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Which of the following Prime Minister was not awarded the Bharat Ratna

a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Rajeev Gandhi
c. HD Deve Gowda
d. Morarji Desai

Solution: c. HD Deve Gowda

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Year Name Description

1954 C Rajagopalachari C Rajagopalachari was the Governor General
of independent India from 1948 to 1950. He
was the first and last Indian to hold this post.
He was the Chief Minister of the Madras
Presidency from 1937 to 1939 during the
British rule.
1954 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a renowned
philosopher. He was the Vice President of
India from 1952 to 1962. In 1962 he was
appointed as the President of India. His
birthday, which falls on September 5, is
celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India.
1954 CV Raman CV Raman was an internationally acclaimed
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 Bhagwan Das An Indian theosophist, Bhagwan Das co-
founded the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
in 1921. He also assisted Madan Mohan
Malaviya in the establishment of the Banaras
Hindu University.
1955 M Visvesvaraya M Visvesvaraya was an acclaimed engineer
and every year his birthday, which falls on 15
September, is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in
India. He undertook many important projects
and was the chief designer of Hyderabad’s
flood protection system.
1955 Jawahar Lal Nehru Jawahar Lal Nehru, who was a leading figure
in the Indian independence movement,
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 Govind Ballabh Pant played an important role
in the freedom movement. He also played a
prominent role in the government during
British rule as well as in independent India. He
twice served as the premier of the United
Provinces – 1937 to 1939 and 1946 to 1950.
1958 Dhondo Keshav Karve Karve was a social reformer and educator. He
played a vital role in the upliftment of women
in the country. He worked in the fields of
remarriage of Hindu widows and also
education of women.

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

was given the title of Rajarshi.
He is remembered for his campaign to provide
Hindi with the official language status.
1962 Rajendra Prasad 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 Pandurang Vaman Kane Kane was a Sanskrit scholar as well as
Indologist. He is noted for his monumental
work History of Dharmaśāstra: Ancient and
Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India.
1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri 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 Indira Gandhi 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 Mother Teresa is noted for her charity work. A
Catholic nun, she founded the Missionaries of
Charity. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in
1979.
1983 Vinoba Bhave 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 Khan A prominent freedom fighter, Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar
in 1929. a staunch follower of Mahatma
Gandhi, he was 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
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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 Nelson Mandela Mandela played an important role in South
Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Movement. He also
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 Rajiv Gandhi 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 Vallabhbhai Patel A freedom fighter, Vallabhbhai Patel was
instrumental in integrating the princely states
into the Indian Union. Thus, he came to be
known as the Iron Man of India.
1991 Morarji Desai 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 11
November, which is Kalam’s birthday, is
observed as the National Education Day in
India.
1992 JRD Tata JRD Tata was an industrialist as well as
philanthropist. Among his many achievements
is the He establishment of Air India as well as
institutes such as Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research etc.
1992 Satyajit Ray One of the greatest filmmakers, Ray also
received Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1984.
One of his most famous works is Pather
Panchali.
1997 Gulzarilal Nanda 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 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 acclaimed aerospace and

defence scientist. He was the brain behind the
Integrated Guided Missile Development
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Program. He was the President of India from

2002 to 2007.

1998 MS Subbulakshmi Subbulakshmi was a Carnatic classical vocalist.

She won the Ramon Magsaysay award,
becoming the first Indian to get the honour.
He is also called the Queen of Songs.

1998 Chidambaram Subramaniam was India’s Agriculture Minister

Subramaniam from 1964 to 1966. He made a significant
contribution towards Green Revolution.
1999 Jayaprakash Narayan Known as Lok Nayak, Jayaprakash Narayan 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 Amartya Sen is a noted economist. Sen who
has done research in a number of topics won
the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences in 1998.
1999 Gopinath Bordoloi 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 Ravi Shankar was an internationally acclaimed
sitar player. He has won four Grammy Awards.
He extensively collaborated with George
Harrison.
2001 Lata Mangeshkar Due to her melodious voice, Lata Mangeshkar
is referred 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 Bismillah Khan Shehnai player, Bismillah Khan achieved fame
not only in India but around the world. He
played a prominent role in popularizing the
shehnai.
2009 Bhimsen Joshi Bhimsen Joshi was an acclaimed vocalist from
the state of Karnataka. He received the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1998.
2014 CNR Rao A professor and chemist, he has significantly
worked in Spectroscopy, Molecular Structure,
Solid State, and Materials Chemistry.
2014 Sachin Tendulkar 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 founded the Banaras Hindu University. He
also served as the president of the Indian
National Congress. From 1924 to 1946, he was
the chairman of the Hindustan Times.
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2015 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vajpayee 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.