Chakra = wheel/medal).

The PVC was established on 26 January 1950 (the date of India becoming a republic), by the
President of India, with effect from 15 August 1947 (the date of Indian independence). It can be
awarded to officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian military. It is the second
highest award of the government of India after Bharat Ratna (amendment in the statute on 26
January 1980 resulted in this order of wearing). It replaced the former British colonial Victoria
Cross (VC), (see List of Indian Victoria Cross recipients).

Provision was made for the award of a bar for second (or subsequent) awards of the Param Vir
Chakra. To date, there have been no such awards. Award of the decoration carries with it the
right to use P.V.C. as a postnominal abbreviation.

The Ashoka Chakra is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the
"most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in
the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel
and may be awarded posthumously Ashoka Chakra Award.

The award also carries a cash allowance for those under the rank of lieutenant (or the appropriate
service equivalent) and, in some cases, a cash award. On the death of the recipient, the pension is
transferred to the widow until her death or remarriage. The paltry amount of the pension has
been a rather controversial issue throughout the life of the decoration. By March 1999, the
stipend stood at Rs. 1500 per month. In addition, many states have established individual pension
rewards that far exceeds the central government's stipend for the recipients of the decoration.

Subedar Major Bana Singh of the Eighth Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was the only
serving personnel of the Indian defence establishment with a Param Vir Chakra till the Kargil
operations.

Contents
[hide]

 1 Design
 2 Decorated personnel
  3 Commemorations
 4 More information
 5 Notes
 6 External links

[edit] Design
The medal was designed by Savitri Khanolkar (born Eva Yuonne Linda Maday-de-Maros to a
Hungarian father and Russian mother) who was married to an Indian Army officer, Vikram
Khanolkar. This was done following a request from the first native Adjutant General, Major
General Hira Lal Atal, who in turn had been entrusted with the responsibility of coming up with
an Indian equivalent of the Victoria Cross by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister
of the Indian Union. Coincidentally,