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Awards & Honours
Bharat Ratna Awardees (1954β2024)
India's highest civilian honour β awarded for exceptional service to the nation. 51 recipients across politics, science, arts, sports, and social reform. Click any name to learn more.
51 Total Recipients18 Posthumous Awards2 Non-Indians Honoured
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π Exam Notes
- β denotes posthumous award
- Bharat Ratna was suspended from 1977β1980 and 1992β1996
- First non-Indian recipients: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987), Nelson Mandela (1990)
- First sportsperson: Sachin Tendulkar (2013)
- First musician: M.S. Subbulakshmi (1998)