Bharat Ratna Award

Which is the highest civilian honor of India?

Answer: India Ratna Award

When was Bharat Ratna Award instituted?

Answer: 2 January 1954

By whom is Bharat Ratna given?

Answer: President

What is the maximum number of people who can be given Bharat Ratna at one time?

Answer: 3

When was Bharat Ratna awarded for the first time?

Answer: 1954

Who was not the first person to be awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Who is the first woman awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Smt. Indira Gandhi

How many foreign nationals have been awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer:  Both Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela

When was Bharat Ratna given to Indira Gandhi?

Answer: 1971

When was Bharat Ratna given to M Visvesvaraya?

Answer: 1955

When was Bharat Ratna given to Jawaharlal Nehru?

Answer: 1955

When was Bharat Ratna given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad?

Answer: 1962

When was Bharat Ratna awarded to Lal Bahadur Shastri?

Answer: 1966

When was Bharat Ratna awarded to Matar Teresa?

Answer: 1980

When was Bharat Ratna awarded to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar?

Answer: 1990

When Rajiv Gandhi was awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: 1991

When Abdul Kalam Azad was awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: 1992

When Satyajit Ray was awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: 1992

Who is the last non-Indian foreign national to be honored with Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Who is the first foreign national to be awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer:  Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Who signs the Bharat Ratna certificate?

Answer: President

When was Bharat Ratna awarded to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?

Answer: 1997

Who is the first singer to be honored with Bharat Ratna?

Answer:  MS Subbulakshmi

When was Bharat Ratna awarded to Amartya Sen?

Answer: 1999

When was Bharat Ratna given to Pandit Ravi Shankar?

Answer: 1999

When was Bharat Ratna given to Lata Mangeshkar?

Answer: 2001

When was Bharat Ratna given to Bismillah Khan?

Answer: 2001

When was Bharat Ratna given to Sachin Tendulkar?

Answer: 2014

Who is the only Indian player to be awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer:  Sachin Tendulkar

Which person was not awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019?

Answer: Manmohan Singh

Which person received the Bharat Ratna award before becoming the President of India?

Answer:  Dr. Zakir Hussain

Who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2015?

Answer:  Madanmohan Malviya

Bharat Ratna 2024 awardee MS Swami Nathan is related to?

Answer: green revolution