The major awards in India
The major awards in India are:
- Civilian Awards
- Gallantry Awards
Bharat Ratna (Civilian Award)
- Bharat Ratna is considered as the highest civilian award of the country. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service and performance in any field of human endeavour.
- The recommendations are made by the Prime Minister of India to the President.
- It is Instituted on 2 January 1954
- The recipients has given a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal leaf-shaped medallion.
- The medal of award is in the shape of a peepal leaf rimmed in platinum.Which is approximately 59 mm long, 48 mm wide and 3.2 mm thick.
List of past Bharat Ratna awardees
| Year of award | Person who recived the awards |
|---|---|
| 1954 |
C Rajagopalachari Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan CV Raman |
| 1955 |
Bhagwan Das M Visvesvaraya Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1957 | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| 1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve |
| 1961 |
Bidhan Chandra Roy Purushottam Das Tandon |
| 1962 | Rajendra Prasad |
| 1963 |
Zakir Husain Pandurang Vaman Kane |
| 1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 1971 | Indira Gandhi |
| 1975 | VV Giri |
| 1976 | K Kamaraj |
| 1980 | Mother Teresa |
| 1983 | Vinoba Bhave |
| 1987 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| 1988 | MG Ramachandran |
| 1990 |
BR Ambedkar Nelson Mandela |
| 1991 |
Rajiv Gandhi Vallabhbhai Patel Morarji Desai |
| 1992 |
Abul Kalam Azad JRD Tata Satyajit Ray |
| 1997 |
Gulzarilal Nanda Aruna Asaf Ali APJ Abdul Kalam |
| 1998 |
MS Subbulakshmi Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| 1999 |
Jayaprakash Narayan Amartya Sen Gopinath Bordoloi Ravi Shankar |
| 2001 |
Lata Mangeshkar Bismillah Khan |
| 2009 | Bhimsen Joshi |
| 2014 | CNR Rao Sachin Tendulkar |
| 2015 |
Madan Mohan Malaviya Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 2019 |
Pranab Mukherjee Nanaji Deshmukh Bhupen Hazarika |
Padma Vibhushan Awards
- Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of India.( Established in 1954)
- This award is given for “exceptional and distinguished service” irrespective of sex , caste, creed.
List of Padma Vibhushan awardees-2022
| Name | Field | State/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Ms. Prabha Atre | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | U.P. |
| General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) | Civil Service | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) | Chiefminister | Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Bhushan awards
- Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India.(Also established in 1954)
- Padma Bhushan award is given to an individual for “distinguished service of a high order…without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.”
List of Padma Bhushan awardees-2022
| S. No. | Name | Field | State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gulam Nabi Azad | Public Affairs | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 2 | Victor Banerjee | Art | West Bengal |
| 3 | Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) | Art | Punjab |
| 4 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
| 5 | Natarajan Chandrasekaran | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 6 | Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella (Duo) | Trade and Industry | Telangana |
| 7 | Madhur Jaffrey | Others-Culinary | United States of America |
| 8 | Devendra Jhajharia | Sports | Rajasthan |
| 9 | Rashid Khan | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 | Rajiv Mehrishi | Civil Service | Rajasthan |
| 11 | Satya Narayan Nadella | Trade and Industry | United States of America |
| 12 | Sundararajan Pichai | Trade and Industry | United States of America |
| 13 | Cyrus Poonawalla | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) | Science and Engineering | Mexico |
| 15 | Pratibha Ray | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 16 | Swami Sachidanand | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 17 | Shri Vashishth Tripathi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Shri award
- Padma Shri is considered as the fourth-highest civilian award in India.
- The awarad is given by the Government of India on every Republic Day.
- The awarad is given to citizens due to their significant contribution in the field of art, science, literature, education, industry, sports, medicine, social service, industry, and social studies.
- In year 2022 the President has approved conferment of (one hundred and twenty eight )128 Padma Awards (four)4 Padma Vibhushan, (seventeen)17 Padma Bhushan and (one hundred and seven)107 Padma Shri Awards.
Gallantry awards
- First three gallantry awards Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra were instituted by the Government of India on 26th January, 1950 which were deemed to have effect from the 15th August, 1947.
- Another three gallantry awards called Ashoka Chakra Class-I, Ashoka Chakra Class-II and Ashoka Chakra Class-III were instituted by the Government of India on 4th January, 1952. It was deemed to have effect from the 15th August, 1947. Which were renamed further as Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra respectively in January, 1967.
- The gallantry awards are announced twice every year - on the occasion of the Republic Day and the Independence Day.
Order of precedence of gallantry awards
- Param Vir Chakra
- Maha Vir Chakra
- Vir Chakra
- Ashoka Chakra
- Kirti Chakra
- Shaurya Chakra
Gallantry in the Face of Enemy
Gallantry Other than in the Face of Enemy
FAQ
Which is the highest Civilian Award in India?
Answer: The highest Civilian Award in India is Bharat Ratna is.
Which is the best awards in India?
Answer: Padma Shri
Who got Bharat Ratna first?
Answer: C. Rajagopalachari
Who got first Padma Bhushan award?
Answer: Dhyan Chand (awarded in 1956)
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