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The Bharat Ratna (Hindi pronunciation: [bʱaːɾət̪ ɾət̪n̪ə]; lit. ' Jewel of India ') is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position or gender.
The following is an incomplete list of people who have either declined or renounced an Indian honour or decoration. These include recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), along with other Indian governmental awards. In some instances, the families of an intended posthumous recipient of a ...
On 19 March 1988, Ramachandran was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. Ramachandran is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. [3] Apart from politics, as a film personality he won the National Film Award, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two Filmfare Award South.
Recipients of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award ... Pages in category "Recipients of the Bharat Ratna" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of ...
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Ilaiyaraaja. Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian composer and instrumentalist who has worked in over 1000 films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, English, Marathi, Sanskrit, Punjabi with majority of his works in the Tamil language and widely regarded as the greatest Indian music composer of ...
The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government, the Bharat Ratna and previous Padma Vibhushan award recipients, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as president of India from 2002 to 2007. [1] Born in Rameswaram in Southern India, Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and ...
The Bharat Ratna, Highest Civilian Award of the Republic of India C. Rajagopalachari, former governor-General of the Union of India; 1954; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former president of the Republic of India; 1954; C. V. Raman, Indian physicist; 1954; K. Kamaraj, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu; 1976