GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: 2014

1954 - C.RAJAGOPALA CHARI ,SARVEPALLI RADHA KRISHNAN ,SIR CV RAMAN

1955 - BHAGAVANDAS ,MOKSHAGUNDAM VISWESWARAIAH ,JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

1957 - GOVIND VALLABH PANT

1958 - DHONDO KESAV KARVEY

1961 - BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY ,PURUSHOTTAM DAS TANDON

1962 - RAJENDRA PRASAD

1963 - JAKIR HUSSAIN , PANDURANGA VAMAN KANEY

1966 - LAL BAHADUR SHASTHRI

1971 - INDIRA GANDHI

1975 - V.V.GIRI

1976 - K.KAMARAJ

1980 - MOTHER THERESA

1983 - ACHARYA VINOBHA BHAVEY

1987 - KHAN ABDUL GAPHAR KHAN

1988 - MG.RAMACHANDRAN

1990 - BR.AMBEDKAR , NELSON MANDELA

1991 - RAJIV GANDHI , VALLABH BHAI PATEL , MORARJI DESAI

1992 - MOULANA ABDUL KALAM AJAD , JRD TATA , SATHYAJITH REY

1997 - GULJARI LAL NANDA , APJ ABDUL KALAM , ARUNA ASAF ALI

1998 - MS.SUBBULAKSHMI , CHIDAMBARAM SUBRAMANIAM

1999 - JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN AMARTHYA SEN , GOPINATH BARDOLAY , PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR

2001 - LATHA MANGESHKAR , USTHAD BISMILLA KHAN

2009 - PANDIT BHIMSEN JOSHI

2014 - CNR RAO , SACHIN TENDULKAR , MADAN MOHAN MALAVYA , ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE

BHARATHA RATHNA AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1954.THID WILL BE AWARDED TO THE PERSONS OF ALL FIELDS WHO SERVED A LOT TO THE BETTERMENT OF MAN KIND IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE , PROFESSION , AND DESIGNITION.

INITIALLY THE PRIME MINISTER INFORMS THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE REFERENCES FOR THE BHARATHA RATHNA AWARD.

THE CERTIFICATE UNDER SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH A MEDAL WILL BR GIVEN TO THE BHARATHA RATHNA AWARDEES. NO MONEY WILL BE GIVEN AS PRIZE.

AS PER ARTICLE 18 ( 1 ) OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION THE AWARDEES WILL NOT PREFIX AND SUFFIX THE AWARD TO THEIR NAME.