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Year Awardee Name Description 1954 C Rajagopalachari C Rajagopalachari was the Governor General of independent (1948 to 1950). He was the first and last Indian to hold this post. He was the CM of the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939 during the British rule. 1954 Sarvepalli was the Radhakrishnan Vice from 1952 to 1962. In 1962 he was appointed as the President of India. His birthday celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India (5th of September) . 1954 CV Raman CV Raman was scientist. Raman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, is known around the world for his work Raman Scattering, which deals with the scattering of light and the discovery of the effect. 1955 An Indian theosophist, Bhagwan Das co- founded the Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1921. He also assisted in the establishment of the Banaras Hindu University. 1955 M Visvesvaraya M Visvesvaraya was an engineer and every year his birthdayis celebrated as Engineer’s Day (15th September )in India. He was the chief designer of Hyderabad’s flood protection system. 1955 Jawahar Lal Nehru Jawahar Lal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of free India. He was the longest serving Prime Minister of India and held office from 1947 to 1964. 1957 Govind Ballabh Pant played an important role in the Indian movement. He also played a prominent role in the government during British rule as well as in independent India.

1958 Karve was a social reformer and educator. He played a vital role in the upliftment of women in the nation. He worked in the fields of remarriage of Hindu widows and also education of women.

1961 Bidhan Chandra Roy was a reputed physician and was also a freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of Bengal from 1948 to 1962.

1961 Purushottam Das A freedom fighter, Tandon was given the title of Rajarshi. He is remembered for his campaign to provide with the official language status. 1962 Rajendra Prasad was the President of India from 1950 to 1962. he was a freedom fighter and was involved in the non-cooperation movement. He was also a great scholar, a lawyer, and statesman. 1963 Zakir Husain Zakir Hussain was the Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967 and the President from 1967 to 1969. A freedom fighter, he was also the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from 1948 to 1956. 1963 is noted for his monumental Kane work History of Dharmaśāstra: Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India. 1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He led the nation in the war against Pakistan in 1965. He is famous for his slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”. 1971 India Gandhi, the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977, and 1980 to 1984, is also known as the Iron Lady of India. She liberated Bangladesh in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

1975 V V Giri A noted freedom fighter, V V Giri was the first acting president of India and was elected as the President in 1969. 1976 K Kamraj A freedom fighter, Kamraj was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1954–57, 1957– 62, and 1962–63. 1980 Mother Teresa is famous for her charity work. A Catholic preacher, she founded the Missionaries of Charity. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. 1983 A freedom fighter and social reformer, he is famous for the Bhoodan movement, which was a Land-Gift movement. In 1958, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. 1987 Khan Abdul Ghaffar A well-known freedom fighter, Khan Khan founded the in 1929. He was the follower of Mahatma Gandhi & also known as the Frontier Gandhi.

1988 M G Ramachandran Ramachandran who was an actor later joined politics. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during the years 1977–80, 1980–84, and 1985– 87. 1990 B R Ambedkar A Dalit leader, B R Ambedkar vigorously campaigned against social discrimination that Dalits had to face. Following independence, Ambedkar drafter the Indian Constitution. He was also the first Law Minister of the country. 1990 Mandela served as the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, is also called the Gandhi of South Africa. 1991 He was the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. Sworn in at the age of 40, he was the youngest Prime Minister of India.

1991 Vallabh bhai Patel A freedom fighter, Vallabh bhai Patel was integrates princely states into the Indian Union. Thus, he came to be known as the Iron Man of India. 1991 He was the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979. Desai bagged Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award presented by the Pakistan government. He is the only Indian to get this honour. 1992 Abdul Kalam Azad A freedom fighter, Abdul Kalam Azad was the first Minister of Education. Every year Kalam’s birthday is observed as the National Education Day in India. (11th November) 1992 JRD Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was an industrialist as well as philanthropist. He established Air India as well as institutes such as Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research etc. 1992 One of the greatest filmmakers, Ray also received Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1984. 1997 Two times deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Nanda also served as the interim Prime Minister of India in 1964 and 1966. 1997 Aruna Asaf Ali, who played a prominent role in India’s freedom struggle became the first mayor of Delhi in 1958.

1997 A P J Abdul Kalam Kalam was an aerospace Engineer and defence scientist. He was the brain behind the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. He was the President of India from 2002 to 2007.

1998 MS Subbulakshmi Subbulakshmi was a classical vocalist. She won the Raman Magsaysay award, becoming the first Indian to get the honour. He is also called the Queen of Songs.

1998 was India’s Agriculture Subramaniam Minister from 1964 to 1966. He made a significant contribution towards Green Revolution. 1999 He is also Known as Lok Nayak and is known for his struggle against the government of Indira Gandhi in the 1970s. For this he initiated the Total Revolution Movement. 1999 Amartya Sen is a eminent economist. Sen who has done research in a number of topics won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. 1999 The Chief Minister of Assam form 1946 to 1950, Bordoloi played a prominent role in keeping Assam united with India during the partition. 1999 Ravi Shankar was an internationally acclaimed sitar player. He has won four Grammy Awards. He extensively collaborated with George Harrison. 2001 Lata Mangeshkar is known as the Nightingale of India. She holds the distinction of having sung in more than 36 languages. She won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989. 2001 Shehnai player, Bismillah Khan achieved fame not only in India but around the world.

2009 Bhimsen Joshi was an acclaimed vocalist of Karnataka. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1998.

2014 CNR Rao Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao was a professor and chemist, he has significantly worked in Spectroscopy, Molecular Structure, Solid State, and Materials Chemistry.

2014 One of the world’s best cricket players, Sachin Tendulkar has played 664 international matches. In his career of more than two decades, he has held many records.

2015 Madan Mohan Malaviya He served as the president of the . From 1924 to 1946.He was the founder of the Banaras Hindu University and the chairman of the Hindustan Times.

2015 He was the Prime Minister of India during the years 1996, 1998 and 1999 to 2004. From 1977 to 1979, he was the External Affairs Minister. In 1994, he was given the Best Parliamentarian Award.