Bharat Ratnas

Bharat Ratna is the highest Civilian Award of India for exemplary service to the nation in various fields viz. social service, art & culture, science & research, sports etc. Bharat Ratna is special identity of those exceptional personalities, who possess extraordinary leadership qualities, who set a goal for their life and who never waived from their goal. They lead from the front, confront the challenges with fortitude, never allowed themselves to be cowed down by adverse circumstances; rather, they mould the circumstances in order to earn name and fame for themselves.The purpose of this book is to acquaint the youth with the personalities and works of such great gems of India who have brought laurels for themselves and our motherland. Readers will realise that it is not enough to fly high in imagination for achievement of goal, rather it needs strict discipline and finest efforts.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ContentsIntroduction Pgs—71. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Pgs—152. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Pgs—223. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Pgs—294. Dr. Bhagwan Das Pgs—405. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Pgs—446. Jawaharlal Nehru Pgs—497. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Pgs—568. Dhondo Keshav Karve Pgs—649. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Pgs—6910. Purushottam Das Tandon Pgs—7411. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pgs—8212. Dr. Zakir Hussain Pgs—9013. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane Pgs—9414. Lal Bahadur Shastri Pgs—9815. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Pgs—10516. Varahagiri Venkata Giri Pgs—11117. Kumarasami Kamaraj Pgs—11518. Mother Teresa Pgs—11919. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Pgs—12520. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pgs—13321. Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran Pgs—14122. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Pgs—14523. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Pgs—15224. Rajiv Gandhi Pgs—15725. Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel Pgs—16426. Morarji Desai Pgs—17227. Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad Pgs—17728. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Pgs—18429. Satyajit Ray Pgs—19230. Gulzarilal Nanda Pgs—19631. Aruna Asaf Ali Pgs—20032. Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Pgs—20533. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi Pgs—21234. Chidambaram Subramaniam Pgs—22035. Jayaprakash Narayan Pgs—22536. Amartya Kumar Sen Pgs—23537. Gopinath Bordoloi Pgs—23938. Pandit Ravishankar Pgs—24339. Lata Mangeshkar Pgs—24840. Ustad Bismillah Khan Pgs—25641. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Pgs—26242. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Pgs—26843. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Pgs—27244. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Pgs—27845. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Pgs—287Appendix 'A': Highest Awards of Important Countries Pgs—294Appendix 'B': Important Honours and Awards by the Government of India Pgs—295Appendix 'C': Important Honours and Awards in India Pgs—297Appendix 'D': World's Important Honours and Awards Pgs—299Appendix 'E': Recipients of Bharat Ratna Pgs—301