Explanation:

Bharat Ratna Award | 2014 Awardees

1. Shri Sachin Tendulkar
2. Professor C. N. R. Rao

Bharat Ratna Award | 2009 Awardee

1. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Bharat Ratna Award | 2001 Awardees

1. Ustad Bismillah Khan
2. Sushri Lata Mangeshkar

Bharat Ratna Award | 1999 Awardees

1. Pandit Ravi Shankar
2. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous)
3. Professor Amartya Sen
4. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous)

Bharat Ratna Award | 1998 Awardees

1. Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam
2. Smt M.S. Subbulakshmi

Bharat Ratna Award | 1997 Awardees

1. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
2. Smt Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous)
3. Shri Gulzarilal Nanda

Bharat Ratna Award | 1992 Awardees

1. Shri Satyajit Ray
2. Shri J.R.D Tata
3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous)

Bharat Ratna Award | 1991 Awardees

1. Shri Morarji Desai
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous)
3. Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous)

Bharat Ratna Award | 1990 Awardees

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Dr B.R Ambedkar

Bharat Ratna Award | 1988 Awardee

1. Shri M.G Ramachandran

Bharat Ratna Award | 1987 Awardee

1. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Bharat Ratna Award | 1983 Awardee

1. Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Bharat Ratna Award | 1980 Awardee

1. Mother Teresa

Bharat Ratna Award | 1976 Awardee

1. Shri K. Kamaraj (Posthumous)

Bharat Ratna Award | 1975 Awardee

1. Shri V.V Giri

Bharat Ratna Award | 1971 Awardee

1. Smt Indira Gandhi

Bharat Ratna Award | 1966 Awardee

1. Shri Lal Bahadur Shashtri (Posthumous)

Bharat Ratna Award | 1963 Awardee

1. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane

Bharat Ratna Award | 1962 Awardees

1. Dr. Zakir Husain
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Bharat Ratna Award | 1961 Awardees

1. Shri Purushottam Das Tandon
2. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

Bharat Ratna Award | 1958 Awardee

1. Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve

Bharat Ratna Award | 1957 Awardee

1. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant

Bharat Ratna Award | 1955 Awardees

1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Dr. M Visvesvaraya
3. Dr. Bhagwan Das

Bharat Ratna Award | 1954 Awardees

1. Dr. C.V Raman
2. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3. Shri C. Rajagopalachari