Reach the Destiny....: January 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010

Class X - General Sciences (Science & Technology)

Answers

Class X - Social Sciences

Class XI - Indian Constitution

Class XI - Physical Geography

Class XI - Business Studies

Class XI - Economics

Class XI - Accountancy I

Class XI - Accountancy II

Class XI - Macro Economics

Class XII - Micro Economics

Class XII - Accountancy -I

Class XII - Accountancy -II

Class XII - Human Geography

Class XII - India People and Economy

Class XII - Sociology (Social changes in India)

Class XII - Biology

Monday, January 11, 2010

How to Succeed in Indian Civil Service: A Sure way

The path to the coveted Civil Services is full of ups and downs and is a highly uneven track to traverse. Before taking a decision about Civil Services as your career, it is expedient to check up oneself and remain determined afterwards.

The first and foremost thing to decide while aspiring for Civil Services is the judicious choice subjects for the Prelims and the Mains. This is the most important and first step of your journey and should be accomplished most carefully as coming things hinge on it and a wrong decision may prove to be disastrous. Careful analysis of syllabus, previous years' papers, your calibre, requirement of subject (Visionary, Numerical, Theoretical), comfort level with the subject and past trends should be done. Advice from seniors and fellow candidates should also be sought. To avoid dithering in choice at later stage, initial deep thinking and consultations are a must. Having decided the subject, it is advisable to stick to your choice even if the perception of others about it is not favorable.

Preparation for General Studies can be done hand in hand while preparing for Optional papers. Good mix of study hours for General Studies and Optional makes study enjoyable and it becomes easy to sustain for long hours without losing interest and enthusiasm. Before Prelims result, one Optional can be exhaustively prepared so as to have an edge during study for the Mains and also to ease out burden during these busy days.

General Studies, though does not have any limits, yet syllabus as outlined by UPSC gives quite good understanding of the question paper. General tendency about General Studies paper is to devote much more time on unproductive readings which, in reality yields little returns. Concentrate on what is more probable, followed by probable, then less probable if time permits. Even if you do not cover less probable ones, you are not at much of loss. So, be secure and study systematically.
Being a regular reader of newspapers n magazines gives good command and writing skill, hence, this should be made a habit. Trend now-a-days has shifted more towards current issues, hence a thorough awareness of recent happenings is mandatory. one you achieve the threshold in General Studies, more efforts should be put on Optional (Especially in Prelims) as it is more scoring and is the hub of success.

For Mains, syllabus is quite beautifully elaborated and we know beforehand the study topics. Ready reference material as published in some magazines is of great help. I believe that the preamble of UPSC Question Paper are the instructions on the front page of the paper. Give some time in reading the instructions and follow them. By doing this, you are averting a possible source of error which could creep in if you do not read them.

Follow the world-limit as prescribed at the end of the question to the extent possible. Try to confine your answer within that limit, never exceed it. The art to express many contrasting views in a confined word space comes through practice, so practise some previous years' question papers. Be your own while writing, never try to imitate anybody. Your expression needs try to be limited yet comprehensive while writing General Studies paper. In Essay paper, your imagination can reach zenith but with a purpose, never divert from the main topic. To ensure, work out the sub-titles, rearrange them if necessary and once you are satisfied with the rough work, elaborate are satisfied with the rough work, elaborate on this outline after wards.

There is no standard word-limit yet. What one can effectively write in 3-hour duration is good enough length. My essay consisted of approx 2500 words. Conclusion should be drawn only at the end, take a balanced approach and write whatever good comes to your mind at the end, take a balanced approach and write what ever good comes to your mind at the moment. Devote initial 40-46 minutes on preparing rough outline. Next 2 hours for writing inflow and last 15-20 minuets for review and corrections.

In addition to Competition Success Review and standard books, I studied History Polity of Spectrum Series books, Economics, Science & Technology and Geography through MnM Series books which I found quite useful.

"How to write an answer" is equally vital for Optional paper as it is for General Studies & Essay. Students sometimes ignore basics and it costs much. Before proceeding, state all the assumptions involve and try to give minutes plausible details, adopt step0by-step approach, see that no vital step is left in between, as these steps are the links and missing or weak links can never ensure good strength of the answer, so be careful about it. All this sequential and systematic answering comes through a lot of practice and analysis of standard answers. Simulate the actual examination hours at home to judge your performance and to plug any loopholes.

For the Personality Test one should better form a group of 3-4 people as the preparation for Interview cannot be done in isolation. All would agree that personality is a life-time asset and expecting miraculous alterations in personality in a span of a few days or weeks is not possible. Yet, efforts can be made to overcome major deficiency and polish p views and opinions. Remember, no one is omniscient and non-awareness of something should be admitted with politeness. Only those people learn who have urge to change are willing to accept new ideologies. If at any point of time, you could show that your approach is flexible an amenable the world is yours. It is better to say 'No' than to bluff around. Those interviewing are highly experienced persons and know much better than us, therefore one should be expressed only if asked so, never start giving history of an issue, unless asked to do so. Of the question put is not clear t you, politely ask for more information. It is not the factual knowledge but your views which are on test. Always observe interview etiquette and be honest, polite, convincing an modest. Arrogance, rigidity, flicking round the issue should be avoided.

A lot depends upon the Almighty, so pray often. Be self confident but not complacent, honest, motivated, have patience and be optimistic. Work hard as there is no short-cut to success and hard work never goes unrewarded. I would like to quote Swami Vivekanand (often my eldest brother reminds me of it): Arise awake and rest not till the goal is achieved. There are many ups and downs during the course. It is the 'downs' which need to be tackled more vigorously and skillfully, it is when a person's qualities are on test and they emerge as winners who have these qualities.

I have read somewhere that winners are those who manage their hardships effectively and do learn from our mistakes makes us successful. Never feel depressed, self confidence and inner strength are the two basic requirements for anybody to appear in this examination. Believe in yourself. You are your own best judge and you know which areas are weak and need reinforcement.

Profound Faith In God, Strong Will Power and Dogged Pursuit Do Bear Fruit -Ms. Manju Rajpal, IAS Topper Among Women 2000
"Winners don't do different things, but they do the things differently" - these lines appearing in the Preface of Shiv Khera's Book "You Can With" touch the very fathom of success or failure in life. There are no roses always strewn on the path of those moving towards their goal in life; instead the thorns in the way is the biggest truth of life. I never agree with those who think failure s synonymous with lick. Every sweat of your brow through hard work bears the splendour of your bright career and this ensures your Golden Tomorrow. Those who keep faith in their capabilities, shape their future with their own deeds. We have t take exam/test at every step f life. Therefore, whether it is a competitive exam or a sundry struggle in day-to-day life, till you have the high aim of standing first or coming out victorious therein, the pinnacle of success remains a distance dream.

The first step towards success is to choose your goal honestly and thereafter to make dedicated efforts backed by strong determination t achieve it. By honesty, I mean that incases you are selecting Civil Services s your career, the first quest ion that you should put to yourself is: Whether you want to become the same of which you are making efforts. It is very easy to inherit a dream, an aspiration or a goal but to muster courage to convert it into reality is surely a difficult task. Therefore, if father desires, mother has a dream or it is a pressure from your social circle or family that you have to be a shining star in the firmament of civil Services but you are planning, for your job satisfaction, quite a different a career for you, my advice to you would be to reconsider your decision for making Civil Services as your goal. If the decision to join Civil Services is your own, then assess your suitability in the context of your capabilities to see whether you passes the requisite self-confidence, dedicated efforts, strong determination and commitment; the reason being that the lack of constant and hardwork leading to initial setback or failure to achieve the desired success engulfs the whole personality into darkness.

If your decision is backed by an honest assessment of positive aspect of your capacity or capability, then proceed towards your goal in right direction and, believe me no obstacle on the way can ever waver you from your path. By right direction; I mean that if you want to ensure your success in Civil Services, then it is desirable to make a right selection of study material. I have seen many candidates studying a lot which is hardly necessary. Therefore, don't waste your energy. Take a decision on the basis of the nature of your Optionals whether extensive or intensive study is required. Always use authentic and dependable study material brought out by standard publishers.

You must be quite serious in the selection of your subjects. Some subjects are considered scoring and that the chances of success therein are rated quite high. This is a wrong method of subject-selection. Subject-selection should be always based on your interest in the subject, availability of study material and your ability to understand the nature of the subject as a first reaction, better evaluate your deficiencies in the subject and try to remove them. In my opinion, keeping in view the moral disequilibrium and fall in performance level as a result of such frequent change of subjects, it is better to stick to your original after rectifying your drawbacks. Preparation for civil Services demands right time-management. If there is something more valuables than time, it is 'Time' only. Therefore, instead of wasting the interlude between completion of prelims exam and its results, prepare at least one Optional, assuming that you would be successful in the exam. Then at the time for General Studies and the other Optional. At the same time, one of the criteria for selection for Civil Service is that how for a candidate succeeds in expressing himself through originality of thoughts; excellence and analytical presentation via effective writing. An in-depth study of the subject is desirable but there is a world of difference between "knowing all" and "effective presentation of requisite knowledge". Therefore, make constant efforts to develop your expressive power.

Keep your self-confidence intact while appearing for the Prelims and the Mains, then only you can attempt the Question Paper in a reasonably logical way. Select Questions after utmost thought and instead of making hurry in answering the questions, it is better to understand their true content.

In prelims, while it may be alright to answer objective questions on the basis of intelligent guesswork but in the Mains, logical and fact-based and to the point answer are desirable. In General Studies, if you do not know the answer to a particular question, it is risky to attempt it with guess work or on the basis of wrong information. While selection topics in the Essay Paper, always be careful that it should contain not only factual or informative data but there should also be analytical presentation. During interview, keep in view that no Training institute can improve your personality completely although some of these Institutes provide an avenue to be helpful through well-planned preparation and Group Discussions. During Interview, keep in mind that the members of the Board are more experienced than you; therefore, an attempt of focus your personality is to invite risk.
Whatever you are, keeping faith in yourself, have a balanced view of the questions put to you. Have faith in life and have positive outlook towards various developments; thereby you acquire the moral prop to face difficulties To sum up:- (No mater whether you take only a few steps, Go on your chosen path with positive state of mind, Your destination will reach you automatically: O grumbler with your forethought and planning, You can even change your destiny) you will find that a stone" thrown up with right intent could make a hole in the sky".

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Sports

Dronacharya Award

Dronacharya Award was instituted in 1985 to honour eminent coaches who have done outstanding and meritorious 'work on consistent basis, to motivate them to dedicate themselves with a singularity of purpose for raising the standards of sportspersons to highest performance in international events and bring glory to the country. The award is given to those who have produced outstanding achievements consistently during three years preceding the Award. Those who have contributed their life time to sports and sports promotion are also considered for this award. During the year 1995-96, this Award was given to Md. Ilyas Babar for his contribution to the discipline of Athletics. Every awardee is given a cash prize of Rs. 75,000/ alongwith a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll, a suit, a blazer and a tie.

List of Dronacharya Award recipients
S.No. Year Name of the Sportsperson(s) Sport Discipline
01 1985 O.M. Nambiar
Athletics

02 1985 Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Boxing

03 1985 Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat
Wrestling

04 1986 Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle
Chess

05 1986 Desh Prem Azad
Cricket

06 1987 Gurcharan Singh
Cricket

07 1987 Guru Hanuman
Wrestling

08 1990 Ramakant Achrekar
Cricket

09 1990 Syed Naeemuddin
Football

10 1990 A Ramana Rao
Volleyball

11 1994 Ilyas Babar
Athletics

12 1995 Karan Singh
Athletics

13 1995 M. Shyam Sunder Rao
Volleyball

14 1996 Wilson Jones
Billiards & Snooker

15 1996 Pal Singh Sandhu
Weightlifting

16 1997 Joginder Singh Saini
Athletics

17 1998 Bahadur Singh
Athletics

18 1998 Hargobind Singh Sandhu
Athletics

19 1998 G.S.Sandhu
Boxing

20 1999 Kenneth Owen Bosen
Athletics

21 1999 Capt. Hawa Singh
Boxing

22 1999 Ajay Kumar Sirohi
Weightlifting

23 2000 S.M. Arif
Badminton

24 2000 Gudial Singh Bhangu
Hockey

25 2000 Phadke Gopal Pushottam
Kho-Kho

26 2000 Bhupender Dhawan
Powerlifting

27 2000 Hansa Sharma
Weightlifting

28 2001 Prof. Sunny Thomas
Shooting

29 2001 Michael Joseph Ferreira
Billiards & Snooker

30 2002 Renu Kohli
Athletics

31 2002 Jaswant Singh
Athletics

32 2002 M.K. Kaushik
Hockey

33 2002 E. Prasad Rao
Kabaddi

34 2002 Cdr. H.D. Motivala
Yachting

35 2003 Robert Bobby George
Athletics

36 2003 Anup Kumar
Boxing

37 2003 Rajinder Singh
Hockey

38 2003 Sukhchain Singh Cheema
Wrestling

39 2004 Arvind Savur
Billiards & Snooker

40 2004 Sunita Sharma
Cricket

41 2004 Cyrus Poncha
Squash

42 2004 Gurcharan Singh
Boxing

43 2005 Hony. Captain M Venu
Boxing

44 2005 Balwan Singh
Kabaddi

45 2005 Maha Singh Rao
Wrestling

46 2005 Ismail Baig
Rowing

47 2006 R D Singh
Athletics

48 2006 Damodaran Chandralal
Boxing

49 2006 Koneru Ashok
Chess

50 2007 Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Archery

51 2007 Jagdish Singh
Boxing

52 2007 G.E. Sridharan
Volley Ball

53 2007 Jagminder Singh
Wrestling

54 2008 Sanjeeva Kumar Singh
Archery

55 2008 Jagdish Singh
Boxing

56 2008 G E Sridharan
Volleyball

57 2008 Jagminder Singh
Wrestling

58 2009 Pullela Gopichand
Badminton

59 2009 Satpal
Wrestling

60 2009 J. Uday Kumar
Kabaddi

61 2009 Baldev Singh
Hockey

62 2009 Jaidev Bisht
Boxing

The Arjuna awards were instituted in 1961 to recognize outstanding achievement in Indian sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 300,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Arjun Awardees in Archery
No Year Recipient Name
1 1981 Krishna Das

2 1989 Shyam Lal

3 1991 Limba Ram

4 1992 Sanjeev Kumar Singh

5 2005 Tarundeep Rai

6 2005 Dola Banerjee

7 2006 Jayanta Talukdar

8 2009 Mangal Singh Champia

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Athletics
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

2 1962 Tarlok Singh

3 1963 Stephie D'Souza

4 1964 Makhan Singh

5 1965 Kenneth Powell

6 1966 Ajmer Singh

7 1966 B. S. Barua

8 1967 Praveen Kumar

9 1967 Bhim Singh

10 1968 Joginder Singh

11 1968 Manjit Walia

12 1969 Harnek Singh

13 1970 Mohinder Singh Gill

14 1971 Edward Sequeira

15 1972 Vijay Singh Chauhan

16 1973 Sriram Singh

17 1974 T. C. Yohannan

18 1974 Shivnath Singh

19 1975 Hari Chand

20 1975 V. Anusuya Bai

21 1976 Bahadur Singh Chouhan

22 1976 Geeta Zutshi

23 1978-79 Suresh Babu

24 1978-79 Angel Mary Joseph

25 1979-80 R. Gyanasekaran

26 1980-81 Gopal Saini

27 1981 Sabir Ali

28 1982 Charles Borromeo

29 1982 Chand Ram

30 1982 M. D. Valsamma

31 1983 Suresh Yadav

32 1983 P. T. Usha

33 1984 Raj Kumar

34 1984 Shiny Abraham

35 1985 Raghubir Singh Bal

36 1985 Asha Agarwal

37 1985 Adille Sumariwala

38 1986 Suman Rawat

39 1987 Balwinder Singh

40 1987 Vandana Rao

41 1987 Bagicha Singh

42 1987 Vandana Shanbagh

43 1988 Ashwini Nachappa

44 1989 Mercy Kuttan

45 1990 Deena Ram

46 1992 Bahadur Prasad

47 1993 K. Saramma

48 1994 Rosa Kutty

49 1995 Shakti Singh

50 1995 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

51 1996 Ajit Bhaduria

52 1996 Padmini Thomas

53 1997 Reeth Abraham

54 1998 Sirichand Ram

55 1998 Neelam Jaswant Singh

56 1998 S. D. Eshan

57 1998 Rachita Mistry

58 1998 Paramjit Singh

59 1999 Gulab Chand

60 1999 Gurmit Kaur

61 1999 Parduman Singh

62 1999 Sunita Rani

63 2000 K. M. Beenamol

64 2000 Yadvendra Vashishta (PH)

65 2000 Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar - Powerlifting (PH)

66 2000 Joginder Singh Bedi (PH) (For Life time Contribution)

67 2002 Anju Bobby George

68 2002 Saraswati Saha

69 2003 Soma Biswas

70 2003 Madhuri Saxena

71 2004 Anil Kumar

72 2004 J. J. Shobha

73 2004 Devendra Jhajharia (Physically Challenged)

74 2005 Manjit Kaur

75 2005 Rajinder Singh Rahelu (Physically Challenged)

76 2006 K. M. Binu

77 2007 Chitra K. Soman

78 2009 Sinimol Paulose

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Badminton
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Nandu Natekar

2 1962 Meena Shah

3 1965 Dinesh Khanna

4 1967 Suresh Goel

5 1969 Dipu Ghosh

6 1970 D. V. Tambay

7 1971 S. Moorthy

8 1972 Prakash Padukone

9 1974 Raman Ghosh

10 1975 Davinder Ahuja

11 1976 Ami Ghia

12 1977-78 Ms. K.T. Singh

13 1980-81 Syed Modi

14 1982 P. Ganguli

15 1982 Madhumita Bisht

16 1991 Rajeev Bagga

17 2000 Pullela Gopichand

18 1999 George Thomas

19 2003 Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged)

20 2004 Abhinn Shyam Gupta

21 2005 Aparna Popat

22 2006 Chetan Anand

23 2006 Rohit Bhakar (Physically Challenged)

24 2008 Anup Sridhar

25 2009 Saina Nehwal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Ball Badminton
No Year Recipient Name
1 1970 J. Pitchyya

2 1972 Ms. J. Srinivasan

3 1973 A. Kareem

4 1975 L.A. Iqbal

5 1976 A. Sam Christ Das

6 1984 D. Rajaraman

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Basketball
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Sarbjit Singh

2 1967 Khushi Ram

3 1968 Gurdial Singh

4 1969 Hav. Hari Dutt

5 1970 Gulam Abbas Moontasir

6 1971 Man Mohan Singh

7 1973 S. K. Kataria

8 1974 A.K. Punj

9 1975 Hanuman Singh

10 1977-78 T. Vijayaraghawan

11 1979-80 Om Prakash

12 1982 Ajmer Singh

13 1991 Radhey Shyam

14 1991 Ms. S Sharma

15 1999 Sajjan Singh Cheema

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Billiards & Snooker
No Year Recipient Name
1 2002 Alok Kumar

2 2003 Pankaj Advani

3 2005 Anuja Prakash Thakur

4 1983 Subhash Agarwal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Boxing
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 L. Buddy D' Souza

2 1962 Hav. P. Badadur Mal

3 1966 Hawa Singh

4 1968 Hav. Dennis Swamy

5 1971 Hav. Muniswamy Venu

6 1972 Hav. Chandranarayanan

7 1973 Hav. Mehatab Singh

8 1977-78 B.S. Thapa

9 1978-79 C.C. Machaiah

10 1979-80 B. Singh

11 1980-81 Issac Amaldas

12 1981 Hav. G. Manoharan

13 1982 Hav. Kaur Singh

14 1983 Jas Lal Pradhan

15 1986 Jai Pal Singh

16 1987 Seeva Jayaram

17 1989 Gopal Dewang

18 1991 D.S. Yadav

19 1992 Rajender Prasad

20 1993 Manoj Pingale

21 1993 Mukund Killekar

22 1995 V. Devarajan

23 1996 Raj Kumar Sangwan

24 1998 N.G. Dingko Singh

25 1999 Gurcharan Singh

26 1999 Jitender Kumar

27 2002 Md. Ali Qamar

28 2003 Ms. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom

29 2005 Akhil Kumar

30 2006 Vijender Kumar

31 2008 Verghese Johnson

32 2009 L. Sarita Devi

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Carrom
No Year Recipient Name
1. 1996 A. Maria Irudayam

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Chess
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Manuel Aaron

2 1980-81 Rohini Khadilkar

3 1983 Dibyendu Barua

4 1984 Pravin Thipsay

5 1985 Vishwanathan Anand

6 1987 D. V. Prasad

7 1987 Bhagyashree Thipsay

8 1990 Anupama Gokhale

9 2000 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi

10 2002 Krishnan Sasikiran

11 2003 Koneru Humpy

12 2005 Surya Shekhar Ganguly

13 2006 Pentyala Harikrishna

14 2008 Dronavalli Harika

15 2009 Tania Sachdev

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Saleem Durani

2 1964 Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

3 1965 Vijay Manjrekar

4 1966 Chandu Borde

5 1967 Ajit Wadekar

6 1968 E.A.S. Prasanna

7 1969 Bishan Singh Bedi

8 1970 Dilip Sardesai

9 1971 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

10 1972 Eknath Solkar

11 1972 B.S. Chandrashekhar

12 1975 Sunil Gavaskar

13 1976 Shanta Rangaswamy

14 1977-78 Gundappa Vishwanath

15 1979-80 Kapil Dev Nikhanj

16 1980-81 Chetan Chauhan

17 1980-81 Syed Kirmani

18 1981 Dilip Vengsarkar

19 1982 Mohinder Amarnath

20 1983 Diana Edulji

21 1984 Ravi Shastri

22 1985 Shubhangi Kulkarni

23 1986 Mohammad Azharuddin

24 1986 Sandhya Agarwal

25 1989 Madan Lal

26 1993 Manoj Prabhakar

27 1993 Kiran More

28 1994 Sachin Tendulkar

29 1995 Anil Kumble

30 1996 Javagal Srinath

31 1997 Ajay Jadeja

32 1997 Sourav Ganguly

33 1998 Rahul Dravid

34 1998 Nayan Mongia

35 2000 B.K. Venkatesh Prasad

36 2002 Virender Sehwag

37 2003 Harbhajan Singh

38 2003 Mithali Raj

39 2005 Anju Jain

40 2006 Anjum Chopra

41 2009 Gautam Gambhir

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Cycling
No Year Recipient Name
1 1975 Amar Singh

2 1978-79 Ms. M. Mahapatra

3 1983 A.R. Arthna

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Equestrian
No Year Recipient Name
1 1973 Dafadar Khan M. Khan

2 1976 Lt. Col. H.S. Sodhi

3 1982 Maj. R. Singh Brar

4 1982 Raghubir Singh (Equestrian)

5 1984 Capt. G. Mohd. Khan

6 1987 Maj. J.S. Ahluwalia

7 1991 Capt. Adhiraj Singh

8 2003 Capt. Rajesh Pattu

9 2004 Maj. Deep Kumar Ahlawat

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Football
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 P. K. Banerjee

2 1962 Tulsidas Balaram

3 1963 Chuni Goswami

4 1964 Jarnail Singh

5 1965 Arun Lal Ghosh

6 1966 Yusuf Khan

7 1967 Peter Thangaraj

8 1969 Inder Singh

9 1970 Syed Naeemuddin

10 1971 C. P. Singh

11 1973 Magan Singh

12 1978-79 Gurdev Singh Gill

13 1979-80 Prasun Banerjee

14 1980-81 Mohammed Habib
15 1981 Sudhir Karmakar

16 1983 Shanti Mullick

17 1989 S. Bhattacharjee

18 1997 Brahmanand Sankhwalkar

19 1998 Baichung Bhutia

20 2002 I. M. Vijayan

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Golf
No Year Recipient Name
1 1999 Chiranjeev Milkha Singh (Jeev Milkha Singh)

2 2002 Shiv Kapur

3 2004 Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (Jyoti Randhawa)

4 2007 Arjun Atwal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Gymnastics
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Shyam Lal

2 1975 Montu Debnath

3 1985 Ms. S. Sharma

4 1989 Ms. Krupali Patel

5 2000 Dr. (Ms.) Kalpna Debnath

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Hockey
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Prithipal Singh

2 1961 N. Lumsden

3 1963 Charanjit Singh

4 1964 S. Laxman

5 1965 Udham Singh

6 1965 E. Britto

7 1966 V. J. Peter

8 1966 Sunita Puri

9 1966 Gurbaksh Singh

10 1967 Harbinder Singh

11 1967 Mohinder Lal

12 1968 Balbir Singh Kular

13 1970 Ajit Pal Singh

14 1971 P. Krishnamurthy

15 1972 Michael Kindo

16 1973 M. P. Ganesh

17 1973 O. Mascarenhas

18 1974 Ashok Kumar

19 1974 A. Kaur

20 1975 B. P. Govinda

21 1975 R. Saini

22 1977-78 Capt. Harcharan Singh

23 1977-78 L. L. Fernandes

24 1979-80 Vasudevan Baskaran

25 1979-80 R. B. Mundphan

26 1980-81 Mohammed Shahid

27 1980-81 Eliza Nelson

28 1981 Versha Soni

29 1983 Zafar Iqbal

30 1984 Rajbir Kaur

31 1984 S. Maney

32 1985 Prem Maya Sonir

33 1985 M. M. Somaya

34 1986 J.M. Carvalho

35 1988 M. P. Singh

36 1989 Pargat Singh

37 1990 Jagbir Singh

38 1992 Mervyn Fernandes

39 1994 Jude Felix Sabastain

40 1995 Dhanraj Pillai

41 1995 Mukesh Kumar

42 1996 A. B. Subbaiah

43 1996 Ashish Kumar Ballal

44 1997 Harmik Singh

45 1997 Surinder Singh Sodhi

46 1997 Rajinder Singh

47 1998 S. Surjit Singh

48 1998 Pritam Rani Siwach

49 1998 B. S. Dhillon

50 1998 S. Omana Kumari

51 1998 Mohammed Riaz

52 1998 Baldev Singh

53 1998 Maharaj Krishna Kaushik

54 1999 Balbir Singh Kullar

55 1998 Lt. Col. Haripal Kaushik

56 1998 Ramandeep Singh

57 1998 V. J. Phillips

58 2000 Baljeet Singh Saini

59 2000 Tingonleima Chanu

60 2000 Gp. Capt. R. S. Bhola

61 2000 Balkishan Singh

62 2000 Jalaluddin Rizvi

63 2000 Madhu Yadav

64 2002 Dilip Tirkey

65 2002 Gagan Ajit Singh

66 2002 Mamta Kharab

67 2003 Devesh Chauhan

68 2003 Suraj Lata Devi

69 2004 Deepak Thakur

70 2004 Innocent Helen Mary

71 2005 Viren Rasquinha

72 2006 Jyoti Sunita Kullu

73 2008 Prabhjot Singh

74 2009 Surinder Kaur

75 2009 Ignace Tirkey

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Judo
No Year Recipient Name
1 1992 Sandeep Byala

2 1993 Cawas Billimoria

3 1996 Ms. Poonam Chopra

4 1998 Narender Singh

5 2003 Akram Shah

6 2004 Ms. Angom Anita Chanu

7 2007 Ms. Tombi Devi

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Kabaddi
No Year Recipient Name
1 1998 Ashan Kumar

2 1998 Biswajit Palit

3 1999 Balwinder Singh

4 1999 Tirath Raj

5 2000 C. Homonappa

6 2002 Ram Mehar Singh

7 2003 Sanjeev Kumar

8 2004 Sunder Singh

9 2005 Ramesh Kumar

10 2006 Naveen Gautam

11 2008 Pankaj Navnath Shrisat

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Lawn Tennis
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Ramanathan Krishnan

2 1962 Naresh Kumar

3 1966 Jaidip Mukerjea

4 1967 Premjit Lall

5 1974 Vijay Amritraj

6 1978-79 Nirupama Mankad

7 1980-81 Ramesh Krishnan

8 1985 Anand Amritraj

9 1990 Leander Paes

10 1995 Mahesh Bhupathi

11 1996 Gaurav Natekar

12 1997 Asif Ismail

13 2000 Akhtar Ali

14 2004 Sania Mirza

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Rowing
No Year Recipient Name
1 1981 Maj. Parveen Oberoy

2 1984 Capt. M.A. Naik

3 1991 Naib Subedar Dalvir Singh

4 1994 Major R.S. Bhanwala

5 1996 Surender Singh Waldia

6 1999 Jagjit Singh

7 2000 Surender Singh Kanwasi

8 2004 Jenil Krishnan

9 2008 Bajrang lal Thakkar

10 2009 Satish Joshi

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Shooting
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Karni Singh

2 1968 Rajyashree Kumari

3 1969 Bhuvaneshwari Kumari

4 1971 Bhim Singh

5 1972 Udyan Chinubhai

6 1978-79 Randhir Singh

7 1981 S. P. Chauhan

8 1983 Mohinder Lal

9 1983 Soma Dutta

10 1985 A. J. Pandit

11 1986 Bhagirath Samai

12 1993 Mansher Singh

13 1994 Jaspal Rana

14 1996 Moraad A. Khan

15 1997 Satendra Kumar

16 1997 Shilpi Singh

17 1998 Manavjit Singh

18 1998 Roopa Unnikrishnan

19 1999 Vivek Singh

20 2000 Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat

21 2000 Abhinav Bindra

22 2000 Gurbir Singh

23 2002 Anwer Sultan

24 2002 Suma Shirur

25 2003 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

26 2004 Deepali A. Deshpande

27 2005 Gagan Narang

28 2006 Vijay Kumar

29 2008 Avneet Kaur Sidhu

30 2009 Ronjan Sodhi

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Squash
No Year Recipient Name
1 2006 Sourav Ghosal

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Swimming
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Jam. Bajarangi Prasad

2 1966 Rima Datta

3 1967 Arun Shaw

4 1969 Baidyanath Nath

5 1971 Bhanwar Singh

6 1973 D. (Tingoo) Khatau

7 1974 A.B. Sarang

8 1974 Manjari Bhargava (diving)

9 1975 M.S. Rana

10 1975 Smita Desai

11 1982 Persis Madan

12 1983 Anita Sood

13 1984 Khajan Singh

14 1988 Wilson Cherian

15 1990 Bula Choudhury

16 1996 V. Kutraleeshwaran

17 1998 Bhanu Sachdeva

18 1999 Nisha Millet

19 2000 Sebastian Xavier

20 2000 J. Abhijith

21 2005 Shikha Tandon

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Table Tennis
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 J.C. Vohra

2 1965 G. R. Deewan

3 1966 U. Sundararaj

4 1967 F. R. Khodaiji

5 1969 Mir Kasim Ali

6 1970 G. Jagannath

7 1971 K. F. Khodaiji

8 1973 N. R. Bajaj

9 1976 S. Shailja

10 1979-80 Indu Puri

11 1980-81 Manjit Dua

12 1982 V. Chandrasekhar

13 1985 Kamlesh Mehta

14 1987 Monalisa Barua

15 1989 Niyati Shah

16 1990 M. S. Walia

17 1997 Chetan Baboor

18 1998 Subramaniam Raman

19 2002 Mantu Ghosh

20 2004 Achanta Sharath Kamal

21 2005 Soumyadeep Roy

22 2006 Subhajit Saha

23 2009 Poulomi Ghatak

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Volleyball
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 A. Palanisamy

2 1962 Nripjit Singh

3 1972 Balwant Singh "Ballu"

4 1973 G.M. Reddy

5 1974 M.S. Rao

6 1975 Sub. Insp. R. Singh

7 1975 K.C. Elamma

8 1976 Jimmy George

9 1977-78 A. Raman Rao

10 1978-79 Kutty Krishnan

11 1979-80 S.K. Mishra

12 1982 G.E. Sridharan

13 1983 R.K. Purohit

14 1984 Saley Joseph

15 1986 Cyril C. Vallor

16 1989 Abdul Basith

17 1990 Dalel Singh Ror

18 1991 K. Udaya Kumar

19 1999 Sukhpal Singh

20 2000 P.V. Ramana

21 2002 Ravikant Reddy

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Weightlifting
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 A.N. Ghosh

2 1962 L.K. Dass

3 1963 K.E. Rao

4 1965 B.S. Bhatia

5 1966 Mohan Lal Ghosh

6 1967 S. John Gabriel

7 1970 Arun Kumar Dass

8 1971 S.L. Salwan

9 1972 Anil Kumar Mandal

10 1974 S. Vellaiswamy

11 1975 Dalbir Singh

12 1976 K. Balamuruganandam

13 1977-78 M.T. Selvan

14 1978-79 E. Karaunakaran

15 1981 B.K. Satpathy

16 1982 Tara Singh

17 1983 Vispy K. Daroga

18 1985 Mehar Chand Bhaskar

19 1986 Jag Mohan Sapra

20 1987 G. Devan

21 1989 Jyotsna Dutta

22 1990 R. Chandra

23 1990 N. Kunjarani

24 1991 Chhaya Adak

25 1993 Bharati Singh

26 1994 K. Malleswari

27 1997 Paramjit Sharma

28 1997 N. Laxmi

29 1998 Satheesha Rai

30 1999 Dalbir Singh

31 2000 Sanamacha Chanu Thingbaijan

32 2002 Thandava Murthy Muthu

33 2006 Geeta Rani

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Wrestling
No Year Recipient Name
1 1961 Hav. Udey Chanf

2 1962 Malwa

3 1963 G. Andalkar

4 1964 Bishamber Singh

5 1966 Bhim Singh

6 1967 Mukhtiar Singh

7 1969 Master Chandgi Ram (Indian style wrestling)

8 1970 Sudesh Kumar

9 1972 Prem Nath

10 1973 Jagroop Singh

11 1974 Satpal

12 1978-79 Rajinder Singh

13 1980-81 Jagminder Singh

14 1982 Kartar Singh

15 1985 Mahabir Singh

16 1987 Subhash

17 1988 Rajesh Kumar

18 1989 Satywan

19 1990 Ombir Singh

20 1992 Pappu Yadav

21 1993 Ashok Kumar

22 1997 Jagdish Singh

23 1997 Sanjay Kumar

24 1998 Kaka Pawar

25 1998 Rohtas Singh Dahiya

26 1999 Ashok Kumar

27 2000 Randhir Singh

28 2000 Kripa Shakar Patel

29 2000 K.D. Jadhav (Posthumously)

30 2000 Naresh Kumar

31 2002 Palwinder Singh Cheema

32 2002 Sujeet Mann

33 2003 Shokhinder Tomar

34 2004 Anuj Kumar

35 2005 Sushil Kumar

36 2006 Geetika Jakhar

37 2008 Alka Tomar

38 2009 Yogeshwar Dutt

[edit] Arjun Awardees in Yachting
No Year Recipient Name
1 1970 Lt. Cdr. S. J. Contractor

2 1973 Afsar Hussain

3 1978-79 Cdr. S. K. Mongia

4 1981 Zarir Karanjia

5 1982 Farokh Tarapore

6 1982 Fali Unwalla

7 1982 Jeeja Unwalla

8 1986 Lt. Dhruv Bhandari

9 1987 C. S. Pradipak

10 1990 P. K. Garg

11 1993 Cdr. Homi Motiwala

12 1996 Lt. Cdr. Kelly Subbanand Rao (Posthumously)
13 1999 Aashim Mongia

14 2002 Nitin Mongia

15 2009 Girdhari Lal Yadav

Jnanpith Award

Jnanpith Award

Jnanpith Award (pronounced Gyanpeeth Award) is the highest literary honour presented by the Government of India. The award was instituted in 1961 and the first award was given to the Malayalam writer G Shankara Kurup in 1965. An Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. The award carries a cheque for Rs. 250,000, a citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi.

Before 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer. From 1982, the award is being given for overall contribution to Indian literature. So far Kannada writers have won 7 awards which is the highest for any language. Hindi writers have won 6 awards.

List of Awardees
Year Name Works Language
1965 G Sankara Kurup Odakkuzhal (Flute) Malayalam
1966 Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya Ganadevta Bengali
1967 Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu)
Sri Ramayana Darshanam Kannada
1967 Umashankar Joshi Nishitha Gujarati
1968 Sumitranandan Pant Chidambara Hindi
1969 Firaq Gorakhpuri Gul-e-Naghma Urdu
1970 Viswanatha Satyanarayana Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu (A resourceful tree:Ramayana) Telugu
1971 Bishnu Dey Smriti Satta Bhavishyat Bengali
1972 Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' Urvashi Hindi
1973 Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre Nakutanti (Naku Thanthi) (Four Strings) Kannada
1973 Gopinath Mohanty Paraja Oriya
1974 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Yayati Marathi
1975 P.V.Akilan Chitttrappavai Tamil
1976 Asha Purna Devi Pratham Pratisruti Bengali
1977 K.Shivaram Karanth Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams) Kannada
1978 Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar (How many times in many boats?) Hindi
1979 Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Mrityunjay (Immortal) Assamese
1980 S. K. Pottekkatt Oru Desattinte Katha (Story of a land) Malayalam
1981 Amrita Pritam Kagaj te Canvas Punjabi
1982 Mahadevi Varma Yama Hindi
1983 Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra) Kannada
1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Kayar {Coir} Malayalam
1985 Pannalal Patel Maanavi Ni Bhavaai (??????? ????) Gujarati
1986 Sachidananda Rout Roy Oriya
1987 Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) Natsamrat Marathi
1988 Dr.C. Narayana Reddy Vishwambhara Telugu
1989 Qurratulain Hyder Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar Urdu
1990 V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi Kannada
1991 Subhas Mukhopadhyay Bengali
1992 Naresh Mehta Hindi
1993 Sitakant Mahapatra Oriya
1994 U.R. Ananthamurthy Kannada
1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Randamoozham [second chance} Malayalam
1996 Mahasweta Devi Bengali
1997 Ali Sardar Jafri Urdu
1998 Girish Karnad for his contributions to modern Indian drama[5] Kannada
1999 Nirmal Verma Hindi
1999 Gurdial Singh Punjabi
2000 Indira Goswami Assamese
2001 Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Gujarati
2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil
2003 Vinda Karandikar Ashtadarshana (poetry) Marathi
2004 Rahman Rahi Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz Kashmiri [6]
2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi[3]
2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani[3]
2006 Satya Vrat Shastri Sanskrit[4][7]

Gallantry Awards

The Param Vir Chakra is an Indian military decoration given for valour in combat operations. It is considered to be India's highest military honor. The second word is pronounced 'Veer'. The name is sometimes abbreviated as PVC. It literally means 'Cross of the Ultimate Brave' (Sanskrit: Param, Ultimate; Vir (Pronounced veer), Brave; Chakra, Wheel or Cross)

Paramvir Chakra

The medal is made of bronze.

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is the highest gallantry award for officers and other enlisted personnel of all military branches of India for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It may be awarded posthumously and, indeed, most of the awards have been posthumous.

Provision was made for the award of a bar for second (or subsequent) awards of the Param Vir Chakra. To date, there have been no such awards. Award of the decoration carries with it the right to use P.V.C. as a postnominal abbreviation.

The award also carries a cash allowance for those under the rank of second lieutenant (or the appropriate service equivalent) and, in some cases, a lump-sum cash award. On the death of the recipient, the pension was transferred to the widow until her death or remarriage. This pension has been a rather controversial issue throughout the life of the decoration. By March 1999, the stipend stood at Rs. 1500 per month. In addition, many states have established individual pension rewards for the recipients of the decoration.

The PVC was established on January 26, 1950, by the President of India, with effect from August 15, 1947, and presently it is the second highest award of the government of India after Bharat Ratna (amendment in the statute on January 26, 1980 resulted in this order of wearing).

The medal was designed by Mrs Savitri Khanolankar (born Eva Yuonne Linda Maday-de-Maros to a Hungarian father and Russian mother) who was married to an Indian Army officer. By sheer coincidence, the first PVC was awarded to her son-in-law Major Som Nath Sharma for his bravery in the Kashmir operations in November 1947. He died while evicting Pakistani raiders from Srinagar Airport. This was when India and newly-formed Pakistan had the first war over the Kashmir issue.

1-3/8 inch, circular bronze medal. In the center, on a raised circle, the state emblem. Surrounding this, four replicas of Indra's Vajra (the all-powerful mythic weapon on the ancient Vedic god of war). The decoration is suspended from a straight swiveling suspension bar. It is named on the edge.

On the rear, around a plain center, two legends separated by lotus flowers. The words Param Vir Chakra are written in Hindi and English.

The decoration is suspended from a straight swiveling suspension bar.

The ribbon which holds the PVC is of 32 mm length and purple in colour. The award carries a cash allowance for those under the rank of second lieutenant (or the appropriate service equivalent) and, in some cases, a lump-sum cash award. Subedar Major Bana Singh of the 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was the only serving personnel of the Indian defence establishment with a PVC till the Kargil operations.

The medal was designed to symbolise Rishi Dadich who donated his thigh bones to gods for making Vajra and Shiva

Civil Awards

The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian honor of India.

It was in established January 2, 1954. It follows Bharat Ratna and precedes the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service. It was suspended from July 13, 1977 to January 26, 1980.

One recipient is Lata Mangeshkar, granted the medal January 26, 1999.

The Padma Bhushan is a decoration established on the January 2, 1954 by the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but before the Padma Sri. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.

Padma Shri (variously spelled Padma Shree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India (generally to Indian citizens). It stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Like the other Padma awards and the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Shri is awarded to recognize distinguished service to the nation, in any field. On its obverse, the words "Padma" and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below the lotus flower. (The word "Padma" means lotus.) The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.

List of Dadasaheb Phalke Awardees

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema.

The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards.

Year ↓ Winner ↓ Occupation ↓
1969 Devika Rani actress
1970 B. N. Sircar producer
1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous)
1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director)
1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress
1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy director
1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director
1976 Kanan Devi actress
1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer,
1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director
1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer
1980 Paidi Jairaj actor, director
1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director)
1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer
1983 Durga Khote actress
1984 Satyajit Ray director
1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer
1986 B Nagi Reddy producer
1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director
1988 Ashok Kumar actor
1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer
1990 Akkineni Nageswara Rao actor
1991 Bhalji Pendharkar director, producer, writer
1992 Bhupen Hazarika composer (music director)
1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri lyricist
1994 Dilip Kumar actor
1995 Rajkumar actor
1996 Sivaji Ganesan actor
1997 Pradeep lyricist
1998 B.R. Chopra director producer
1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee director
2000 Asha Bhosle singer
2001 Yash Chopra director, producer
2002 Dev Anand actor, director, producer
2003 Mrinal Sen director
2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan director
2005 Shyam Benegal director
2006 Tapan Sinha director
2007 Manna Dey singer

Awards

Bharat Ratna Awards

Dadasaheb Phalke Awards

Civil Awards

Gallantry

Literature

Sports

List Of Bharat Ratna Awardees

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award.

The Bharat Ratna is India's supreme decoration and honor, awarded for the highest degrees of national services. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna carry no special title, but they do have a place in the order of precedence.

The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold medal, 35 mm mm in diameter, with the sun and the Hindi legend "Bharat Ratna" above and a floral wreath below. The reverse was to carry the state emblem and motto. It was to be worn around the neck from a white ribbon. There is no indication that any specimens of this design were ever produced and one year later the design was altered.

The original statutes of January 1954 did not make allowance for posthumous awards (and this perhaps explains why the decoration was never awarded to Mahatma Gandhi), though this provision was added in the January 1955 statute. Subsequently, there have been nine posthumous awards. While there was no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens, this seems to have been the general assumption. There has been one award to a naturalized Indian citizen — Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa (1980) and two to non-Indians — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990). There has been one instance of the award being withdrawn when in 1992, the award was posthumously given to Subash Chandra Bose but withdrawn later.

Bharat Ratna medallion: An image of the Sun along with the words "Bharat Ratna", inscribed in Devanagari script, on a peepul leaf

Complete list of the Awardees

Name Awarded

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 1954

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) 1954

Dr C.V. Raman (1888-1970) 1954

Dr Bhagwan Das (1869-1958) 1955

Dr Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1861-1962) 1955

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 -1964) 1955

Govind Ballabh Pant (1887-1961) 1957

Dr Dhondo Keshave Karve (1858-1962) 1958

Dr B. C. Roy (1882-1962) 1961

Purushottam Das Tandon (1882-1962) 1961

Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) 1962

Dr Zakir Hussain(1897-1969) 1963

Dr Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972) 1963

Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) (1904-1966) 1966

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) 1971

V.V. Giri (1894-1980) 1975

K. Kamraj (Posthumous) (1903-1975) 1976

Mary Taresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (1910-1997) 1980

Acharya Vinoba Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982) 1983

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) 1987

M.G. Ramachandran (Posthumous) (1917-1987) 1988

Dr Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) (1891-1956) 1990

Dr Nelson Mandela (b 1918) 1990

Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991) 1991

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950) 1991

Morarji Desai (1896-1995) 1991

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) (1888-1958) 1992

J.R.D. Tata (1904-1993) 1992

Satyajit Ray (1922-1992) 1992

Subhash Chandra Bose (1897-1945) (later withdrawn) 1992

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b 1931) 1997

Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998) 1997

Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) (1906-1995) 1997

M.S. Subbulakshmi (1916-2004) 1998

C Subramaniam (1910-2000) 1998

Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979) 1998

Ravi Shankar (b 1920) 1999

Amartya Sen (b 1933) 1999

Gopinath Bordoloi (b 1927) 1999

Lata Mangeshkar (b 1929) 2001

Ustad Bismillah Khan (b 1916) 2001

41. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi 2008

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