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Thursday, 25 December 2014

How much prize money is given to " Bharat Ratna " awardees ???


‘Bharat Ratna: The highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954.
  • Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards.
  • It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.
  • The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.
  • The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
  • On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion.
  • In terms of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution , the award cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient's name. However, should an award winner consider it necessary, he/she may use the following expression in their bio-data/letterhead/visiting card etc. to indicate that he/she is a recipient of the award: ‘Awarded Bharat Ratna by the President’ or ‘Recipient of Bharat Ratna Award’
  • The Award does not carry any monetary grant.  Since it is highest award, it has several emoluments and perks.  But Some important ones are:
  1. Free first class flight journey anywhere in India.
  2. Free first class train journey.
  3. Pension equal to or 50% of Prime Minister of India's salary.
  4.  Can attend the Parliament meetings and sessions.
  5. Precedence at par with Cabinet Rank.
  6.  Eligible for Z category protection, if needed.
  7. Special Guest in Republic Day and Independence Day.
  8. Status equal to VVIP.


The Bharat Ratna holders however, come 7th in the Indian order of precedence

The Bharat Ratna holders however, come 7th in the Indian order of precedence behind:
  1. The President
  2. The Vice-President
  3. The Prime Minister
  4. The State Governors
  5. The former Presidents and the Deputy Prime Minister
  6. The Lok Sabha Speaker and Chief Justice of India
  7. Bharat Ratna Winners


Wednesday, 24 December 2014

The top 4 civilian honors of india

Bharat Ratna : The decoration is in the form of a peepal leaf, about 5.8 cm long, 4.7 cm wide and 3.1 mm thick. It is of toned bronze. On its obverse is embossed a replica of the sun, 1.6 cm in diameter, below which the words Bharat Ratna are embossed in Devanagari script. On the reverse are State emblem and the motto, also in Devanagari. The emblem, the sun and the rim are of platinum. The inscriptions are in burnished bronze.

Padma Vibhushan : The badge design is "mainly circular" 1-3/16-inch burnished bronze (changed from toned bronze in 1957) badge with geometrical patterns. The center had a lotus flower with four major petals embossed in white gold. Above and below this flower, the name of the decoration Padma Vibhushan was embossed in silver-gilt.

Padma Bhushan : The badge design is "mainly circular" 1-3/16-inch burnished bronze (changed from toned bronze in 1957) badge with geometrical patterns. The center had a lotus flower with three major petals embossed in white gold. Above and below this flower, the name of the decoration Padma Bhushan was embossed in silver-gilt.

Padma Shri : On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below a lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.



Bharat Ratna Award Winners List and Facts


bharat ratna
Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award given for performance in highest order in any field of human Endeavour. Bharat Ratna award was introduced in 1954 and is awarded to 45 legend till date (Madan Mohan Malaviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be 2 new names in this list).  Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for Bharat Ratna award.

The recommendations of the “Bharat Ratna” are made by the Prime Minister of India to the President of India and maximum three Bharat Ratna awards can be made in a year.
Before 2011 the Bharat Ratna given for Artistic, Literacy, Scientific Achievements, as well as “Recognition of public service of the highest order”. But in December 2011 Government of India has modified the criteria for Bharat Ratna Award. Now Sportsperson can also win Bharat Ratna Award.

Interesting Facts about Bharat Ratna Award Winners.

  • First Bharat Ratna was awarded to Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Sir C.V. Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1954.
  • Last Bharat Ratna was awarded to Sachin Tendulkar and C. N. R. Rao in 2013.
  • Mother Teresa was the first naturalized Indian citizen of Bharat Ratna Award Winner in 1980.
  • Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1987) And Nelson Mandela (1990) are two non Indians of Bharat Ratna Award Winners.
  • Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson and the youngest Bharat Ratna Award Winner.

Here is the list of bharat ratna award winners.

No.NameBirth YearDeath YearAwarded YearAbout
1Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari187819721954Independence Activist, Last Governor General
2Sir C.V Raman188819701954Physicist , Nobel Prize Winner ( 1930 )
3Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan188819751954Philosopher, India’s First Vice President (1952-1962), and India’s Second President(1962-1967)
4Bhagvan Das186919581955Independence activist, author
5Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya186119621955Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore
6Jawaharlal Nehru188919641955Independence activist, author, First Prime Minister (1947-1964)
7Govind Ballabh Pant188719611957Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister
8Dhondo Keshav Karve185819621958Educator, social reformer
9Bidhan Chandra Roy188219621961Physician, Chief Minister Of West Bengal
10Purushottam Das Tandon188219621961Independence activist, educator
11Rajendra Prasad188419631962Independence activist, jurist, First President (1950-1962)
12Zakir Hussain189719691963Independence activist, Scholar, Third President (1967-1969)
13Pandurang Vaman Kane188019721963Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
14Lal Bahadur Shastri190419661966Posthumous, independence activist, Second Prime Minister (1964-1966)
15Indira Gandhi191719841971Third Prime Minister (1980-1984)
16V.V. Giri189419801975Trade unionist and Fourth President (1969)
17K. Kamaraj190319751976Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State
18Mother Teresa191019971980Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity
19Vinoba Bhave189519821983Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist
20Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan189019881987First non-citizen, independence activist
21M.G. Ramchandran191719871988Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
22B.R. Ambedkar189119561990Posthumous, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, politician, economist, and scholar
23Nelson Mandela191820131990Second non-citizen and non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement
24Rajiv Gandhi194419911991Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister (1984-1989)
25Vallabhbhai Patel187519501991Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister(1947-1950)
26Morarji Desai189619951991Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister(1977-1979)
27Abdul Kalam Azad188819581992Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education
28J. R. D. Tata190419931992Industrialist and philanthropist
29Satyajit Ray192219921992Bengali Filmmaker
30A.P.J. Abdul Kalam19311997Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India
31Gulzarilal Nanda189819981997Independence activist, interim Prime Minister
32Aruna Asaf Ali190819961997Posthumous, independence activist
33M.S. Subbulakshmi191620041998Carnatic classical singer
34Chidambaram Subramaniam191020001998Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture
35Jayaprakash Narayan190219791999Posthumous, independence activist and politician
36Ravi Shankar192020121999Sitar Player
37Amartya Sen19331999Economist
38Gopinath Bardoloi189019501999Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam
39Lata Mangeshkar19292001Playback singer
40Bismillah Khan191620062001Hindustani Classical Shehnai Player
41Bhimsen Joshi192220112008Hindustani Classical Singer
42Sachin Tendulkar19732013Indian Cricketer, First Sportsman and Youngest Indian who got Bharat Ratna,
43Prof. C.N.R Rao19342013Chemist
44Madan Mohan Malaviya1861 19462014Educationist and politician
45Atal Bihari Vajpayee19242014Former Prime Minister of India (1996), (1998), (1999-2004)
Don't we should give Bharat Ratna to ......Major Dhyanchand.....Homi Bhabha...Vikram Sarabhai...Mr.Verghese Kurien...

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