Year
Recipient
Image
Birth/death
Field
Country
1954
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894–1974
Science & Engineering
India
1954
Zakir Hussain
–
1897–1969
Public Affairs
1954
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
–
1888–1957
Public Affairs
1954
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
–
1929–1972
Public Affairs
Bhutan *
1954
Nand Lal Bose
1882–1966
Arts
India
1954
V. K. Krishna Menon
–
1896–1974
Public Affairs
1955
Dhondo Keshav Karve
–
1858–1962
Literature & Education
1955
J. R. D. Tata
–
1904–1993
Trade & Industry
1956
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
–
1893–1981
Public Affairs
1956
Fazal Ali
–
1886–1959
Public Affairs
1956
Jankibai Bajaj
–
1893–1979
Social Work
1957
Ghanshyam Das Birla
–
1894–1983
Trade & Industry
1957
Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad
–
1884–1974
Law and Public affairs
1957
Shriprakash
–
1890–1971
Public Affairs
1959
John Matthai
–
1886–1959
Literature & Education
1959
Radhabinod Pal
1886–1967
Public Affairs
1959
Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta
–
1900–1974
Social Work
1960
Naryana Raghvan Pillai
–
1898–1992
Public Affairs
1962
H. Varda Raja Iyengar
–
1902-1978
Civil Service
1962
Padmaja Naidu
–
1900–1975
Public Affairs
1962
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
–
1900–1990
Civil Service
1963
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
–
1887–1974
Medicine
1963
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
–
1890–1977
Literature & Education
1963
Hari Vinayak Pataskar
–
1892–1970
Public Affairs
1964
Gopinath Kaviraj
–
1887–1976
Literature & Education
1964
Acharya Kalelkar
–
1885–1981
Literature & Education
1965
Arjan Singh
–
1919
Military Service
1965
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri
–
1908–1983
Military Service
1965
Mehdi Nawaz Jung
–
1894–1967
Public Affairs
1966
Valerian Gracias
–
1900–1978
Social Work
1967
Bhola Nath Jha
–
Civil Service
1967
Chandra Kisan Daphtary
–
1893–1983
Public Affairs
1967
Hafix Mohammed Ibrahim
–
Civil Service
1967
Pattadakal Venkanna R Rao
–
Civil Service
1968
Madhav Shrihari Aney
–
1880–1968
Public Affairs
1968
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
–
1910–1995
Science & Engineering
United States *
1968
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
–
1893–1972
Statistical Science
India
1968
K. Vaidyanatha Kalyana Sundaram
1904–1992
Public Affairs
1968
Kripal Singh
–
Civil Service
1969
Hargobind Khorana
–
1922–2011
Science & Engineering
United States *
1969
Mohan Sinha Mehta
–
1895-1986
Civil Service
India
1969
Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi
–
Civil Service
1969
Ghananand Pande
–
1902-1995
Civil Service
1969
Rajeshwar Dayal
–
Civil Service
1970
Binay Ranjan Sen
–
1898–1993
Civil Service
1970
Tara Chand
–
Literature & Education
1970
Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
–
1913–2000
Civil Service
1970
Suranjan Das
–
1920–1970
Civil Service
1970
Harbaksh Singh
–
1913–1999
Military Service
1971
A. Rameswami Mudaliar
–
1887–1976
Civil Service
1970
Anthony Lancelot Dias
–
1910–2002
Public Affairs
1971
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar
–
1899–1971
Medicine
1971
Balaram Sivaraman
–
Civil Service
1971
Bimala Prasad Chaliha
–
1912–1971
Civil Service
1971
Uday Shankar
1900–1977
Arts
1971
Sumati Morarjee
–
1907–1998
Civil Service
1971
Allauddin Khan
1862–1972
Arts
1972
S. M. Nanda
–
1915–2009
Military Service
1972
Pratap Chandra Lal
–
1916–1982
Military Service
1972
Aditya Nath Jha
–
1911–1972
Public Affairs
1972
Jivraj Narayan Mehta
–
1887–1978
Public Affairs
1972
P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar
–
1901–1981
Public Affairs
1972
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
1919–1971
Science & Engineering
1972
Sam Manekshaw
–
1914–2008
Military Service
1972
Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq
–
1912–1971
Public Affairs
1972
Hormasji Maneckji Seervai
–
1906–1996
Law and Public affairs
1973
Daulat Singh Kothari
1905–1993
Science & Engineering
1973
Nagendra Singh
–
1914–1998
Public Affairs
1973
T. Swaminathan
–
Civil Service
1973
U. N. Dhebar
–
1905–1977
Social Work
1973
Basanti Devi
–
Civil Service
1973
Nellie Sengupta
–
1886–1973
Social Work
1974
V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao
1908–1991
Civil Service
1974
Benode Behari Mukherjee
75px
1904–1980
Arts
1974
Harish Chandra Sarin
–
1914–1997
Civil Service
1974
Niren De
–
Law and Public Affairs
1975
Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri
–
1917–2006
Literature & Education
1975
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
1896–1982
Public Affairs
1975
Durgabai Deshmukh
–
1909–1981
Social Work
1975
Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey
–
1894–1977
Literature & Education
1975
Raja Ramanna
1925–2004
Science & Engineering
1975
Homi Nusserwanji Sethna
–
1923–2010
Civil Service
1975
M.S. Subbulakshmi
–
1916–2004
Arts
1975
Mary Clubwala Jadhav
–
1909–1975
Social Work
1976
Bashir Hussain Zaidi
–
1898–1992
Literature & Education
1976
Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan
–
1893–1984
Science & Engineering
1976
Kalu Lal Shrimali
–
1909–2000
Literature & Education
1976
Giani Gurmukh Singh Mussafir
–
1899–1976
Literature & Education
1976
Keshava Shankar Pillai
–
1902–1989
Arts
1976
Salim Moizuddin Ali Abdul
1896–1987
Science & Engineering
1976
Satyajit Ray
1921–1992
Arts
1977
Om Prakash Mehra
–
1919
Military Service
1977
Ajudhia Nath Khosla
–
1892–1984
Civil Service
1977
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
–
1901–1986
Public Affairs
1977
Ali Yavar Jung
–
1906–1976
Public Affairs
1977
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
–
1901–1993
Literature & Education
1977
T. Balasaraswati
–
1918–1984
Arts
1980
Rai Krishnadasa
–
1925
Civil Service
1980
Bismillah Khan
1916–2006
Arts
1981
Satish Dhawan
–
1920–2002
Science & Engineering
1981
Ravi Shankar
1920–2012
Arts
1982
Mira Behn
–
1892–1982
Social Work
United Kingdom *
1985
C. N. R. Rao
1934
Science & Engineering
India
1985
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon
–
1928
Civil Service
1986
Autar Singh Paintal
–
1925–2004
Medicine
1986
Birju Maharaj
1938
Arts
1986
Baba Amte
–
1914–2008
Social Work
1987
Benjamin Peary Pal
–
1906–1989
Science & Engineering
1987
Manmohan Singh
1932
Civil Service
1987
Arun Shridhar Vaidya
–
1926–1986
Military Service
1987
Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
–
1903–1988
Social Work
1988
Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa
–
1904–1994
Literature & Education
1988
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
–
1913–1985
Law and Public Affairs
1988
Mahadevi Verma
1907–1987
Literature & Education
1989
M. S. Swaminathan
1925
Science & Engineering
1989
Umashankar Dikshit
–
1901–1991
Public Affairs
1989
Ali Akbar Khan
1922–2009
Arts
1990
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1931
Science & Engineering
1990
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
–
1908–2003
Arts
1990
Vallmpadugai Srinivasa Raghavan Arunachalam
–
1935
Science & Engineering
1990
Bhabatosh Dutta
–
1911–1997
Literature & Education
1990
Kumar Gandharva
–
1924–1992
Arts
1990
Triloki Nath Chaturvedi
–
1928
Civil Service
1991
Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel
1924–2005
Science & Engineering
1991
എം. ബാലമുരളീകൃഷ്ണ
1930
Arts
1991
Hiren Mukerjee
–
1907–2004
Public Affairs
1991
N. G. Ranga
–
1900–1995
Public Affairs
1991
Rajaram Shastri
–
1904–1991
Literature & Education
1991
Gulzari Lal Nanda
–
1898–1998
Public Affairs
1991
Khusro Faramurz Rustamji
–
1916–2003
Civil Service
1991
M.F. Husain
1915–2011
Arts
1992
Mallikarjun Mansur
–
1910–1992
Arts
1992
V. Shantaram
–
1901–1990
Arts
1992
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati
–
1917
Medicine
1992
Lakshmanshastri Joshi
–
1901–1994
Literature & Education
1992
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1924
Public Affairs
1992
Govinddas Shroff
–
Literature & Education
1992
Kaloji Narayana Rao
–
1914–2002
Arts
1992
Ravi Narayan Reddy
–
1908–1991
Public Affairs
1992
Sardar Swaran Singh
–
1907–1994
Public Affairs
1992
Aruna Asaf Ali
–
1909–1996
Public Affairs
1998
Lakshmi Sahgal
1914–2012
Public Affairs
1998
Usha Mehta
–
1920–2000
Social Work
1998
Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala
–
1920–2002
Law and Public Affairs
1998
Walter Sisulu
–
1912–2003
Public Affairs
South Africa
1999
Rajagopala Chidambaram
1936
Science & Engineering
India
1999
Sarvepalli Gopal
–
1923–2002
Literature & Education
1999
Verghese Kurien
–
1921–2012
Science & Engineering
1999
Hans Raj Khanna
–
1912–2008
Public Affairs
1999
V. R. Krishna Iyer
1915-2014
Law and Public Affairs
1999
Lata Mangeshkar
1929
Arts
1999
Bhimsen Joshi
–
1922–2011
Arts
1999
Braj Kumar Nehru
–
1909–2001
Civil Service
1999
Dharma Vira
–
1906–2001
Civil Service
1999
Lallan Prasad Singh *
–
1912–1998
Civil Service
1999
Nana Deshmukh
–
1916–2010
Social Work
1999
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
–
1920–2003
Social Work
1999
Satish Gujral
–
1925
Arts
1999
D. K. Pattammal
–
1919–2009
Arts
2000
Krishen Behari Lall
–
1917–2005
Civil Service
2000
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan
1940
Science & Engineering
2000
Manohar Singh Gill
Civil Service
2000
Kelucharan Mohapatra
–
1926–2004
Arts
2000
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
1938
Arts
2000
Jasraj
1930
Arts
2000
Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati
1934
Literature & Education
2000
Kakkadan Nandanath Raj
–
1924–2010
Literature & Education
2000
Bhairab Dutt Pande
–
1917
Civil Service
2000
Maidavolu Narasimham
–
1927
Trade & Industry
2000
R. K. Narayan
–
1906–2001
Literature & Education
2000
Sikander Bakht
–
1918–2004
Public Affairs
2000
Tarlok Singh
–
1912–2005
Civil Service
2001
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
1920
Science & Engineering
United States *
2001
Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimhan
–
1915–2003
Civil Service
India
2001
Shivkumar Sharma
1938
Arts
2001
Man Mohan Sharma
–
1937
Science & Engineering
2001
Amjad Ali Khan
1945
Arts
2001
Benjamin Arthur Gilman
1922
Public Affairs
United States *
2001
Hosei Norota
–
1929
Public Affairs
Japan *
2001
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
–
1922–2006
Arts
India
2001
John Kenneth Galbraith
1908–2006
Literature & Education
United States *
2001
Kotha Satchidanda Murthy
–
1924
Literature & Education
India
2001
Zubin Mehta
1936
Arts
2002
Chakravthi Rangarajan
–
1932
Literature & Education
2002
Gangubai Hangal
1913–2009
Arts
2002
Kishan Maharaj
–
1923–2008
Arts
2002
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee
–
1930
Law
2002
Kishori Amonkar
–
1932
Arts
2003
Bal Ram Nanda
–
1917–2010
Literature & Education
2003
Kazi Lhendup Dorji Kangsarpa
–
1904–2007
Public Affairs
2003
Sonal Mansingh
1944
Arts
2003
Bhrihaspati Dev Triguna
–
1920
Medicine
2004
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
–
1929
Law and Public Affairs
2004
Amrita Pritam
1919–2005
Literature & Education
2004
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
1938
Science & Engineering
2005
B. K. Goyal
–
1935
Medicine
2005
Karan Singh
1931
Public Affairs
2005
Mohan Dharia
–
1925
Social Work
2005
Ram Narayan
1927
Arts
2005
Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan
1934
Medicine
2005
Jyotindra Nath Dixit
–
1936–2005
Civil Service
2005
Milon Kumar Banerji
–
1928–2010
Law and Public Affairs
2005
R. K. Laxman
–
1921
Arts
2006
Norman E. Borlaug
1914–2009
Science & Engineering
United States *
2006
V. N. Khare
–
1939
Law and Public Affairs
India
2006
Mahasveta Devi
1926
Literature & Education
2006
Nirmala Deshpande
1929–2008
Social Work
2006
Obaid Siddiqui
–
1932-2013
Science & Engineering
2006
Prakash Narain Tandon
–
1928
Medicine
2006
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
1941
Arts
2006
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao
–
1927
Civil Service
2006
Charles Correa
–
1930
Science & Engineering
2007
Raja Jesudoss Chelliah
–
1922–2009
Public Affairs
2007
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy
–
Civil Service
2007
Balu Sankaran
–
1926
Medicine
2007
Fali Sam Nariman
–
1929
Law and Public Affairs
2007
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
–
1921
Law and Public Affairs
2007
Khushwant Singh
1915-2014
Literature & Education
2007
Raja Rao
–
1908–2006
Literature & Education
United States
2007
N.N. Vohra
–
1936
Civil Service
India
2007
Naresh Chandra
–
1934
Civil Service
2007
Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan
–
1931
Science & Engineering
United States *
2007
Viswanathan Anand
1969
Sports
India
2007
Rajendra K. Pachauri
1940
Environmentalism
2008
N. R. Narayana Murthy
1946
Information Technology
2008
E. Sreedharan
–
1932
Delhi Metro
2008
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
1950
Industry
2008
Adarsh Sein Anand
–
1936
Public Affairs
2008
P. N. Dhar
–
1919–2012
Civil Service
2008
P. R. S. Oberoi
–
1929
Trade
2008
Asha Bhosle
1933
Arts
2008
Edmund Hillary
1919–2008
Mountaineering
New Zealand *
2008
Ratan Tata
1937
Industry
India
2008
Pranab Mukherjee
1935
Public affairs
2008
Sachin Tendulkar
1973
Sports
2009
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
–
1920
Civil Service
2009
Sunderlal Bahuguna
–
1927
Environmental Conservation
2009
D. P. Chattopadhyaya
–
1933
Literature & Education
2009
Jasbir Singh Bajaj
–
Medicine
2009
Purshotam Lal
–
1954
Medicine
2009
Govind Narain
–
1916–2012
Public Affairs
2009
Anil Kakodkar
1943
Science & Engineering
2009
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair
–
1943
Science & Engineering
2009
Sister Nirmala
1934
Social Work
2009
A. S. Ganguly
–
1935
Trade & Industry
2010
Ebrahim Alkazi
–
1925
Arts
2010
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
1935
Arts
2010
Zohra Sehgal
–
1912-2014
Arts
2010
Y. Venugopal Reddy
–
1941
Law and Public affairs
2010
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952
Science & Engineering
United Kingdom *
2010
Prathap C. Reddy
1933
Trade & Industry
India
2011
Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
1924-2014
Arts
2011
Kapila Vatsyayan
1928
Arts
2011
Homai Vyarawalla
–
1913–2012
Arts
2011
Parasaran Kesava Iyenger
–
1927
Public Affairs
2011
AR Kidwai
–
1920
Public Affairs
2011
Vijay Kelkar
–
1942
Public Affairs
2011
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
1943
Public Affairs
2011
Palle Rama Rao
–
1937
Science
2011
Amjad Ali Khan
–
1945
Arts
2011
Azim Premji
1945
Trade and Industry
2011
Brajesh Mishra
–
1928
Civil Service
2011
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup
1931
Literature
2011
Sitakant Mahapatra
1937
Literature
2011
Lakshmi Chand Jain
–
1925–2010
Public Affairs
2012
K. G. Subramanyan
–
1924
Arts
2012
Mario Miranda *
1926–2011
Arts
2012
Bhupen Hazarika *
1926–2011
Arts
2012
Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
–
1936
Medicine
2012
T. V. Rajeswar
–
1926
Civil Service
2013
Yash Pal
1926
Science & Engineering
2013
Roddam Narasimha
1933
Science & Engineering
2013
Raghunath Mohapatra
1933
Arts
2013
Syed Haider Raza
1922
Arts
2014
B. K. S. Iyengar
1918 -2014
Yoga
കർണ്ണാടക
2014
രഘുനാഥ് അനന്ത് മഷേൽക്കർ
1943
ശാസ്ത്രം/സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യ
മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര
2015
എൽ കെ അദ്വാനി
പൊതുപ്രവർത്തനം
ഗുജറാത്ത്
2015
അമിതാഭ് ബച്ചൻ
കല
മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര
2015
പ്രകാശ് സിങ് ബാദൽ
പൊതുപ്രവർത്തനം
പഞ്ചാബ്
2015
ഡി. വീരേന്ദ്ര ഹെഗ്ഡെ
1948-
സാമൂഹ്യസേവനം
കർണ്ണാടക
2015
ദിലീപ് കുമാർ
1922
കല സിനിമ
മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര
2015
രാമഭദ്രാചാര്യ
1950-
മറ്റുള്ളവ
യു.പി
2015
എം.ആർ. ശ്രീനിവാസൻ
1930-
ശാസ്ത്രം/സാങ്കേതികം
തമിഴ്നാട്
2015
കെ.കെ. വേണുഗോപാൽ
1931-
പൊതുകാര്യം
ദൽഹി
2015
ആഗാ ഖാൻ IV
1936
വാണിജ്യം/വ്യവസായം
സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ്
2015
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2016
Aatre, V. K. V. K. Aatre
Science & Engineering
Karnataka
2016
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Trade & Industry
Maharashtra
2016
Devi, Girija Girija Devi
Arts
West Bengal
2016
Dixit, Avinash Avinash Dixit
Literature & Education
—[upper-alpha 1] 2016
, Jagmohan Jagmohan
Public Affairs
Delhi
2016
Krishnamurthy, Yamini Yamini Krishnamurthy
Arts
Delhi
2016
, Rajinikanth Rajinikanth
Arts
Tamil Nadu
2016
Rao, Ramoji Ramoji Rao
Literature & Education
Telangana
2016
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Others
Karnataka
2016
Shanta, V. V. Shanta
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
2017
Joshi, Murli Manohar Murli Manohar Joshi
Public Affairs
Uttar Pradesh
2017
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Public Affairs
Madhya Pradesh
2017
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Public Affairs
Maharashtra
2017
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Science & Engineering
Karnataka
2017
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Public Affairs
Meghalaya
2017
Vasudev, Jaggi Jaggi Vasudev
Others
Tamil Nadu
2017
Yesudas, K. J. K. J. Yesudas
Arts
Kerala
2018
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Arts
Tamil Nadu
2018
Mustafa Khan, Ghulam Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Arts
Maharashtra
2018
Parameswaran, P. P. Parameswaran
Literature & Education
Kerala
2019
Bai, Teejan Teejan Bai
Arts
Chhattisgarh
2019
Guelleh, Ismaïl Omar Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Public Affairs
—[upper-alpha 2] 2019
Naik, Anil Manibhai Anil Manibhai Naik
Trade & Industry
Maharashtra
2019
Purandare, Balwant Moreshwar Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
Arts
Maharashtra