Bharat Ratna

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civilian award national honour

Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional service or performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civilian award ⓘ
national honour ⓘ
awardedBy President of India ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously yes ⓘ
carriesMonetaryGrant no ⓘ
conferredFor exceptional service ⓘ
performance of the highest order ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1954-01-02 ⓘ
eligibilityAfterExpansion any field of human endeavour ⓘ
eligibilityExpandedInYear 2011 ⓘ
entailsPrecedenceAndStatus yes ⓘ
entailsSpecialPension no ⓘ
establishedBy Government of India ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
fieldOfRecognition any field of human endeavour ⓘ
firstAwarded 1954 ⓘ
firstRecipient C. Rajagopalachari ⓘ
C. V. Raman ⓘ
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
foreignRecipient Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ⓘ
Mother Teresa ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
higherThan Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
initialEligibility for services in the fields of arts, literature, science and public services ⓘ
isHighestCivilianAwardOf India ⓘ
legalBasis Article 18 of the Constitution of India (as interpreted for titles and awards) ⓘ
material bronze ⓘ
maximumLivingRecipientsAtATime 3 ⓘ
notableRecipient A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ⓘ
B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
Indira Gandhi ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Lata Mangeshkar ⓘ
Sachin Tendulkar ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
notConsideredTitleUnderConstitution yes ⓘ
notRestrictedToIndianCitizens yes ⓘ
obverseDesign sunburst with the words "Bharat Ratna" in Devanagari script ⓘ
posthumousAwardsInitiallyPermitted yes ⓘ
posthumousAwardsRestoredInYear 1957 ⓘ
posthumousAwardsSuspendedInYear 1955 ⓘ
postNominalLetters Bharat Ratna self-link ⓘ
presentedBy President of India ⓘ
rankInIndianOrderOfPrecedence 7 ⓘ
relatedAward Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma awards ⓘ
surface form: Padma Shri

Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
reverseDesign State Emblem of India ⓘ
surface form: State Emblem of India and motto "Satyameva Jayate"
ribbonColor white ⓘ
typeOfDecoration peepal leaf-shaped medallion ⓘ
yearOfEstablishment 1954 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Amartya Sen → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Anjezë → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
C. Rajagopalachari → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
C. V. Raman → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Indira Gandhi → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Jayaprakash Narayan → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Lata Mangeshkar → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Mother Teresa → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Teresa → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
subject surface form: Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Rajendra Prasad → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Satyajit Ray → awardReceived → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → awarded → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Iron Man of India → awarded → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
subject surface form: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Rajendra Prasad → hasHonorificSuffix → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Padma Bhushan → higherAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Padma Shri → higherAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan → higherAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Bharat Ratna → postNominalLetters → Bharat Ratna self-link ⓘ
Padma awards → rankBelow → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Aruna Asaf Ali → receivedAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Sachin Tendulkar → receivedAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Vinoba Bhave → receivedAward → Bharat Ratna ⓘ