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title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"> <a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/30px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/45px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/60px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Ribbon</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/100px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/150px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/200px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Obverse</th><td class="infobox-data">A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Vibhushan" is placed below the lotus.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Reverse</th><td class="infobox-data">A platinum <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of India">Emblem of India</a> placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "<a href="/wiki/Satyameva_Jayate" title="Satyameva Jayate">Satyameva Jayate</a>" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1954 <div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Last awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">2023 <div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">Balakrishna Doshi</a> (posthumous)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a> (posthumous)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasa_Varadhan" class="mw-redirect" title="Srinivasa Varadhan">Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a> (posthumous)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">331</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (higher)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/55px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/84px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg/109px-Bharat_Ratna_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/55px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/84px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/109px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← Padma Vibhushan "Pahela Varg" (Class I)</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> The <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> is the second highest <a href="/wiki/Indian_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian honours system">civilian award</a> of the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Republic of India</a>. Instituted on 2 January 1954,<a href="#cite_note-award1954-1">[1]</a> the award is given for the "exceptional and distinguished service", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The Padma Vibhushan award recipients are announced every year on <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a> and registered in <a href="/wiki/The_Gazette_of_India" title="The Gazette of India">The Gazette of India</a>—a publication released weekly by the Department of Publication, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Ministry of Urban Development</a> used for official government notices.<a href="#cite_note-PAscheme-2">[2]</a> The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette. Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are also registered in the Gazette and are required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register.<a href="#cite_note-award1955-3">[3]</a> As of 2020<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Padma_Vibhushan_award_recipients&action=edit">[update]</a>, none of the conferments of Padma Vibhushan have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government, the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> and previous Padma Vibhushan award recipients, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian chief ministers">Chief Ministers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_governors" title="List of current Indian governors">Governors of State</a>, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals. The recommendations received during 1 May and 15 September of every year are submitted to the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a>. The committee recommendations are later submitted to the Prime Minister and the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> for the further approval.<a href="#cite_note-PAscheme-2">[2]</a> When instituted in 1954, the Padma Vibhushan was classified as "Pahela Varg" (Class I) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards; preceded by the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award,<a href="#cite_note-BRscheme-4">[4]</a> and followed by "Dusra Varg" (Class II), and "Tisra Varg" (Class III).<a href="#cite_note-award1954-1">[1]</a> On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>. The criteria includes "exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the <a href="/wiki/Public_sector_undertakings_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Public sector undertakings in India">Public sector undertakings</a> with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute.<a href="#cite_note-PAscheme-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-award1955-3">[3]</a> The award, along with other personal <a href="/wiki/Indian_honours_system#Civilian_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian honours system">civil honours</a>, was briefly suspended twice in its history;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoibergRamchandani200096-5">[5]</a> for the first time in July 1977 when <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhattacherje2009A248-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdgar2011C-105-7">[7]</a> The suspension was rescinded on 25 January 1980, after <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> became the Prime Minister.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhattacherje2009A253-8">[8]</a> The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992, when two <a href="/wiki/Public_interest_law" title="Public interest law">Public-Interest Litigations</a> were filed in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Courts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Courts of India">High Courts</a> questioning the civilian awards being "Titles" per an interpretation of <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India/Part_III" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of India/Part III">Article 18 (1)</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoibergRamchandani200096-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Article18-10">[a]</a> The awards were reintroduced by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court</a> in December 1995, following the conclusion of the litigation.<a href="#cite_note-sci-11">[10]</a> The recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medal with no monetary grant associated with the award.<a href="#cite_note-PAscheme-2">[2]</a> The decoration is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm) in diameter and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1+3⁄16 inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1+1⁄16 inches (27 mm) is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> script is placed above and the text "Vibhushan" is placed below the lotus. The <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of India">Emblem of India</a> is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto, "<a href="/wiki/Satyameva_Jayate" title="Satyameva Jayate">Satyameva Jayate</a>" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of white gold with the text "Padma Vibhushan" of silver gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1+1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width.<a href="#cite_note-award1955-3">[3]</a> It is ranked fourth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations.<a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were <a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a>, <a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a>, <a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a>, who were honoured in 1954. As of 2023<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Padma_Vibhushan_award_recipients&action=edit">[update]</a>, the award has been bestowed on 331 individuals, including twenty-eight posthumous and twenty-four non-citizen recipients.<a href="#cite_note-PadmaAwards-13">[12]</a> Some of the recipients have refused or returned their awards; <a href="/wiki/P._N._Haksar" title="P. N. Haksar">P. N. Haksar</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[b]</a> <a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Khan" title="Vilayat Khan">Vilayat Khan</a>,<a href="#cite_note-18">[c]</a> <a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a>,<a href="#cite_note-20">[d]</a> <a href="/wiki/Swami_Ranganathananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Ranganathananda">Swami Ranganathananda</a>,<a href="#cite_note-22">[e]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manikonda_Chalapathi_Rau" class="mw-redirect" title="Manikonda Chalapathi Rau">Manikonda Chalapathi Rau</a> refused the award; the family members of <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a> (2011) and <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Anantrao_Joshi" title="Sharad Anantrao Joshi">Sharad Anantrao Joshi</a> (2016) declined their posthumous conferments,<a href="#cite_note-Jain-25">[f]</a><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-27">[g]</a> and 1986 recipient <a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> and 2015 recipient <a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a> returned theirs honour in 1991 and 2020 respectively.<a href="#cite_note-28">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-Amte-29">[h]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[i]</a> Most recently on 26 January 2023, the award has been bestowed upon six recipients; <a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">Balakrishna Doshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a>, <a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a>, <a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2></div> <table class="plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align:top"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:1px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 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22em">Number of recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1954–1959 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:4.3em;"></div>17</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1960–1969 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:6.9em;"></div>27</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1970–1979 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:13.6em;"></div>53</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1980–1989 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:5.1em;"></div>20</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1990–1999 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:10.7em;"></div>42</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2000–2009 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:22em;"></div>86</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010–2019 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:15.9em;"></div>62</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020–2029 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 22em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:6.1em;"></div>24</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align:top"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238864702"> <table class="bar-chart bar-chart-right"> <caption>Award recipients by field<a href="#cite_note-PadmaAwards-13">[12]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Field </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 15em">Number of recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Arts </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:12.3em;"></div>64</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Civil Service </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:10.2em;"></div>53</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Literature & Education </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:8.1em;"></div>42</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Medicine </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.9em;"></div>15</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Others </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:1.5em;"></div>8</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Public Affairs </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:15em;"></div>78</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Science & Engineering </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 15em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:7.1em;"></div>37</div> 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="#1954">1954</a></li> <li><a href="#1960">1960</a></li> <li><a href="#1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="#1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="#1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="#2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="#2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="#2020">2020</a></li></ul> </div></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">   + <a href="/wiki/Indian_nationality_law#Citizenship_by_naturalisation" title="Indian nationality law">Naturalised citizen</a> recipient</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">   * Non-citizen recipient</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">   # Posthumous recipient</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:3em">Year </th> <th scope="col">Image </th> <th scope="col" style="width:15em">Laureates </th> <th scope="col" style="width:9em">Field </th> <th scope="col" style="width:8em">State / Country<a href="#cite_note-PadmaAwards-13">[12]</a> </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr id="1954"> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:SatyenBose1925.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/SatyenBose1925.jpg/70px-SatyenBose1925.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/SatyenBose1925.jpg/105px-SatyenBose1925.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/SatyenBose1925.jpg/140px-SatyenBose1925.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="497" /></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>(1894–1974) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Mathematician and physicist, best known for his work on <a href="/wiki/Quantum_mechanics" title="Quantum mechanics">quantum mechanics</a> in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for <a href="/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_statistics" title="Bose–Einstein statistics">Bose–Einstein statistics</a> and the theory of the <a href="/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate" title="Bose–Einstein condensate">Bose–Einstein condensate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[23]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Nandalal_Bose_1967_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="696" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1882–1966) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> One of the pioneers of modern <a href="/wiki/Indian_art" title="Indian art">Indian art</a> and worked on illustrations on the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-President_Zakir_Husain_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="939" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain" title="Zakir Husain">Zakir Husain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1897–1969) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist and education philosopher, served as Vice Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a> (1948–56) and the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bihar">Governor of Bihar</a> (1957–62). Elected as <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President of India</a> in 1962 and became the third <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> in 1967. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1963. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-BG_Kher_1989_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="969" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">B. G. Kher</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1888–1957) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist, lawyer, social worker, served as Prime Minister of Bombay (1937–1939, 1946–1947) and the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Maharashtra">Chief minister of Bombay State</a> (1947–1952). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-VK_Krishna_Menon_1975_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="472" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1896–1974) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Academic, politician, and non-career diplomat. Served as <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_India_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations">Permanent Representative to the United Nations</a> (1952–1962) and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> (1957–1962). One of the architects of the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Picture_of_king_Jigme_Dorje_Wangchuck_at_Thimpu_airport_Bhutan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2195" data-file-height="2684" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a>* (1928–1972) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Bhutan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Third <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Bhutan" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarchy of Bhutan">Druk Gyalpo</a> (King) of <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (1952–1972). Played important role in democratizing and modernizing Bhutan and in diplomacy with India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Dhondo_Keshav_Karve_1958_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="801" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1858–1962) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Social reformer and educator, known for works related to woman education and remarriage of Hindu widows. Established the Widow Marriage Association (1883), Hindu Widows Home (1896), and started <a href="/wiki/Shreemati_Nathibai_Damodar_Thackersey_Women%27s_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University">Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University</a> in 1916. Later conferred <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1958. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139942_-_J_R_D_Tata.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="168" data-file-height="250" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/J._R._D._Tata" title="J. R. D. Tata">J. R. D. Tata</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–1993) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Industrialist, philanthropist, and aviation pioneer, founded India's first airline <a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a> and various other institutes including <a href="/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Fundamental_Research" title="Tata Institute of Fundamental Research">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tata_Memorial_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Tata Memorial Hospital">Tata Memorial Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Social_Sciences" title="Tata Institute of Social Sciences">Tata Institute of Social Sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tata_Motors" title="Tata Motors">Tata Motors</a>, etc. Later conferred <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1992. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Fazl_Ali" title="Fazl Ali">Fazl Ali</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1886–1959) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Bihar </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Judge and former head of the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Commission" title="States Reorganisation Commission">States Reorganisation Commission</a> which determined the boundaries of several Indian states in 1953. Served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Odisha">Governor of Odisha</a> (1952–1954) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Assam">Governor of Assam</a> (1956–1959). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Janaki_Devi_Bajaj" title="Janaki Devi Bajaj">Janaki Devi Bajaj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1893–1979) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independent activist, worked for Gauseva and the betterment of the lives of harijans. Served as President of Akhil Bhartiya Goseva Sangh for many years since 1942. First female to be conferred the Padma Vibhushan. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png/70px-Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png/105px-Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png/140px-Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi.png 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="780" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1893–1980) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Administrator and civil servant who served as British <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Orissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Orissa">Governor of Orissa</a> (1946–1947) and as the first <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Governor of Punjab</a> (then East Punjab) after Independence in 1947 and later as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Andhra Pradesh">Governor of Andhra Pradesh</a> (1953–1957). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Ghanshyam_Das_Birla_1984_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="327" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/G._D._Birla" title="G. D. Birla">Ghanshyam Das Birla</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1894–1983) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Businessman, philanthropist and independence activist. Conceived the idea of organising a commercial bank with Indian capital and management. Founded <a href="/wiki/BITS_Pilani" title="BITS Pilani">Birla Engineering College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Technological_Institute_of_Textile_%26_Sciences" title="Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences">Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Sri_Prakasa_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="700" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1890–1971) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter, politician and activist. Served as first <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of India to Pakistan">High Commissioner to Pakistan</a> (1947–1949), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Assam">Governor of Assam</a> (1949–1950), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Madras">Governor of Madras</a> (1950–1956), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bombay">Governor of Bombay</a> (1956–1962). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1884–1974) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent jurist and served as the first and longest <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> (1950–1963) and as the first Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_of_India" title="Law Commission of India">Law Commission</a> (1955–1958). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <th colspan="5">No appointments </th></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:John_Mathai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/70px-John_Mathai.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/105px-John_Mathai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/140px-John_Mathai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="283" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/John_Matthai" title="John Matthai">John Matthai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1886–1959) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted economist who served as independent India's first <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Railways Minister</a> (1947–1948) and later served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> (1948–1950).<a href="#cite_note-FM-33">[24]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Gaganvihari_Lallubhai_Mehta" title="Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta">Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1974) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Indian Ambassador to the United States</a> (1952–1958). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg/70px-Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg/105px-Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg/140px-Radhabinod_Pal_1947_extracted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="1216" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Radhabinod_Pal" title="Radhabinod Pal">Radhabinod Pal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1886–1967) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent jurist and member of United Nations' <a href="/wiki/International_Law_Commission" title="International Law Commission">International Law Commission</a> (1952–1966). Later appointed as one of the three Asian judges of the <a href="/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">International Military Tribunal for the Far East</a>. </td></tr> <tr id="1960"> <td>1960 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/N._R._Pillai" title="N. R. Pillai">Narayana Raghvan Pillai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1898–1992) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil Servant who served as the first <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1950–1953) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Secretary of India">Secretary General in the Ministry of External Affairs</a> (1953–1959). Later also served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of India to France">Ambassador to France</a> (1959–1961). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <th colspan="5">No appointments </th></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:HVR_Iengar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/HVR_Iengar.jpg/70px-HVR_Iengar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/HVR_Iengar.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="132" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/H._V._R._Iengar" title="H. V. R. Iengar">H. V. R. Iyengar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1902–1978) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as the sixth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> (1957–1962). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Naidu" title="Padmaja Naidu">Padmaja Naidu</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1975) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter and politician. Served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1956–1967). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg/70px-Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg/105px-Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg/140px-Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit_1965b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2183" data-file-height="2235" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit" title="Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit">Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1990) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter, diplomat and politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="President of the United Nations General Assembly">President of the United Nations General Assembly</a> (1953–1954) and the first female holder of the position. Later served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Governor of Maharashtra</a> (1962–1964). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg/70px-Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg/105px-Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg/140px-Sunitikumar_Chatterjee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="336" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1890–1977) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Linguist, educationist and litterateur. Popularly known as "Bhashacharya Acharya". </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1887–1974) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist and physician who served as the Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Madras_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras University">Madras University</a> for 27 years. Also served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> Executive Board (1949–1950) and then as Vice-President of the World Health Assembly (1955). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1892–1970) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Lawyer and politician who served as Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Poona" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Poona">University of Poona</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a>. Later served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism</a> (1956–1957) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Madhya Pradesh">Governor of Madhya Pradesh</a> (1957–1965). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Kaka_Kalelkar_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="489" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Acharya Kakasaheb Kalelkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1885–1981) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist, social reformer, journalist and an eminent follower of the philosophy and methods of Mahatma Gandhi. Served as member of Rashtabhasha Samiti to popularize <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a> language as the national language of India, and as member of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1952–1964). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Gopinath_Kaviraj_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="938" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1887–1976) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Sanskrit scholar, Indologist and philosopher, and editor of the <a href="/wiki/Sarasvati_Bhavana_Granthamala" title="Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala">Sarasvati Bhavana Granthamala</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg/70px-General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg/105px-General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg/140px-General_Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="378" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1908–1983) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> (1962–1966) and played important role during <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg/70px-Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg/105px-Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg/140px-Nawab_Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung.jpg 2x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="246" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1894–1967) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Telangana </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Bureaucrat and administrator who served as the Secretary to the Executive Council during Nizam rule. Later served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Gujarat">Governor of Gujarat</a> (1960–1965). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg/70px-Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg/105px-Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg/140px-Marshal_Arjan_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="1280" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh</a> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1919–2017) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> (1964–1969) and led the air force during <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a>. Later promoted as the first and only <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Indian_Air_Force" title="Marshal of the Indian Air Force">Marshal of the Indian Air Force</a> in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-34">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-ASFM-35">[26]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg/70px-Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg/105px-Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg/140px-Cardinal_Valerian_Gracias_in_Malta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2640" data-file-height="2640" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Valerian_Gracias" title="Valerian Gracias">Valerian Gracias</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1978) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cardinal of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> and served as <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Bombay">Archbishop of Bombay</a> (1950-1978). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">C. K. Daphtary</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1893–1983) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent lawyer and first <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General of India</a> (1950–1963). Later served as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> (1963–1968) and as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1972–1978). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1889–1968) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Union Minister of Power and Irrigation</a>. Also served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Governor of Punjab</a> (1964–1965). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Jha" title="Bhola Nath Jha">Bhola Nath Jha</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Public_Service_Commission" title="Union Public Service Commission">Union Public Service Commission</a> (1961–1967). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/P._V._R._Rao" title="P. V. R. Rao">P. V. R. Rao</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and writer. Served as the sixth <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Defence Secretary</a> (1962–1965). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Madhav_Shrihari_Aney_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="694" data-file-height="934" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1880–1968) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, modern Sanskrit poet and politician. Popularly known as "Loknayak Bapuji" and played important role during Indian freedom struggle. Served as a member of <a href="/wiki/Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council" title="Viceroy's Executive Council">Viceroy's Executive Council</a> (1941–1943) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bihar">Governor of Bihar</a> (1948–1952). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif/70px-Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif/105px-Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar.gif 2x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="198" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a>* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1910–1995) </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American theoretical physicist and recipient of <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> in 1983 for "theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars". </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-PC_Mahalanobis_1993_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="646" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1893–1972) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist and statistician, widely known for <a href="/wiki/Mahalanobis_distance" title="Mahalanobis distance">Mahalanobis distance</a>. Served as member of the first <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning Commission of India">Planning Commission</a> and made pioneering studies in anthropometry. Founded the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute" title="Indian Statistical Institute">Indian Statistical Institute</a> and contributed to the design of large-scale sample surveys. Considered as the father of statistics in India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kirpalsingh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kirpalsingh.jpg/70px-Kirpalsingh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kirpalsingh.jpg/105px-Kirpalsingh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kirpalsingh.jpg/140px-Kirpalsingh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="384" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kirpal_Singh" title="Kirpal Singh">Kirpal Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1894–1974) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Spiritual master and President of the World Fellowship of Religions (1957–1971). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–1992) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as the first Union Law Secretary (1948–1958) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India" title="Chief Election Commissioner of India">Chief Election Commissioner</a> (1958–1967). Later served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_of_India" title="Law Commission of India">Fifth Law Commission</a> (1968–1978). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajeshwar_Dayal" title="Rajeshwar Dayal">Rajeshwar Dayal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–1999) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and former <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary</a> (1967–1968). Also served <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of India to France">Ambassador to France</a> (1965–1967) and head of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Operation_in_the_Congo" title="United Nations Operation in the Congo">United Nations Operation in the Congo</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/D._S._Joshi" title="D. S. Joshi">Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and ninth <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1966–1968). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg/70px-Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg/105px-Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg/140px-Har_Gobind_Khorana_nobel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana" title="Har Gobind Khorana">Har Gobind Khorana</a>* (1922–2011) </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American biochemist and recipient of 1968 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> for research showing the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell and control the cell's synthesis of proteins. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta" title="Mohan Sinha Mehta">Mohan Sinha Mehta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1895–1986) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and founder of Vidya Bhavan group of institutions and <a href="/wiki/Seva_Mandir" title="Seva Mandir">Seva Mandir</a> in Udaipur. Served as member of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly</a> (1946–1947), Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/The_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Netherlands">the Netherlands</a> (1949–1951), <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of India to Pakistan">High Commissioner to Pakistan</a> (1951–1955), Ambassador to Switzerland, Austria and Holy See (1955–1958). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ghananand_Pande" title="Ghananand Pande">Ghananand Pande</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1902–1995) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and former Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railway Board</a> and Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Ministry of Railways</a> (1955–1957). </td></tr> <tr id="1970"> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1888–1973) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Archaeologist and historian specialising in the ancient history and culture of India. Former Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Allahabad_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad University">Allahabad University</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Group Captain Suranjan Das</a># (1920–1970)<a href="#cite_note-36">[i]</a> </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> pilot. Commander of Halwara Air Force Station Base (1967–1969) and Director of the Aircraft & Armament Testing Group of the Indian Air Force (1969–1970). Died in an air crash while test flying a HAL HF-24 prototype. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1910–2002) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and politician. Played eminent role in <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa" title="Annexation of Goa">liberation of Goa</a> from Portuguese rule. Served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tripura" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Tripura">Lieutenant Governor of Tripura</a> (1969–1971) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1971–1977). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg/70px-General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg/105px-General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg/140px-General_Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumramangalam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="351" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–2000) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> General officer and sixth <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> (1967–1969). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg/70px-Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg/105px-Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg/140px-Ramaswamy_Mudaliar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="496" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramasamy_Mudaliar" title="Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar">A. Ramasamy Mudaliar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–2000) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Lawyer, diplomat, and statesman and first President of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council" title="United Nations Economic and Social Council">United Nations Economic and Social Council</a> (1946–1947). Also served as the <a href="/wiki/Dewan_of_Mysore" title="Dewan of Mysore">Dewan of Mysore</a> (1946–1949). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg/70px-Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg/105px-Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg/140px-Binay_Ranjan_Sen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1898–1993) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and former Director-General of the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> (1956–1967). Also served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Ambassador to the United States</a> (1951–1952). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Harbaksh_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harbaksh_Singh.jpg/70px-Harbaksh_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harbaksh_Singh.jpg/105px-Harbaksh_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Harbaksh_Singh.jpg/140px-Harbaksh_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1274" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh</a> <a href="/wiki/Vir_Chakra" title="Vir Chakra">VrC</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–1999) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> General officer in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Command_(India)" title="Western Command (India)">Western Command</a> (1964–1969), played important role during the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bimala_Prasad_Chaliha" title="Bimala Prasad Chaliha">Bimala Prasad Chaliha</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1912–1971) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Assam </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter and politician. Served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Assam">Chief Minister of Assam</a> (1957–1970). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Allauddin_Khan_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="802" data-file-height="697" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1862–1972) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sumati_morarjee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sumati_morarjee.jpg/70px-Sumati_morarjee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sumati_morarjee.jpg/105px-Sumati_morarjee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Sumati_morarjee.jpg/140px-Sumati_morarjee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="303" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Morarjee" title="Sumati Morarjee">Sumati Morarjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–1998) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Businessperson credited to have become the first woman in the world to head an organisation of ship owners. Chaired the Indian National Steamship Owners Association, later also elected as Vice-President of World Shipping Federation.<a href="#cite_note-37">[27]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Uday_Shankar,_1930s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg/70px-Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg/105px-Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg/140px-Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="245" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Uday_Shankar" title="Uday Shankar">Uday Shankar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1977) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Indian classical dance</a>, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance. Pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Modern_dance" title="Modern dance">modern dance</a> in India.<a href="#cite_note-38">[28]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1899–1971) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Goa </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Obstetrician and gynaecologist. Noted contributions include <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cerclage" title="Cervical cerclage">cervical cerclage</a>, also known as "Shirodkar cerclage", operations for prolapse repair, tuboplasty and creation of neovagina, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">B. Sivaraman</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and tenth <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1969–1970). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1901–1981) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted judge who served as the seventh <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1964–1966) and later as the Chairman of the 6th & 7th <a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_of_India" title="Law Commission of India">Law Commission</a> (1971–1974). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a># (1911–1972) </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and former Chief Secretary of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>. Served as the first Director of the <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_National_Academy_of_Administration" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration">Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration</a> (1959–1962) and then as the first <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delhi">Lieutenant Governor of Delhi</a> (1966–1972). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ACM_PC_Lal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ACM_PC_Lal.jpg/70px-ACM_PC_Lal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ACM_PC_Lal.jpg/105px-ACM_PC_Lal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/ACM_PC_Lal.jpg/140px-ACM_PC_Lal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal</a> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1916–1982) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> (1969–1973) and played important role in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>. Later served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Aeronautics_Limited" title="Hindustan Aeronautics Limited">Hindustan Aeronautics Limited</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Sam_Manekshaw_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="926" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–2008) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> (1969–1973) and played important role in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>. Promoted to the rank of a <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal (India)">Field Marshal</a> in 1973 becoming first army officer to be promoted to a five-star rank.<a href="#cite_note-ASFM-35">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[29]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jivraj_Mehta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Jivraj_Mehta.jpg/70px-Jivraj_Mehta.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Jivraj_Mehta.jpg/105px-Jivraj_Mehta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Jivraj_Mehta.jpg/140px-Jivraj_Mehta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="660" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1887–1978) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and non-career diplomat. Served as the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Gujarat">Chief Minister of Gujarat</a> (1960–1963) and then as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom">High Commissioner to the United Kingdom</a> (1963–1966). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg/70px-Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg/105px-Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg/140px-Admiral_SM_Nanda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="1024" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sardarilal_Mathradas_Nanda" title="Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda</a> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">PVSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1915–2009) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Naval Staff (India)">Chief of the Naval Staff</a> (1970–1973) and played important role in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a>. Upon retirement, served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the <a href="/wiki/Shipping_Corporation_of_India" title="Shipping Corporation of India">Shipping Corporation of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png/70px-Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png/105px-Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png/140px-Gulam_Mohammad_Sadiq.png 2x" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="274" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a># (1912–1971)<a href="#cite_note-41">[ii]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and former <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir">Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir</a> (1964–1965) and then as chief minister (1965–1971). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Vikram_Sarabhai_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="351" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a># (1919–1971)<a href="#cite_note-43">[iii]</a> </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India and came to be known as the "father of Indian space program". Served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission of India</a> (1966–1971) and thereupon as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/ISRO" title="ISRO">ISRO</a> (1963–1971).<a href="#cite_note-44">[32]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hormasji_Maneckji_Seervai" title="Hormasji Maneckji Seervai">Hormasji Maneckji Seervai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1906–1996) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Jurist, lawyer and writer, considered to be a renowned constitutional expert, and his works are cited popularly in various Indian cases as well as journals. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1880–1974) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist and contributed actively to various political and social movements and continued with social work post-independence. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:U._N._Dhebar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/U._N._Dhebar.png/70px-U._N._Dhebar.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/U._N._Dhebar.png/105px-U._N._Dhebar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/U._N._Dhebar.png/140px-U._N._Dhebar.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="429" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/U._N._Dhebar" title="U. N. Dhebar">U. N. Dhebar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1905–1977) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independent activist and politician. Served as the Chief Marshal of <a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(state)" title="Saurashtra (state)">Saurashtra</a> (1948–1954) and as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Indian_National_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Indian National Congress">President of the Indian National Congress</a> (1955–1959). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Daulat_Singh_Kothari_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="926" data-file-height="699" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1906–1993) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist and educationist. Known for works on <a href="/wiki/Statistical_thermodynamics" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistical thermodynamics">statistical thermodynamics</a> and the theory of <a href="/wiki/White_dwarf" title="White dwarf">white dwarf</a>. Served as Scientific Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Ministry of Defence</a> (1948–1961) and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission</a> (1961–1973). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Nellie_and_Jatindra_Mohan_Sengupta_1985_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="492" data-file-height="323" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Sengupta" title="Nellie Sengupta">Nellie Sengupta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1884–1973) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Englishwoman who fought for Indian Independence. Served as the first woman alderman for Calcutta and then as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Indian_National_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Indian National Congress">President of the Indian National Congress</a> (1933–1934). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–1988) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent lawyer and administrator. Served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India" title="Chief Election Commissioner of India">Chief Election Commissioner</a> (1972–1973) and later as the President of the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> (1985–1988). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">Thirumalraya Swaminathan</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and diplomat. Served as the Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> (1966–1970), then as the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1970–1972), and as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India" title="Chief Election Commissioner of India">Chief Election Commissioner</a> (1973–1977). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a> </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent lawyer and jurist. Served as the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General of India</a> (1967–1968) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> (1968–1977). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Benode_Behari_Mukherjee" title="Benode Behari Mukherjee">Benode Behari Mukherjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–1980) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted artist and one of the pioneers of Indian modern art and a key figure of <a href="/wiki/Contextual_Modernism" class="mw-redirect" title="Contextual Modernism">Contextual Modernism</a>. One of the earliest artists in modern India to take up to murals as a mode of artistic expression which all depicted a subtle understanding of environmental through pioneering architectural nuances. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._K._R._V._Rao" title="V. K. R. V. Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1908–1991) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist, politician and educator. Established three noted institutions in social science research in India which includes the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_School_of_Economics" title="Delhi School of Economics">Delhi School of Economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Growth" title="Institute of Economic Growth">Institute of Economic Growth</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Social_and_Economic_Change" title="Institute for Social and Economic Change">Institute for Social and Economic Change</a>. Served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Union Minister of Transport and Shipping</a> (1967–1969) and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Union Minister of Education and Youth Services</a> (1969–1971). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–1997) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and writer. Served as <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Union Defence Secretary</a> (1968–1970). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-CD_Deshmukh_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="235" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1896–1982) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> (1943–1949). Thereupon served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Union Finance Minister</a> (1950–1956)<a href="#cite_note-FM-33">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[33]</a> and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission</a> (1956–1961). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Durgabai_Deshmukh_1982_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="329" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Durgabai_Deshmukh" title="Durgabai Deshmukh">Durgabai Deshmukh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–1981) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. Served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(India)" title="Planning Commission (India)">Planning Commission</a> in which she mustered support for a national policy on social welfare. Later served as the Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board and National Council on Women's Education. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg/70px-Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg/105px-Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg/140px-Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav.jpg 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="700" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav" title="Mary Clubwala Jadhav">Mary Clubwala Jadhav</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–1975) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent philanthropist, known for establishing several NGOs in Chennai and across India. Played important role in establishing orphanages, promoting female literacy, the care and rehabilitation of disabled people, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1917–2006) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist and academic. One of the pioneers of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_physics" title="Nuclear physics">nuclear physics</a> in India and known for building India's first <a href="/wiki/Cyclotron" title="Cyclotron">cyclotron</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a>. Served as scientific advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> and member of the <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(India)" title="Planning Commission (India)">Planning Commission</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ramanna" title="Raja Ramanna">Raja Ramanna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2004) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist, best known for his role in <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">India's nuclear program</a> in its early stages. Expanded and supervised scientific research on nuclear weapons and was the first directing officer of the small team of scientists supervising and carrying out the test of the nuclear device, under the codename <a href="/wiki/Smiling_Buddha" title="Smiling Buddha">Smiling Buddha</a>, in 1974. Later also served <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Union Minister of State for Defence</a> (1989–1990). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Nusserwanji Sethna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1923–2010) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Nuclear scientist and chemical engineer. Served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission</a> during the first nuclear test, codename <a href="/wiki/Smiling_Buddha" title="Smiling Buddha">Smiling Buddha</a> in 1974. Played important and central role in India's civilian nuclear program as well as the construction of nuclear power plants. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-MS_Subbulakshmi_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1916–2004) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic classical vocalist</a> known for her divine voice and is often hailed as "Queen of Songs". First Indian musician to receive the <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay_Award" title="Ramon Magsaysay Award">Ramon Magsaysay Award</a>. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1998 becoming the first ever musician to receive the honour. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1894–1977) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist and Gandhian. Contributed immensely in field of education and philanthropy and dedicated herself to the cause of women's education. Served as Chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Kasturba_Gandhi_National_Memorial_Trust" title="Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust">Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust</a> (1956–1972) and as first Vice-Chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/SNDT_Women%27s_University" title="SNDT Women's University">SNDT Women's University</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Salim_ali_mns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/70px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/105px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/140px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="572" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1896–1987) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Ornithologist and naturalist, sometimes known as "Birdman of India". First Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India. Became a key figure behind the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Natural_History_Society" title="Bombay Natural History Society">Bombay Natural History Society</a> after 1947 and used his personal influence to garner government support for the organisation, create the <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_Bird_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary">Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary</a> and prevent the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Silent_Valley_National_Park" title="Silent Valley National Park">Silent Valley National Park</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="937" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" title="Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1899–1976) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi language</a> writer. Served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Punjab (India)">Chief Minister of Punjab</a> (1966–1967). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg/70px-Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg/105px-Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg/140px-Cartoonist_Shankar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1979" data-file-height="2406" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1899–1976) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent cartoonist, considered as the father of political cartooning in India. Founded <a href="/wiki/Shankar%27s_Weekly" title="Shankar's Weekly">Shankar's Weekly</a> in 1948. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:K_R_Ramanathan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/K_R_Ramanathan.jpg/70px-K_R_Ramanathan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/K_R_Ramanathan.jpg/105px-K_R_Ramanathan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/K_R_Ramanathan.jpg/140px-K_R_Ramanathan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="212" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1893–1984) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist and meteorologist. Served as the first Director of the <a href="/wiki/Physical_Research_Laboratory" title="Physical Research Laboratory">Physical Research Laboratory</a> and was the first President of the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Geodesy_and_Geophysics" title="International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics">International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics</a> (1954–1957). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2009_-_Colnect_139937_-_Satyajit_Ray.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="250" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–1992) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Film director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. Widely considered one of the greatest film-makers of all time and credited with bringing world recognition to <a href="/wiki/Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1992. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kl_shrimali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/70px-Kl_shrimali.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/105px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/140px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="425" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–2000) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist, distinguished parliamentarian and politician. Served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Union Minister of Education</a> (1958–1963) and then as <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chancellor_of_Banaras_Hindu_University" title="Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University">Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University</a> (1969–1977). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1898–1992) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and educationist. Served as member of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (1952–1956), Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a> (1956–1962) and then as member of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1964–1969). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Balasaraswati_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="701" data-file-height="931" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1918–1984) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted dancer, best known for her rendering of <a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Yavar_Jung_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ali_Yavar_Jung_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="379" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a># (1906–1976)<a href="#cite_note-46">[iv]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and noted administrator. Served as Ambassador to Argentina (1952–1954), Ambassador to Egypt (1954–1958), <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of India to France">Ambassador to France</a> (1961–1965) and <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Ambassador to the United States</a> (1968–1970). Later served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Governor of Maharashtra</a> (1971–1976). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ajudhia_Nath_Khosla" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajudhia Nath Khosla">Ajudhia Nath Khosla</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1892–1984) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant, engineer and politician. Served as first Chairman of Central Waterways Irrigation and Navigation Commission of India in 1945, then as Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/IIT_Roorkee" title="IIT Roorkee">University of Roorkee</a> (1954–1959). Nominated to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> in 1958 and served till 1964. Later also served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Orissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Orissa">Governor of Orissa</a> (1962–1966, 1966–1968). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg/70px-ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg/105px-ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg/140px-ACM_OP_Mehra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mehra" title="Om Prakash Mehra"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra</a> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">PVSM</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1919–2015) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> from 1973 to 1976. Upon retirement, served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Governor of Maharashtra</a> (1980–1982) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Rajasthan">Governor of Rajasthan</a> (1982–1985). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2002_-_Colnect_158282_-_Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar_-_Ajoy_Kumar_Mukherjee.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="188" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1901–1986) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist and politician. Served as three-time <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of West Bengal">Chief Minister of West Bengal</a> (1967, 1969–1970, 1971). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png/70px-Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png/105px-Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png/140px-Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh.png 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="713" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1901–1994) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter, diplomat and administrator. Served as Ambassador to Nepal (1949–1952), as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Governor of Punjab</a> (1953–1958) and later as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Uttar Pradesh">Governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> (1980–1985). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <th rowspan="2" colspan="5">Awards suspended </th></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr id="1980"> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676491_-_Bismillah_Khan_1916-2006_musician.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="504" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1916–2006) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Hindustani classical <a href="/wiki/Shehnai" title="Shehnai">shehnai</a> player, Khan played the instrument for more than eight decades and is credited to have brought the instrument to the centre stage of Indian music. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2001. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rai_Krishnadasa" title="Rai Krishnadasa">Rai Krishnadasa</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent author and scholar. Founder director of <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Kala_Bhavan" title="Bharat Kala Bhavan">Bharat Kala Bhavan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2002) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental <a href="/wiki/Fluid_dynamics" title="Fluid dynamics">fluid dynamics</a> research in India. One of the most eminent researchers in the field of <a href="/wiki/Turbulence" title="Turbulence">turbulence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boundary_layers" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary layers">boundary layers</a>, leading the successful and indigenous development of the Indian space programme. Served as third chairman of <a href="/wiki/ISRO" title="ISRO">ISRO</a> (1973–1984). ISRO's primary spaceport <a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre" title="Satish Dhawan Space Centre">Satish Dhawan Space Centre</a> is named after him. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2014_-_Colnect_496008_-_Indian_Musicians_-_Ravi_Shankar.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="261" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2012) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Sitarist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitarist">Sitarist</a> and composer, sitar <a href="/wiki/Virtuoso" title="Virtuoso">virtuoso</a>, he became the world's best-known expert of <a href="/wiki/North_Indian_classical_music" class="mw-redirect" title="North Indian classical music">North Indian classical music</a> in the second half of the 20th century. Winner of four <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1999. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Madeleine_Slade_1983_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mirabehn" title="Mirabehn">Mirabehn</a> (1892–1982) </td> <td>Social Work </td> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>. Devoted her life to human development and the advancement of <a href="/wiki/Gandhism" title="Gandhism">Gandhi's principles</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <th rowspan="2" colspan="5">No appointments </th></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG/70px-Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG/105px-Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG/140px-Chintamani_Nagesa_Ramachandra_Rao_03650.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1792" data-file-height="1920" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1934) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Chemist, well-known for his works mainly in field of <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_electronics" title="Solid-state electronics">solid-state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Materials_chemistry" class="mw-redirect" title="Materials chemistry">materials chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopy" title="Spectroscopy">spectroscopy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Molecular_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Molecular structure">molecular structure</a>. Recipient of honorary doctorates from 84 universities around the world and authored around 1,774 research publications and 56 books. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2014. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:M._G._K._Menon_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1254" data-file-height="1609" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1928–2016) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist and policymaker, played prominent role in the development of science and technology. Undertook experiments with <a href="/wiki/Cosmic_rays" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmic rays">cosmic rays</a> to explore the properties of fundamental particles and was actively involved in setting up balloon flight experiments, as well as deep underground experiments with cosmic ray <a href="/wiki/Neutrinos" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutrinos">neutrinos</a>. Served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/ISRO" title="ISRO">ISRO</a> in 1972 and later elected to <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> in 1986 and served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Union Minister of State for Science and Technology</a> (1989–1990). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Baba_Amte_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="351" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–2008) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">leprosy</a>. Widely regarded as modern Gandhi of India. Returned the award in 1991 along with his <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> conferred in 1971 in protest against the ill-treatment given to tribals during the construction of <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Sarovar_Dam" title="Sardar Sarovar Dam">Sardar Sarovar Dam</a><a href="#cite_note-Amte-29">[h]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg/70px-Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg/105px-Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg/140px-Pandit_Birju_Maharaj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1157" data-file-height="1737" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1938–2022) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Dancer, composer, singer, and exponent of the <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_gharana" title="Lucknow gharana">Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a> dance. Also practised <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a> and was a vocalist. Noted to have been able to sing the <a href="/wiki/Thumri" title="Thumri">thumri</a> while dancing on it.<a href="#cite_note-48">[35]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2004) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Medical scientist known for making pioneering discoveries in the areas of <a href="/wiki/Neurosciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurosciences">neurosciences</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulmonology" title="Pulmonology">respiratory sciences</a>. Major contribution include the development of a single-fiber technique for recording afferent impulses from individual sensory receptors. Also discovered several sensory receptors including atrial B receptors, pulmonary J-receptors, ventricular pressure receptors, stomach stretch receptors, and muscle pain receptors. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png/70px-Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png/105px-Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png/140px-Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay.png 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="318" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1903–1988) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Social reformer and freedom activist, best remembered for her contribution to the Indian independence movement; for being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India; and for upliftment of the socio-economic standard of Indian women by pioneering the co-operation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Benjamin_Peary_Pal_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="946" data-file-height="758" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1906–1989) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Plant breeder and agronomist, best known for his works on wheat genetics and breeding and for his interest in rose varieties. Served as the first Director of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Agricultural_Research" title="Indian Council of Agricultural Research">Indian Council of Agricultural Research</a> (1965–1972) and worked on rust resistance in wheat and helped release several varieties. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1932) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat. Served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Reserve Bank of India">Governor of Reserve Bank of India</a> (1982–1985) and head of the <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_(India)" title="Planning Commission (India)">Planning Commission</a> (1985–1987). As <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance Minister</a>, carried out several structural reforms that <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">liberalised India's economy</a> and proved successful in averting the <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_economic_crisis" title="1991 Indian economic crisis">economic crisis</a>. Later served as the 13th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> from 2004 till 2014.<a href="#cite_note-FM-33">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-pm-50">[37]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/70px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/105px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg/140px-General_Arunkumar_Shridhar_Vaidya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="557" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">General Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a># <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">PVSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Aide_de_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de Camp">ADC</a> (1926–1986)<a href="#cite_note-52">[v]</a> </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> (1983–1986) and led the army during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a>. Assassinated in August 1986 in vengeance of Operation Blue Star. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg/70px-Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg/105px-Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Justice_M._Hameedullah_Beg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="168" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–1988) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Judge and 15th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1977–1978). Upon retirement, served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities" title="National Commission for Minorities">Minorities Commission</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Kuvempu_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="558" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–1994) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent poet, playwright, novelist and critic, widely regarded as the great <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a> poet of the 20th century. Notable works include <a href="/wiki/Sri_Ramayana_Darshanam" title="Sri Ramayana Darshanam">Sri Ramayana Darshanam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanuru_Heggaditi" title="Kanuru Heggaditi">Kanuru Heggaditi</a>, Chitrangada, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_1991_-_Colnect_164196_-_Mahadevi_Verma_Poetess_and_-_Varsha.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="227" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a># (1907–1987)<a href="#cite_note-53">[vi]</a> </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of <a href="/wiki/Hindi_literature" title="Hindi literature">Hindi literature</a>. Considered one of the four major pillars of the <a href="/wiki/Chhayavad" title="Chhayavad">Chhayawadi</a> era in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_literature" title="Hindi literature">Hindi literature</a>. Also addressed as the Modern <a href="/wiki/Mirabai" title="Mirabai">Meera</a>. Apart from her contributions to poetry, she had worked for social upliftment and welfare development among women. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1901–1991) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (India)">Union Minister of Works and Housing</a> (1971–1972), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare</a> (1971–1973), <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> (1973–1976) and then as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a> (1976–1977) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1984–1986). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/70px-Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/105px-Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/140px-Ali_Akbar_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="559" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2009) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical musician</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Maihar_gharana" title="Maihar gharana">Maihar gharana</a>, known for virtuosity in playing the <a href="/wiki/Sarod" title="Sarod">sarod</a>. Composed numerous classical <a href="/wiki/Raga" title="Raga">ragas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_scores" class="mw-redirect" title="Film scores">film scores</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG/70px-Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG/105px-Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG/140px-Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2674.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. Swaminathan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1925) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. Global leader and main architect of the <a href="/wiki/Green_revolution_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Green revolution in India">green revolution in India</a> for leadership and role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice. His collaborative scientific efforts with <a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a>, spearheading a mass movement with farmers and other scientists and backed by public policies, saved India and Pakistan from certain famine-like conditions in the 1960s. Referred to as the "father of economic ecology" by <a href="/wiki/UNEP" class="mw-redirect" title="UNEP">UNEP</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[39]</a> </td></tr> <tr id="1990"> <td>1990 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1935–2023) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist and founder chairman of <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Study_of_Science,_Technology_and_Policy" title="Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy">Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy</a>. Headed <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a> for ten years and served as Scientific Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Defence Minister</a> (1982–1985) and Secretary for Defence Research. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg/70px-T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg/105px-T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg/140px-T._N._Chaturvedi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="300" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">Triloki Nath Chaturvedi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1928–2020) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who held several important positions in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Rajasthan" title="Government of Rajasthan">Government of Rajasthan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">union government</a> including serving as Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh, Chief Secretary of Delhi, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Union Home Secretary</a>, etc. Appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_and_Auditor_General_of_India" title="Comptroller and Auditor General of India">Comptroller and Auditor General</a> in 1984 and served till 1989. Later served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a> (2002–2007). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bhabatosh_Datta" title="Bhabatosh Datta">Bhabatosh Datta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1911–1997) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist, academic and writer. Taught at <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_College" title="Chittagong College">Chittagong College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presidency_University,_Kolkata" title="Presidency University, Kolkata">Presidency College, Kolkata</a>. Served as Director of Public Instruction, Department of General Education and in 1965, appointed as Secretary of Education, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Government of West Bengal</a>. Later appointed as member of <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Finance_Commission" title="Fourth Finance Commission">Fourth Finance Commission</a> in 1964. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/70px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/105px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/140px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="732" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Kumar Gandharva</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–1992) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Classical singer</a> well known for his unique vocal style and for his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana. Remembered for his great legacy of innovation, questioning tradition without rejecting it outright, resulting in music in touch with the roots of Indian culture, especially the folk music of Madhya Pradesh. His innovative approach towards music led to the creation of new ragas from combinations of older ragas. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-APJ_Abdul_Kalam_2015_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="990" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1931–2015) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Aerospace and defence scientist, played important role in development of India's first satellite vehicle <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Satellite Launch Vehicle">SLV</a>-III and was the architect of <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Guided_Missile_Development_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Guided Missile Development Program">Integrated Guided Missile Development Program</a>. Played a pivotal role in India's <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a> nuclear tests in 1998 and came to be regarded as the "Missile Man of India" for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. Served as Scientific Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Defence Minister</a> and Director-General of <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a>. Conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1997 and later served as the 11th <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> (2002–2007). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg/70px-Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg/105px-Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg/140px-Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="735" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1908–2003) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic</a> vocalist, affectionately addressed as "Semmangudi Maama" by his disciples. Considered as the "Pitamaha" or the grand sire of modern <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnatic Music">Carnatic Music</a>. Widely renowned for his virtuosity as a concert performer and was famous for the meticulous planning that he put into every concert. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg/70px-M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg/105px-M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg/140px-M._Balamuralikrishna_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1068" data-file-height="1464" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1930–2016) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic vocalist</a>, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. His concerts combined sophisticated vocal skills and rhythmic patterns of classical music with the popular demand for entertainment value. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:MFHussain2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MFHussain2.jpg/70px-MFHussain2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MFHussain2.jpg/105px-MFHussain2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/MFHussain2.jpg/140px-MFHussain2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="765" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1915–2011) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Artist known for executing bold, vibrantly coloured narrative paintings in a modified <a href="/wiki/Cubism" title="Cubism">cubist style</a> and often regarded as the "Picasso of India". One of the most celebrated and internationally recognised Indian artists of the 20th century. His themes—sometimes treated in series—include topics as diverse as <a href="/wiki/Gandhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhi">Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life.<a href="#cite_note-55">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1907–2004) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician, lawyer and academic. Known for his profound and passionate oration in English and Bengali, and his natural eloquence was marked by a surpassing erudition and encyclopaedic memory. Served as member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> from 1952 till 1977. Regarded as one of the most remarkable parliamentary speakers in India for all time. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1999_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="941" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1898–1999) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. Served as union minister holding various portfolios between 1952 and 1971. Briefly served as Interim <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> in 1964 and 1966. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1997. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:I._G._Patel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/I._G._Patel.jpg/70px-I._G._Patel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/I._G._Patel.jpg/105px-I._G._Patel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/I._G._Patel.jpg/140px-I._G._Patel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="677" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/I._G._Patel" title="I. G. Patel">I. G. Patel</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–2005) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and a civil servant who served as the 14th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> (1977–1982). Also served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Economic_Advisor_to_the_Government_of_India" title="Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India">Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India</a> (1961–1963, 1965–1967). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-NG_Ranga_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="950" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1900–1995) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter, classical liberal, parliamentarian and farmers' leader. Founding President of the <a href="/wiki/Swatantra_Party" title="Swatantra Party">Swatantra Party</a>, served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1952–1957, 1977–1980) and as member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (1957–1971, 1980–1991). Fought against both the colonial and socialist Indian state to ensure dignity for farmers. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI,_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg/70px-COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg/105px-COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg/140px-COMMAND_OFFICE_OF_SH_K_F_RUSTAMJI%2C_DIRECTOR_GENERAL_BSF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Police officer who held several postings in the Indian Police Services. Served as the first Director-General of <a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force</a> (1965–1972). So far, the only police officer to receive the Padma Vibhushan. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajaram_Shastri" title="Rajaram Shastri">Rajaram Shastri</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–1991) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist and former member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (1971–1977). Also served as Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Kashi_Vidyapith" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashi Vidyapith">Kashi Vidyapith</a> (1964–1971) and member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_Labour" title="National Commission on Labour">National Commission on Labour</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Aruna_Asaf_Ali_1998_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="932" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–1996) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Independence activist, educator, political activist. Best known for hoisting the <a href="/wiki/Indian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian flag">Indian flag</a> in Bombay during the <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a> in 1942. Elected as the first Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> in 1958. Later posthumously conferred with the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 1997. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Shastri_Joshi" title="Lakshman Shastri Joshi">Lakshman Shastri Joshi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1901–1994) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent scholar of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Dharma" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Dharma">Hindu Dharma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> literary critic and supporter of Indian independence. Served as principal advisor to <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> in his campaign against untouchability. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Mallikarjun_Mansur_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="512" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1910–1992) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical singer</a> who sang in the <a href="/wiki/Khyal" title="Khyal">khyal</a> genre and belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Jaipur-Atrauli_gharana" title="Jaipur-Atrauli gharana">Jaipur-Atrauli gharana</a>. Well known for his command over a large number of rare (aprachalit) ragas, as well as his constant, mercurial improvisations in both melody and metre without ever losing the emotional content of the song. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1917–2020) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cardiologist and the first woman cardiologist in India and the first to establish a cardiac clinic and cardiac catheter lab in India. Served as Director of the National Heart Institute, Delhi, and the founder president of the All India Heart Foundation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg/70px-Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg/106px-Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg/140px-Kaloji_Narayanarao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao">Kaloji Narayana Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–2002) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Telangana </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist, played important role in the freedom movement in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a> against the rule of the Nizam and committed to the promotion of human rights. Later, his birthday was designated as <a href="/wiki/Telangana_Language_Day" title="Telangana Language Day">Telangana Language Day</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Telangana" title="Government of Telangana">Government of Telangana</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a># (1908–1991)<a href="#cite_note-56">[vii]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician, peasant leader, philanthropist, social reformer, parliamentarian, and a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a>. Played important role in <a href="/wiki/Telangana_Rebellion" title="Telangana Rebellion">Telangana Rebellion</a> against the Nizam of Hyderabad. Renowned for fighting on behalf of the peasants and for his critical role in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Mahasabha" title="Andhra Mahasabha">Andhra Mahasabha</a> as its chairman in 1941. Also served as a member of <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (1962–1967). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-V_Shantaram_2001_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="353" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a># (1901–1990)<a href="#cite_note-57">[viii]</a> </td> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. Best known for films such as <a href="/wiki/Dr._Kotnis_Ki_Amar_Kahani" title="Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani">Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amar_Bhoopali" title="Amar Bhoopali">Amar Bhoopali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhanak_Jhanak_Payal_Baaje" title="Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje">Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje</a>, <a href="/wiki/Do_Aankhen_Barah_Haath" title="Do Aankhen Barah Haath">Do Aankhen Barah Haath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navrang" title="Navrang">Navrang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duniya_Na_Mane" class="mw-redirect" title="Duniya Na Mane">Duniya Na Mane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinjara" title="Pinjara">Pinjara</a>, Chani, Iye Marathiche Nagari and Zunj. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Govinbhai_shroff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Govinbhai_shroff.jpg/70px-Govinbhai_shroff.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Govinbhai_shroff.jpg/105px-Govinbhai_shroff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Govinbhai_shroff.jpg/140px-Govinbhai_shroff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="187" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1911–2002) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Freedom fighter and led people of the <a href="/wiki/Marathwada" title="Marathwada">Marathwada</a> region to fight against the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad" title="Annexation of Hyderabad">1948 Hyderabad Campaign</a> which ultimately resulted in the liberation of Marathwada region from Hyderabad State. Later served as the longest serving secretary and president of the Saraswati Bhuvan Education Society. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg/70px-Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg/105px-Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg/140px-Sardar_Swaran_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="571" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1907–1994) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and longest-serving union cabinet minister. Held numerous important portfolios as cabinet minister including serving as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> (1964–1966, 1970–1974) and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> (1966–1970, 1974–1976). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2018_-_Colnect_838745_-_Atal_Vajpayee_former_Prime_Minister.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="1009" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–2018) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Parliamentarian for over four decades, elected nine times to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, twice to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>. Served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> during 1977–79 and was awarded the "Best Parliamentarian Award" in 1994. Later served as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> for three terms; 1996, 1998, 1999–2004. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <th rowspan="5" colspan="5">Awards suspended </th></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Usha_Mehta.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Usha_Mehta.png/70px-Usha_Mehta.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Usha_Mehta.png/105px-Usha_Mehta.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Usha_Mehta.png/140px-Usha_Mehta.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="458" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Usha_Mehta" title="Usha Mehta">Usha Mehta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2000) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Gandhism" title="Gandhism">Gandhian</a> and freedom fighter, remembered for organizing the <a href="/wiki/Congress_Radio" title="Congress Radio">Congress Radio</a>, an underground radio station which functioned during the Quit India Movement in 1942. Promoted Gandhian principles, thoughts and philosophy and also served as president of <a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Peace_Foundation" title="Gandhi Peace Foundation">Gandhi Peace Foundation</a>, New Delhi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Nanabhoy_Palkhivala_2004_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="233" data-file-height="267" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nani_Palkhivala" title="Nani Palkhivala">Nanabhoy Palkhivala</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2002) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted lawyer and jurist. Being the lead counsel in notable cases such as <a href="/wiki/Kesavananda_Bharati_v._State_of_Kerala" title="Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala">Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/I.C._Golaknath_and_Ors._vs_State_of_Punjab_and_Anrs." class="mw-redirect" title="I.C. Golaknath and Ors. vs State of Punjab and Anrs.">I.C. Golaknath and Ors. vs State of Punjab and Anrs.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minerva_Mills_v._Union_of_India" title="Minerva Mills v. Union of India">Minerva Mills v. Union of India</a>, garnered him international recognition and cemented his reputation as one of India’s most eminent advocates. Also served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Indian Ambassador to the United States</a> (1977–1979). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg/70px-Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg/105px-Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg/140px-Lakshmi_Sahgal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="449" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Sahgal" title="Lakshmi Sahgal">Lakshmi Sahgal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–2012) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Army" title="Indian National Army">Indian National Army</a>, served as Minister of Women's Affairs in <a href="/wiki/Azad_Hind_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Hind government">Azad Hind government</a>. Later represented the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and played important role in organizing relief camps and medical aid in Calcutta for refugees who streamed into India from Bangladesh during the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a>* (1912–2003) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>South Africa </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a>. Played important role in the fight against apartheid and also served as Deputy Secretary-General of African National Congress (1991–1994). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Shastri_Athavale" title="Pandurang Shastri Athavale">Pandurang Shastri Athavale</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2003) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Swadhyaya_Parivar" class="mw-redirect" title="Swadhyaya Parivar">Swadhyaya Parivar</a> in 1954, through which he promoted the philosophy of original Vedic Dharma and the self-study of the <a href="/wiki/Bhagvad_Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagvad Gita">Bhagvad Gita</a>. Also widely referred to as Dada or Dadaji. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg/70px-Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg/105px-Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg/140px-Rajagopala_Chidambaram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="394" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physicist, well known for his integral role in <a href="/wiki/India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="India and weapons of mass destruction">India's nuclear weapons program</a> and his coordination in test preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pokhran-I">Pokhran-I</a> (1975) and <a href="/wiki/Pokhran-II" title="Pokhran-II">Pokhran-II</a> (1998). Served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission of India</a> (1993–2000) and as <a href="/wiki/Principal_Scientific_Adviser_to_the_Government_of_India" title="Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India">Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India</a> (2002–2018). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Nanaji_Deshmukh_2017_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="759" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1916–2010) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Social reformer and politician who worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>, he served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (1977–1979) and member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1999–2005). Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> posthumously in 2019. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1923–2002) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Historian and former Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Trust" title="National Book Trust">National Book Trust</a>. Notable authored books include Radhakrishnan: A Biography and Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg/70px-Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg/105px-Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg/140px-Satish_Gujral_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="333" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Satish_Gujral" title="Satish Gujral">Satish Gujral</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2000) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Painter, sculptor, muralist and writer. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg/70px-Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg/105px-Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg/140px-Justice_vr_krishna_iyyar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="463" data-file-height="626" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1915–2014) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Judge and pioneer of judicial activism and <a href="/wiki/Legal_aid" title="Legal aid">legal aid</a> movement in India. Best known for being an ardent human rights activist and for his notable judgements. Served as a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> (1973–1980) and member of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Commission_of_India" title="Law Commission of India">Law Commission of India</a> (1971–1973).<a href="#cite_note-58">[41]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_2016_-_Colnect_676493_-_Bhimsen_Joshi_1922-2011_singer.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="634" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2011) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical vocalist</a> belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Kirana_gharana" title="Kirana gharana">Kirana gharana</a>. Widely known for the <a href="/wiki/Khyal" title="Khyal">Khyal</a> genre of singing with a "mastery over rhythm and accurate notes". Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2009. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1912–2008) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Judge, jurist and advocate best known for propounding the <a href="/wiki/Basic_structure_doctrine" title="Basic structure doctrine">basic structure doctrine</a> in 1973 and for his attempts in upholding civil liberties during the <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Emergency</a> in a lone dissenting judgement in 1976. Served as a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> (1971–1977) and briefly acted as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of Law and Justice</a> in 1979. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Verghese_Kurien_in_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="753" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–2012) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Known as the "Father of the <a href="/wiki/White_Revolution" title="White Revolution">White Revolution</a>" in India, best known for his "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, which made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income. Pioneered the <a href="/wiki/Amul" title="Amul">Anand</a> model of dairy cooperatives and replicated it nationwide, based on various "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches, where no milk from a farmer was refused and 70–80% of the price by consumers was paid in cash to dairy farmers who controlled the marketing, procurement, and processing of milk and milk products as the dairy's owners. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:LataMangeshkar10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LataMangeshkar10.jpg/70px-LataMangeshkar10.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LataMangeshkar10.jpg/105px-LataMangeshkar10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LataMangeshkar10.jpg/140px-LataMangeshkar10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="320" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1929–2022) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Playback singer and occasional music composer. Considered to be the most celebrated singer in independent India and one of its most influential artists. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2001 and served as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1999–2005). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Braj_Kumar_Nehru_(cropped).gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif/70px-Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif/105px-Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif/140px-Braj_Kumar_Nehru_%28cropped%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="426" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Braj_Kumar_Nehru" title="Braj Kumar Nehru">Braj Kumar Nehru</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1909–2001) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Himachal Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and administrator. Held numerous diplomatic postings including serving as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Ambassador to the United States</a> (1961–1968) and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom">High Commissioner to the United Kingdom</a> (1973–1977). Also served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Assam">Governor of Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Manipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Manipur">Manipur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nagaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nagaland">Nagaland</a> (1968–1973), as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Jammu and Kashmir">Governor of Jammu and Kashmir</a> (1981–1984) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Gujarat">Governor of Gujarat</a> (1984–1986). </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/70px-DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/105px-DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg/140px-DK_Pattammal_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="554" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1919–2009) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic musician</a> and playback singer for film songs in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>. Known for her evolutionary trends in Carnatic music being the first Brahmin woman to have performed this genre of music publicly. Along with her contemporaries <a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a> and <a href="/wiki/M._L._Vasanthakumari" title="M. L. Vasanthakumari">M. L. Vasanthakumari</a>, they are popularly referred to as the female trinity of <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnatic Music">Carnatic Music</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a># (1912–1998)<a href="#cite_note-60">[ix]</a> </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant with a long and distinguished career in the civil service serving on posts including Chief Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bihar" title="Government of Bihar">Government of Bihar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Union Home Secretary</a>. Later also served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Assam">Governor of Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Manipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Manipur">Manipur</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nagaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nagaland">Nagaland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tripura" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Tripura">Tripura</a> in the 1970s and 1980s. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Vir,_ICS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg/70px-Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg/105px-Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg/140px-Dharma_Vir%2C_ICS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1992" data-file-height="2376" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1906–2000) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant, non-career diplomat, administrator who served as Ambassador of <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> (1954–1956), as <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delhi">Chief Commissioner of Delhi</a> (1963–1964) and as the eighth <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_(India)" title="Cabinet Secretary (India)">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1964–1966). Upon retirement, served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Governor of Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Haryana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Haryana">Haryana</a> (1966–1967), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1967–1969) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a> (1969–1972). </td></tr> <tr id="2000"> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1918–2004) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> who served as union cabinet minister holding various portfolios including <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Works, Housing, Supply and Rehabilitation</a> (1977–1979), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Industry</a> (1998–1999). Also served as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Rajya_Sabha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Opposition (Rajya Sabha)">Leader of Opposition</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> on two occasions and as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kerala">Governor of Kerala</a> (2002–2004). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg/70px-Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg/105px-Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg/140px-Jagdish_N._Bhagwati_Professor_Jagdish_pa_Columbia_University_talar_vid_invigningen_av_Nordiskt_globaliseringsforum_i_Riksgransen_2008-04-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a>* (born 1934) </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-born naturalized American economist and one of the most influential trade theorists of his generation. Best known for his significant contributions to international <a href="/wiki/Trade_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade theory">trade theory</a> and economic development. Widely regarded as the intellectual father of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalisation_in_India" title="Economic liberalisation in India">Indian economic reforms of 1991</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg/70px-Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg/105px-Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg/140px-Hariprasad_chaurasia.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="636" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1938) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Music director and classical flautist, who plays the <a href="/wiki/Bansuri" title="Bansuri">bansuri</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical tradition</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports,_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/70px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/105px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg/140px-Minister_of_State_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports%2C_Dr._M.S._Gill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="798" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Retired bureaucrat, politician and writer who served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Election_Commissioner_of_India" title="Chief Election Commissioner of India">Chief Election Commissioner of India</a> between 1996 and 2001. Upon retirement, joined politics and served as member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Union Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports</a> (2008–2011) and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation</a> (2011). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:K._Kasturirangan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-K._Kasturirangan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="519" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1940) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Space scientist who served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organization">Indian Space Research Organization</a> (1994–2003) overseeing the development of new generation spacecraft, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Satellite_System" title="Indian National Satellite System">Indian National Satellite System</a> (INSAT-2), the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing_Programme" title="Indian Remote Sensing Programme">Indian remote sensing satellites</a> (IRS-1A and -1B) as well as <a href="/wiki/Scientific_satellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific satellites">scientific satellites</a>. He was also the project director for India's first two experimental earth observation satellites, Bhaskara-I and Bhaskara-II. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._B._Lall" title="K. B. Lall">K. B. Lall</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1917–2005) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent and highly respected civil servant who served <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Principal Defence Secretary</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistan_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistan War of 1971">Indo-Pakistan War of 1971</a>. Also served as Union Commerce Secretary and Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Common Market</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Kelucharan_Mohapatra_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="461" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1926–2004) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Odisha </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Legendary <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Indian classical dancer</a>, guru and exponent of <a href="/wiki/Odissi_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Odissi dance">Odissi dance</a>, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jasraj_048.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jasraj_048.jpg/70px-Jasraj_048.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jasraj_048.jpg/105px-Jasraj_048.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jasraj_048.jpg/140px-Jasraj_048.jpg 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="1010" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj Motiram</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1930–2020) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical vocalist</a> belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Mewati_gharana" title="Mewati gharana">Mewati gharana</a>. With a career spanning over 75 years, his legacy includes memorable performances of classical and semi-classical vocal music, classical and devotional music, albums and film soundtracks, innovations in various genres including Haveli Sangeeth and popularizing the Mewati Gharana. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._Narasimham" title="M. Narasimham">M. Narasimham</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2021) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Banker who served as the thirteenth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> in 1977. For his contributions to the banking and financial sector in India, he is often referred to as the "father of banking reforms in India". Some of the reforms attributed to his recommendations include changes to banking structures, introduction of private sector banks, creation of asset recovery funds, rural banking, modernization of public sector banks, and capital market linked banking reforms. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-RK_Narayan_2009_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="694" data-file-height="694" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1906–2001) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of <a href="/wiki/Malgudi" title="Malgudi">Malgudi</a>. One of the leading author of early <a href="/wiki/Indian_literature_in_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian literature in English">Indian literature in English</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Mulk_Raj_Anand" title="Mulk Raj Anand">Mulk Raj Anand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._D._Pande" title="B. D. Pande">Bhairab Dutt Pande</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1917–2009) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary</a> (1973–1977). Upon retirement, served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1981–1983) and then as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Governor of Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_Chandigarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrator of Chandigarh">Administrator of Chandigarh</a> (1983–1984) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:DrKNRaj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DrKNRaj.jpg/70px-DrKNRaj.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DrKNRaj.jpg/105px-DrKNRaj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DrKNRaj.jpg/140px-DrKNRaj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="1668" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._N._Raj" title="K. N. Raj">K. N. Raj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–2010) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist, best known for his role in India's planned development, drafting sections of India's first <a href="/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_India" title="Five-Year Plans of India">Five-Year Plan</a>, specifically the introductory chapter. Computed India's <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_Payments" class="mw-redirect" title="Balance of Payments">Balance of Payments</a> for the first time for the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a>. Also served as advisor to several prime ministers from <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> to <a href="/wiki/P.V._Narasimha_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="P.V. Narasimha Rao">P.V. Narasimha Rao</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a> </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist, civil servant and former member of the <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning Commission of India">Planning Commission of India</a>. Served as first Private Secretary to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> and as Deputy Executive Director (Planning) for <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> (1973–1977). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg/70px-JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg/105px-JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg/140px-JK_Galbraith_1962.jpg 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="290" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith" title="John Kenneth Galbraith">John Kenneth Galbraith</a>* (1908–2006) </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. Served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_India" title="List of ambassadors of the United States to India">United States Ambassador to India</a> (1961–1963) during the period of the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a> and played important role in strengthening ties between India and the United States. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg/70px-Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg/105px-Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg/140px-Benjamin_A._Gilman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="689" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a>* (1922–2016) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> American politician and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> (1973–2003). Served as the Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House Committee on Foreign Affairs</a> (1995–2001) and advocated for stronger ties with India and contributed to the strengthening of ties between India and the United States. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg/70px-Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg/105px-Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg/140px-Amjad_Ali_Khan_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_3786_December_23%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="857" data-file-height="1200" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1945) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Indian classical</a> <a href="/wiki/Sarod" title="Sarod">sarod</a> player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara <a href="/wiki/Taan" class="mw-redirect" title="Taan">taans</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg/70px-Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg/105px-Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg/140px-Zubin_Mehta_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="943" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a>* (born 1936) </td> <td>Arts </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American conductor of Western classical music and music director emeritus of <a href="/wiki/Israel_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Israel Philharmonic Orchestra">Israel Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and conductor emeritus of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic">Los Angeles Philharmonic</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Hrishikesh_Mukherjee_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="697" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2006) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Film director, editor and writer and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of <a href="/wiki/Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>. Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his <a href="/wiki/Social_film" title="Social film">social films</a> that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, he "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art cinema". </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._Satchidananda_Murty" title="K. Satchidananda Murty">K. Satchidananda Murty</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–2011) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Philosopher and professor, served as Professor of Philosophy at <a href="/wiki/Andhra_University" title="Andhra University">Andhra University</a> and Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkateswara_University" title="Sri Venkateswara University">Sri Venkateswara University</a>. Specialized in Buddhist philosophy and contributed extensively to <a href="/wiki/Mahayana_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahayana Buddhism">Mahayana Buddhism</a> and his treatise on the teachings of Nagarjuna is well acclaimed. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_(1966).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg/70px-Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg/105px-Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg/140px-Chakravarthi_V_Narasimhan_%281966%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="727" data-file-height="969" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chakravarthi_V._Narasimhan" title="Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan">Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1915–2003) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and former <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" title="Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations">Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Hosei_Norota.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hosei_Norota.jpg/70px-Hosei_Norota.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hosei_Norota.jpg/105px-Hosei_Norota.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hosei_Norota.jpg/140px-Hosei_Norota.jpg 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="355" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Hosei_Norota" title="Hosei Norota">Hosei Norota</a>* (1929–2019) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Japan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Japanese politician of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_New_Party" title="People's New Party">People's New Party</a> and a former member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a>. Served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Forestry_and_Fisheries_(Japan)" title="Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)">Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries</a> (1995–1996) and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_(Japan)" title="Minister of Defense (Japan)">Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency</a> (1998–1999). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao_at_ISI_Chennai_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1183" data-file-height="1058" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/C._R._Rao" title="C. R. Rao">C. R. Rao</a> (1920–2023) </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American mathematician and statistician, best known for his discoveries which include <a href="/wiki/Cram%C3%A9r%E2%80%93Rao_bound" title="Cramér–Rao bound">Cramér–Rao bound</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rao%E2%80%93Blackwell_theorem" title="Rao–Blackwell theorem">Rao–Blackwell theorem</a> both related to the quality of estimators. Other works and contributions include <a href="/wiki/Multivariate_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Multivariate analysis">multivariate analysis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estimation_theory" title="Estimation theory">estimation theory</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Differential_geometry" title="Differential geometry">differential geometry</a>, the Fisher–Rao theorem, Rao distance, and orthogonal arrays. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Sharma" title="Man Mohan Sharma">Man Mohan Sharma</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1937) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Chemical engineer known for his contributions to chemical engineering science and technology. His studies on Bronsted based catalysis in CO2 hydration and subsequently kinetics of COS absorption in aqueous amines and alkanolamines brought out linear free energy relationship between CO2 and COS absorption in solutions of amines and alkanolamines. Later, served as Director of <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Chemical_Technology" title="Institute of Chemical Technology">Institute of Chemical Technology</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg/70px-Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg/105px-Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg/140px-Pandit_Shivkumar_Sharma_Santoor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="912" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1938–2022) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian classical musician and <a href="/wiki/Santoor" title="Santoor">santoor</a> player who is credited with adapting the santoor for <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a>. Best known for his compositions in collaboration with flautist <a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a> under the collaborative name <a href="/wiki/Shiv%E2%80%93Hari" title="Shiv–Hari">Shiv–Hari</a> and composed music for such hit Indian films. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Kishori_Amankar_3.jpg" class="new" title="File:Kishori Amankar 3.jpg">File:Kishori Amankar 3.jpg</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1932–2017) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Classical vocalist</a>, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Jaipur_gharana" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaipur gharana">Jaipur gharana</a>. Considered to be one of the foremost classical singers in India. Widely known for her performances of the classical genre <a href="/wiki/Khyal" title="Khyal">khyal</a> and the light classical genres <a href="/wiki/Thumri" title="Thumri">thumri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">bhajan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Kumar_Gandharva_2014_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="223" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–2009) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Singer of the <a href="/wiki/Khayal" class="mw-redirect" title="Khayal">khayal</a> genre of <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a>, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. She belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Kirana_gharana" title="Kirana gharana">Kirana gharana</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1923–2008) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Tabla" title="Tabla">Tabla</a> player belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Benaras_gharana" class="mw-redirect" title="Benaras gharana">Benaras gharana</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a>, remembered for his ability to play cross-rhythms and produce complex calculations, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Tihai" title="Tihai">tihai</a> patterns. Known as an excellent accompanist, he was extremely versatile and capable of playing with any accompaniment, be it with the <a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">Sitar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarod" title="Sarod">Sarod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhrupad" title="Dhrupad">Dhrupad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhamar_(music)" title="Dhamar (music)">Dhamar</a> or even dance. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chairman,_Economic_Advisory_Council_to_the_Prime_Minister,_Dr._C._Rangarajan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_%E2%80%98Economic_Review_2012-13%E2%80%99,_in_New_Delhi_on_April_23,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Chairman%2C_Economic_Advisory_Council_to_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._C._Rangarajan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_%E2%80%98Economic_Review_2012-13%E2%80%99%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_23%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Chairman%2C_Economic_Advisory_Council_to_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._C._Rangarajan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_%E2%80%98Economic_Review_2012-13%E2%80%99%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_23%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/The_Chairman%2C_Economic_Advisory_Council_to_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._C._Rangarajan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_%E2%80%98Economic_Review_2012-13%E2%80%99%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_23%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="940" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/C._Rangarajan" title="C. Rangarajan">C. Rangarajan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1932) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent economist, administrator and former member of parliament. Served as the 19th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> (1992–1997), then as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Andhra Pradesh">Governor of Andhra Pradesh</a> (1997–2003). Also served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Advisory_Council" title="Economic Advisory Council">Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council</a> twice from 2005 till 2008 and again from 2009 until 2014. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Soli_Sorabjee_lecture_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="343" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1930–2021) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent jurist who served as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> on two occasions (1989–1990, 1998–2004) and previously as the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General of India</a> (1977–1980). Best known for his defence of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg/70px-Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg/105px-Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg/140px-Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="264" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1904–2007) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Sikkim (1974–1975) and following the state's union with India, he became the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Sikkim" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Sikkim">Chief Minister of Sikkim</a> (1975–1979). Formed the Sikkim Council with the aim to promote "communal harmony". </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sonal_Mansingh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sonal_Mansingh.jpg/70px-Sonal_Mansingh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sonal_Mansingh.jpg/105px-Sonal_Mansingh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sonal_Mansingh.jpg/140px-Sonal_Mansingh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1944) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Classical dancer</a> and guru in <a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Odissi_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Odissi dance">Odissi dance</a>. Later also served as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (2016–2022). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1917–2010) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Writer and pre-eminent biographer of <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>. Served as the first Director of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Ministers%E2%80%99_Museum_and_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library">Nehru Museum and Library Society</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna_2019_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="348" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2013) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted Vaidya and <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a> practitioner and an expert in <a href="/wiki/Pulse_diagnosis" title="Pulse diagnosis">Pulse diagnosis</a>. Worked towards standardization of Ayurvedic medicines, certifications at the Ayurvedic colleges of India. Also served as personal physician to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg/70px-Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg/105px-Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg/140px-Jayant_Vishnu_Narlikar_-_Kolkata_2007-03-20_07324.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="1006" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1938) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Astrophysicist" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrophysicist">Astrophysicist</a> and emeritus professor at the <a href="/wiki/Inter-University_Centre_for_Astronomy_and_Astrophysics" title="Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics">Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Sir_Fred_Hoyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Fred Hoyle">Sir Fred Hoyle</a>, he developed the conformal gravity theory known as <a href="/wiki/Hoyle-Narlikar_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoyle-Narlikar theory">Hoyle-Narlikar theory</a> which synthesises <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Theory_of_relativity" title="Theory of relativity">theory of relativity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mach%27s_principle" title="Mach's principle">Mach's principle</a> and proposes that the inertial mass of a particle is a function of the masses of all other particles, multiplied by a coupling constant, which is a function of cosmic epoch. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Amrita_Pritam_(1919_%E2%80%93_2005)_,_in_1948.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg/70px-Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg/105px-Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg/140px-Amrita_Pritam_%281919_%E2%80%93_2005%29_%2C_in_1948.jpg 2x" data-file-width="211" data-file-height="306" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1919–2005) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Best remembered for her poignant poem, <a href="/wiki/Ajj_aakhaan_Waris_Shah_nu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu">Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu</a> to express her anguish over massacres during the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India</a>. Her magnum opus, Sunehade won her the 1956 <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a>, making her the first and the only woman to have been given the award for a work in Punjabi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg/70px-Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg/105px-Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg/140px-Justice_M._N._Venkatachaliah_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2251" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. Venkatachaliah">M. N. Venkatachaliah</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1925) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent judge and former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1993–1994). Post-retirement, continued to work on anti-corruption and human rights issues and also served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Human_Rights_Commission_of_India" title="National Human Rights Commission of India">National Human Rights Commission</a> (1996–1998). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1928–2010) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent jurist who served as the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General of India</a> (1986–1989) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> on two occasions, 1992–1996 and 2004–2009. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:MohanDharia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MohanDharia.jpg/70px-MohanDharia.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MohanDharia.jpg/105px-MohanDharia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MohanDharia.jpg/140px-MohanDharia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1568" data-file-height="2112" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2013) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician, lawyer, social worker, and environmentalist. Served as member of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Union Minister of Commerce</a> (1977–1979) and as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Planning_Commission" title="Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission">Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission</a> (1990–1991). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a># (1936–2005)<a href="#cite_note-62">[x]</a> </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat who held various postings including serving as first Deputy High Commissioner in Bangladesh after its liberation, Ambassador in Chile, Mexico (1985–1989); Ambassador to Japan, Afghanistan; <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_India_to_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of India to Pakistan">High Commissioner to Pakistan</a> (1989–1991). Also served as <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Union Foreign Secretary</a> (1991–1994) and <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a> from 2004 till his death in 2005. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1935–2018) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent cardiologist and medical educationist. Served as honorary dean and chief cardiologist at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, and as former Director-Professor of cardiology of JJ Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:R._K._Laxman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/R._K._Laxman.jpg/70px-R._K._Laxman.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/R._K._Laxman.jpg/105px-R._K._Laxman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/R._K._Laxman.jpg/140px-R._K._Laxman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="832" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–2015) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. Best known for his creation <a href="/wiki/The_Common_Man" title="The Common Man">The Common Man</a> and for his daily cartoon strip, <a href="/wiki/You_Said_It" title="You Said It">You Said It</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg/70px-Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg/105px-Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg/140px-Ram_Narayan_in_Delhi_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1849" data-file-height="2070" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1927) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Musician who popularised the bowed instrument <a href="/wiki/Sarangi" title="Sarangi">sarangi</a> as a solo concert instrument in <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a> and became the first internationally successful sarangi player. Became a concert solo artist in 1956 and has since performed at the major music festivals of India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pranab_Mukherjee_receiving_the_first_copy_of_the_book_entitled_%22VB-Raju-The_Visionary_Leader%22_from_the_President_of_ICCR,_Dr._Karan_Singh,_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Pranab_Mukherjee_receiving_the_first_copy_of_the_book_entitled_%22VB-Raju-The_Visionary_Leader%22_from_the_President_of_ICCR%2C_Dr._Karan_Singh%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Pranab_Mukherjee_receiving_the_first_copy_of_the_book_entitled_%22VB-Raju-The_Visionary_Leader%22_from_the_President_of_ICCR%2C_Dr._Karan_Singh%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Pranab_Mukherjee_receiving_the_first_copy_of_the_book_entitled_%22VB-Raju-The_Visionary_Leader%22_from_the_President_of_ICCR%2C_Dr._Karan_Singh%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1821" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1931) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and philosopher, reigned as the prince-regent of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> until 1952. Thereupon, became the <a href="/wiki/Sardar" title="Sardar">Sadr-e-Riyasat</a> of Jammu and Kashmir (1952–1965) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Jammu and Kashmir">Governor of Jammu and Kashmir</a> (1965–1967). Elected to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> on numerous occasions, and served as a union cabinet minister holding numerous portfolios including <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Health and Family Planning</a>, etc. Also served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Indian Ambassador to the United States</a> (1989–1990) and chancellor of various central universities. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg/70px-Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg/105px-Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg/140px-Dr.M.S.Valiathan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2709" data-file-height="3612" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1934) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cardiac surgeon, known for contributions to health technology in India including the development of prosthetic valve. Served as President of the Indian National Science Academy and National Research Professor of the Government of India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Norman_Borlaug,_2004_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Norman_Borlaug%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="809" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a>* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1914–2009) </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the <a href="/wiki/Green_Revolution" title="Green Revolution">Green Revolution</a>. Took up an agricultural research position and developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties and introduced these high-yielding varieties combined with modern agricultural production techniques to Mexico, Pakistan, and India. This contributed in increase of the wheat yields in the countries, greatly improving the food security in those nations. Often called the "Father of the Green Revolution", is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Correa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Charles_Correa.jpg/70px-Charles_Correa.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Charles_Correa.jpg/105px-Charles_Correa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Charles_Correa.jpg/140px-Charles_Correa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="484" data-file-height="597" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1930–2015) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Architect and <a href="/wiki/Urban_planner" title="Urban planner">urban planner</a>. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg/70px-Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg/105px-Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg/140px-Late_Nirmala_Deshpande.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Deshpande" title="Nirmala Deshpande">Nirmala Deshpande</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1929–2008) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted social activist who had embraced <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Gandhi</a> and philosophy. She devoted her adult life to the promotion of communal harmony and service to women, tribal people, and the dispossessed in India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mahashweta_devi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mahashweta_devi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="367" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1926–2016) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Writer in <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> and activist. Notable literary works include <a href="/wiki/Hajar_Churashir_Maa" title="Hajar Churashir Maa">Hajar Churashir Maa</a>, Rudali, and <a href="/wiki/Aranyer_Adhikar" title="Aranyer Adhikar">Aranyer Adhikar</a>. She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the <a href="/wiki/Tribal_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal people">tribal people</a> (Lodha and Shabar) of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> states. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg/70px-Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg/105px-Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg/140px-Director_Adoor_Gopalakrishnan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1920" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1941) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Film director, script writer, and producer and is regarded as one of the most notable and renowned filmmakers in India. Pioneered the new wave in <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam cinema</a> during the 1970s. In a career spanning over five decades, he made only 12 feature films to date and his films are made in the <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam language</a> and often depict the society and culture of his native state <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a>, he is one of the most recognized Indian film directors in world cinema.<a href="#cite_note-63">[44]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg/70px-Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg/105px-Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Justice_V.N._Khare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="167" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1934) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent judge who served as the 33rd <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (2002–2004). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/C._R._Krishnaswamy_Rao_Sahib" title="C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Sahib">C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2013) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as 15th <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a> (1981–1985) and former Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Obaid_Siddiqi" title="Obaid Siddiqi">Obaid Siddiqi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1932–2013) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the <a href="/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Fundamental_Research" title="Tata Institute of Fundamental Research">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Biological_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Center for Biological Sciences">National Center for Biological Sciences</a>. Made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the <a href="/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics">genetics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neurobiology" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurobiology">neurobiology</a> of <a href="/wiki/Drosophila" title="Drosophila">Drosophila</a>. His work in neurogenetics led to the foundational advances in understanding how taste and smell are detected and encoded in the brain. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1928) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent <a href="/wiki/Neuroscientist" title="Neuroscientist">Neuroscientist</a> and neurosurgeon. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg/70px-Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg/105px-Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="168" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–2017) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent judge and former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1985–1986). Best known for introducing the concepts of <a href="/wiki/Public_interest_litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Public interest litigation">public interest litigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Absolute_liability" title="Absolute liability">absolute liability</a> in India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg/70px-Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg/105px-Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg/140px-Naresh_Chandra_July_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="563" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Chandra" title="Naresh Chandra">Naresh Chandra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1934–2017) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Union Defence Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Union Home Secretary</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India">Cabinet Secretary of India</a>. Upon retirement from service, he served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Gujarat">Governor of Gujarat</a> (1995–1996) and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">Ambassador to the United States</a> (1996–2001). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2009) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and founding chairman of <a href="/wiki/Madras_School_of_Economics" title="Madras School of Economics">Madras School of Economics</a>. Worked in several state and central government financial institutions in India and was considered a public finance expert in India, instrumental in bringing about the early reforms to the direct taxation structure. Often referred to as the "Father of Tax Reforms". </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2022) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant known as the "father of public sector undertakings in India" for his leadership and successful contribution in turning around <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limited" title="Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited">Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maruti_Udyog_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Maruti Udyog Limited">Maruti Udyog Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited" title="Steel Authority of India Limited">Steel Authority of India Limited</a>, and <a href="/wiki/GAIL_(India)_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="GAIL (India) Limited">GAIL (India) Limited</a> into the most profit making industry in India and globally. Served as the Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council and member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Advisory_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="National Advisory Council">National Advisory Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Planning_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning Commission of India">Planning Commission of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_presenting_Padma_Vibhushan_to_Shri_Fali_Sam_Nariman,_at_an_Investiture_Ceremony_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_in_New_Delhi_on_March_23,_2007_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_presenting_Padma_Vibhushan_to_Shri_Fali_Sam_Nariman%2C_at_an_Investiture_Ceremony_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_in_New_Delhi_on_March_23%2C_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_presenting_Padma_Vibhushan_to_Shri_Fali_Sam_Nariman%2C_at_an_Investiture_Ceremony_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_in_New_Delhi_on_March_23%2C_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_presenting_Padma_Vibhushan_to_Shri_Fali_Sam_Nariman%2C_at_an_Investiture_Ceremony_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_in_New_Delhi_on_March_23%2C_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="715" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1929) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent jurist and senior advocate of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> and former President of the Bar Association. One of the internationally recognized jurists on <a href="/wiki/International_arbitration" title="International arbitration">international arbitration</a> and one of the most distinguished constitutional lawyers in India. Served as <a href="/wiki/Additional_Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Additional Solicitor General of India">Additional Solicitor General of India</a> (1972–1975) and a nominated mmeber of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1999–2005). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a>*# (1908–2006)<a href="#cite_note-65">[xi]</a> </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American writer of English-language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysics</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Serpent_and_the_Rope" title="The Serpent and the Rope">The Serpent and the Rope</a> (1960), a semi-autobiographical novel recounting a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India, established him as one of the finest Indian prose stylists. His wide-ranging body of work, spanning a number of genres, is seen as a varied and significant contribution to Indian English literature, as well as World literature as a whole. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1926–2012) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Professor, scientist and orthopedic surgeon known for his efforts to establish an artificial limbs manufacturing corporation and a rehabilitation institute. Served as Director of <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> and Chairman of the National Rehabilitation Centre. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Khushwantsingh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Khushwantsingh.jpg/70px-Khushwantsingh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Khushwantsingh.jpg/105px-Khushwantsingh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Khushwantsingh.jpg/140px-Khushwantsingh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="175" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1915–2014) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. Best known for his novel, <a href="/wiki/Train_to_Pakistan" title="Train to Pakistan">Train to Pakistan</a> (1956) which described his experience in the 1947 <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a>. As a writer, he was best known for his trenchant secularism, humour, sarcasm and an abiding love of poetry. His comparisons of social and behavioural characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit. Served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (1980–1986). Initially conferred the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> in 1974 which he returned in protest against of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Blue Star</a> in 1984.<a href="#cite_note-66">[46]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ECG_Sudarshan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/ECG_Sudarshan.jpg/70px-ECG_Sudarshan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/ECG_Sudarshan.jpg/105px-ECG_Sudarshan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/ECG_Sudarshan.jpg/140px-ECG_Sudarshan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="564" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/E._C._George_Sudarshan" title="E. C. George Sudarshan">E. C. George Sudarshan</a>* (1931–2018) </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American theoretical physicist credited with numerous contributions to the field of theoretical physics, including <a href="/wiki/Glauber%E2%80%93Sudarshan_P_representation" title="Glauber–Sudarshan P representation">Glauber–Sudarshan P representation</a>, <a href="/wiki/V-A_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="V-A theory">V-A theory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tachyons" class="mw-redirect" title="Tachyons">tachyons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quantum_Zeno_effect" title="Quantum Zeno effect">quantum Zeno effect</a>, <a href="/wiki/Open_quantum_system" title="Open quantum system">open quantum system</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lindbladian" title="Lindbladian">quantum master equations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spin%E2%80%93statistics_theorem" title="Spin–statistics theorem">spin–statistics theorem</a>, non-invariance groups, positive maps of density matrices, and quantum computation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG/70px-J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG/105px-J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG/140px-J%26K_Governor_N.N._Vohra.JPG 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="280" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Haryana </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and administrator, who served as Union Defence Production Secretary, <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Defence Secretary</a> (1990–1993), <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Home Secretary</a> (1993–1994) and <a href="/wiki/Principal_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India">Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister</a> (1997–1998). Upon retirement from service, he served as the government's interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir and then as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Jammu and Kashmir">Governor of Jammu and Kashmir</a> (2008–2018). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg/70px-Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg/105px-Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Justice_A.S._Anand.jpg 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="168" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1936–2017) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent judge who served as 29th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1998–2001) and his landmark judgments have revealed his commitment to human rights and justice. Upon retirement, he served as Chairman of <a href="/wiki/National_Human_Rights_Commission_of_India" title="National Human Rights Commission of India">National Human Rights Commission</a> (2003–2006). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Viswanathan_Anand_(2016)_(cropped).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg/70px-Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg/105px-Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg/140px-Viswanathan_Anand_%282016%29_%28cropped%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2621" data-file-height="2832" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1969) </th> <td>Sports </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Chess grandmaster</a>, former five-time <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="World Chess Champion">World Chess Champion</a> and the first grandmaster from India. Known for his rapid playing speed as a child, he earned the sobriquet "Lightning Kid" during his early career in the 1980s and has since developed into a universal player, and many consider him the greatest rapid chess player of his generation. First sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan.<a href="#cite_note-67">[47]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ashaji_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ashaji_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1213" data-file-height="1093" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1933) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in <a href="/wiki/Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the most influential and successful singers in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a>. Renowned for her soprano voice range and often credited for her versatility, Bhosle's work includes <a href="/wiki/Film_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Film music">film music</a>, pop, <a href="/wiki/Ghazals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghazals">ghazals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">bhajans</a>, traditional <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folk_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk song">folk songs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qawwali" title="Qawwali">qawwalis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a> acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/P._N._Dhar" title="P. N. Dhar">P. N. Dhar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1919–2012) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> (1973–1977) and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> Assistant Secretary-General (Research and Policy Analysis) from 1978 till 1986. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Edmund_Hillary,_c._1953,_autograph_removed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg/70px-Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg/105px-Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg/140px-Edmund_Hillary%2C_c._1953%2C_autograph_removed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4300" data-file-height="5458" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Edmund Hillary</a>*# (1919–2008)<a href="#cite_note-69">[xii]</a> </td> <td>Sports </td> <td>New Zealand </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Mountaineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountaineer">mountaineer</a>, explorer, and philanthropist who along with Sherpa mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a> became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> on 29 May 1953. Later served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_New_Zealand_to_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Commissioners of New Zealand to India">High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh</a> and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal from 1985 till 1988.<a href="#cite_note-70">[49]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg/70px-Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg/105px-Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg/140px-Lakshmi_Mittal_LM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="478" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Mittal" title="Lakshmi Mittal">Lakshmi Mittal</a>* (born 1950) </td> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian steel <a href="/wiki/Magnate" title="Magnate">magnate</a> based in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> who is the Executive Chairman of <a href="/wiki/ArcelorMittal" title="ArcelorMittal">ArcelorMittal</a>, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well as chairman of stainless steel manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Aperam" title="Aperam">Aperam</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="1557" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1935–2020) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and statesman with a political career spanning over five decades serving as member of both <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">houses of parliament</a>, and holding various portfolios in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> including serving as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce and Industry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Planning_Commission" title="Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission">Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission</a>. Elected as the 13th <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> in 2012 and served till 2017. Later also conferred with the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2019. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Narayana_Murthy_CIF_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Narayana_Murthy_CIF_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="771" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/N._R._Narayana_Murthy" title="N. R. Narayana Murthy">N. R. Narayana Murthy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1946) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Billionaire businessman and one of the co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Infosys" title="Infosys">Infosys</a> and served as its chairman, chief executive officer and currently serving as its chairman emeritus. Listed as one of the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by <a href="/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a> magazine and has been described as the "father of the Indian IT sector" by <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> magazine and <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> for his contribution to outsourcing in India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Raj_Singh_Oberoi" title="Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi">Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1929–2023) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Business magnate and executive chairman of The Oberoi Group, a chain of luxury hotels. In 2010, he was recognised as the “Corporate Hotelier of the World” by Hotels magazine. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Pachauri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pachauri.jpg/70px-Pachauri.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pachauri.jpg/105px-Pachauri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pachauri.jpg/140px-Pachauri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="713" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1940–2020) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Environmentalist who served as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> from 2002 till 2015 and under his leadership, the institution was conferred the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> in 2007. Universally, known as Patchy, he was internationally recognized as a voice on environmental and policy issues, and his leadership of the IPCC contributed to the issue of human-caused climate change becoming recognized as a matter of vital global concern. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg/70px-E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg/105px-E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg/140px-E._Sreedharan_%22Metro_Man%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="400" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/E._Sreedharan" title="E. Sreedharan">E. Sreedharan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1932) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Engineer and politician. Popularly known as Metro Man, he is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the <a href="/wiki/Konkan_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Konkan Railway">Konkan Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Metro" title="Delhi Metro">Delhi Metro</a> while he served as the managing director of <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Metro_Rail_Corporation" title="Delhi Metro Rail Corporation">Delhi Metro Rail Corporation</a> DMRC between 1995 and 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg/70px-Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg/105px-Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg/140px-Ratan_Tata_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="702" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Tata" title="Ratan Tata">Ratan Tata</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1937) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Industrialist, philanthropist and former chairman of <a href="/wiki/Tata_Sons" title="Tata Sons">Tata Sons</a> and served as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Tata_Group" title="Tata Group">Tata Group</a> from 1990 till 2012. Under his tenure, the Tata Group acquired <a href="/wiki/Tetley" title="Tetley">Tetley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Land_Rover" title="Jaguar Land Rover">Jaguar Land Rover</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel_Europe" title="Tata Steel Europe">Corus</a>, in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business. He is also one of the largest philanthropists in the world, having donated around 60–65% of his income to charity. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Sachin_Tendulkar_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="417" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1973) </th> <td>Sports </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Former international cricketer who captained the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_National_Cricket_Team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indian National Cricket Team (page does not exist)">Indian national team</a> and is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_cricket" title="History of cricket">history of cricket</a> being the all-time highest run-scorer in both <a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">ODI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test cricket</a>. He also holds the record for receiving the most man-of-the-match awards in international cricket. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2014, thus becoming the first sportsperson to receive the honour and also served as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from 2012 till 2018. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg/70px-Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg/105px-Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg/140px-Sunderlal_Bahuguna_at_New_Tehri_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="229" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2021) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Environmentalist and <a href="/wiki/Chipko_movement" title="Chipko movement">Chipko movement</a> leader who fought for the preservation of forests in the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the anti-<a href="/wiki/Tehri_Dam" title="Tehri Dam">Tehri Dam</a> movement from the 1980s to early 2004. He was one of the early environmentalists of India, and later he and others associated with the Chipko movement and started taking up wider environmental issues, such as being opposed to large dams. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1936–2019) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Physician and diabetologist, specialising in <a href="/wiki/Endocrinology" title="Endocrinology">endocrinology</a>. Served in the <a href="/wiki/AIIMS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIIMS">AIIMS</a> faculty as professor and head of medicine, and as honorary physician to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> (1977–1982, 1987–1992) and as consultant physician to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> (1991–1996). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. Chattopadhyaya</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1933–2022) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Educationist and politician who served as Union Deputy Minister of Health and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce and Industry</a>. Founded the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Philosophical_Research" title="Indian Council of Philosophical Research">Indian Council of Philosophical Research</a> and served as its chairman and then as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Studies_in_Civilizations" title="Centre for Studies in Civilizations">Centre for Studies in Civilizations</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Sekhar_Ganguly" title="Ashok Sekhar Ganguly">Ashok Sekhar Ganguly</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1935) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Noted industry expert and former chairman of <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Lever" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Lever">Hindustan Lever</a> and member of the <a href="/wiki/Unilever" title="Unilever">Unilever</a> Board. Also served as member of the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, <a href="/wiki/Investment_Commission" title="Investment Commission">Investment Commission</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Knowledge_Commission" title="National Knowledge Commission">National Knowledge Commission</a> and as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Joshi" title="Nirmala Joshi">Nirmala Joshi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1934–2015) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> religious sister who succeeded <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a> as the head of the <a href="/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity">Missionaries of Charity</a> and is credited to expand the mission overseas. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Anil_Kakodkar.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Anil_Kakodkar.JPG/70px-Anil_Kakodkar.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Anil_Kakodkar.JPG/105px-Anil_Kakodkar.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Anil_Kakodkar.JPG/140px-Anil_Kakodkar.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1732" data-file-height="2104" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1943) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer who served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission of India</a> (2000–2009). Known for his contribution in the design and construction of <a href="/wiki/Dhruva_reactor" title="Dhruva reactor">Dhruva</a>, India's largest research reactor and in India's nuclear tests asserting sovereignty and championed for India's self-reliance on <a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium">thorium</a> as a fuel for nuclear energy.<a href="#cite_note-71">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1954) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cardiologist specializing in non-surgical closure of heart holes (ASD/VSD), non-surgical replacement of valves, and treatment of multiple sclerosis, who serves as the chairman and director of Interventional Cardiology of the Metro Group of Hospitals. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg/70px-%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg/105px-%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg/140px-%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1525" data-file-height="1689" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1943) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Space scientist who served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organization">Indian Space Research Organization</a> from 2003 till 2009 and is credited for contributing to the development of multi-stage <a href="/wiki/Satellite_launch_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite launch vehicle">satellite launch vehicles</a>, achieving self-reliance in independent access to space using indigenous technologies. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Govind_Narain" title="Govind Narain">Govind Narain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1916–2012) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant who served as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh (1958–1961), <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Union Home Secretary</a> (1971–1973) and as <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Union Defence Secretary</a> (1973–1975). Also served as Advisor and Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Nepal" title="King of Nepal">King of Nepal</a> (1951–1954) and upon retirement from service, served as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a> (1977–1983). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1920–2013) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant, international administrator, and diplomat. Served as the first chief executive of the <a href="/wiki/Shipping_Corporation_of_India" title="Shipping Corporation of India">Shipping Corporation of India</a> and as the Secretary-General of the <a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" title="International Maritime Organization">International Maritime Organization</a> for four terms from 1974 till 1989. </td></tr> <tr id="2010"> <td>2010 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2020) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Theatre director and drama teacher known for his rigid discipline that he instilled in his acting students an awe and reverence. Served as the Director of <a href="/wiki/National_School_of_Drama" title="National School of Drama">National School of Drama</a>, New Delhi (1962–1977). He was also a noted art connoisseur, collector and gallery owner, and founded the Art Heritage Gallery. Staging more than fifty plays in his lifetime, he used both <a href="/wiki/Proscenium" title="Proscenium">proscenium</a> stages and the open-air venues. His designs for the open-air venues were acclaimed for their visual nature and for the original spins he put on each stage production. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Venki_Ramakrishnan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Venki_Ramakrishnan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1329" data-file-height="1772" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Venki_Ramakrishnan" title="Venki Ramakrishnan">Venkatraman Ramakrishnan</a>* (born 1952) </td> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-born British and American <a href="/wiki/Structural_biologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Structural biologist">structural biologist</a> and recipient of the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Steitz" title="Thomas A. Steitz">Thomas A. Steitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ada_Yonath" title="Ada Yonath">Ada Yonath</a> for research on the structure and function of <a href="/wiki/Ribosomes" class="mw-redirect" title="Ribosomes">ribosomes</a>. Best known for his past work on <a href="/wiki/Histone" title="Histone">histone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chromatin" title="Chromatin">chromatin</a> structure. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Prathap_C._Reddy_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg/70px-Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg/105px-Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg/140px-Prathap_C._Reddy_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="525" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Prathap_C._Reddy" title="Prathap C. Reddy">Prathap C. Reddy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1933) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Entrepreneur and cardiologist and founder of the first corporate chain of hospitals in India, the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Hospitals" title="Apollo Hospitals">Apollo Hospitals</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_Governor_of_Reserve_Bank_of_India,_Shri_Y.V._Reddy_addressing_a_seminar_on_%E2%80%98Challenges_and_Implications_of_Basel_II_for_Asia%E2%80%99_at_39th_Asian_Development_Bank_Annual_General_Body_Meeting_in_Hyderabad_on_May_3,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Governor_of_Reserve_Bank_of_India%2C_Shri_Y.V._Reddy_addressing_a_seminar_on_%E2%80%98Challenges_and_Implications_of_Basel_II_for_Asia%E2%80%99_at_39th_Asian_Development_Bank_Annual_General_Body_Meeting_in_Hyderabad_on_May_3%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Governor_of_Reserve_Bank_of_India%2C_Shri_Y.V._Reddy_addressing_a_seminar_on_%E2%80%98Challenges_and_Implications_of_Basel_II_for_Asia%E2%80%99_at_39th_Asian_Development_Bank_Annual_General_Body_Meeting_in_Hyderabad_on_May_3%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_Governor_of_Reserve_Bank_of_India%2C_Shri_Y.V._Reddy_addressing_a_seminar_on_%E2%80%98Challenges_and_Implications_of_Basel_II_for_Asia%E2%80%99_at_39th_Asian_Development_Bank_Annual_General_Body_Meeting_in_Hyderabad_on_May_3%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="314" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Y._V._Reddy" title="Y. V. Reddy">Y. Venugopal Reddy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1941) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and retired bureaucrat who served as the 21st <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Reserve_Bank_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Reserve Bank of India">Governor of the Reserve Bank of India</a> (2003–2008) and as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Finance_Commission" title="Fourteenth Finance Commission">Fourteenth Finance Commission</a>. Credited for playing a crucial role in framing macro-economic policies that helped quarantine the country from the <a href="/wiki/Domino_effect" title="Domino effect">domino effect</a> of the financial crisis encountered by the South-East Asian countries during the later part of the 1990s. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Zohra_Segal_on_April_07,_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Zohra_Segal_on_April_07%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1000" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1912–2014) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_dance" title="Contemporary dance">contemporary dance</a> troupe, she transitioned into acting roles beginning in the 1940s and appeared in several <a href="/wiki/British_films" class="mw-redirect" title="British films">British films</a>, television shows, and <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> productions in a career that spanned over six decades. Notable films include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), <a href="/wiki/Bhaji_on_the_Beach" title="Bhaji on the Beach">Bhaji on the Beach</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/The_Mystic_Masseur" title="The Mystic Masseur">The Mystic Masseur</a> (2001), <a href="/wiki/Bend_It_Like_Beckham" title="Bend It Like Beckham">Bend It Like Beckham</a> (2002), <a href="/wiki/Dil_Se.." title="Dil Se..">Dil Se..</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Saaya_(2003_film)" title="Saaya (2003 film)">Saaya</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/Veer-Zaara" title="Veer-Zaara">Veer-Zaara</a> (2004), etc. Often considered as the doyenne of <a href="/wiki/Indian_theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian theatre">Indian theatre</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg/70px-Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg/105px-Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg/140px-Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1742" data-file-height="2002" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1937) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Musician and exponent of the Carnatic percussion instrument, the <a href="/wiki/Mridangam" title="Mridangam">mridangam</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Montekahuwalia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Montekahuwalia.jpg/70px-Montekahuwalia.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Montekahuwalia.jpg/105px-Montekahuwalia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Montekahuwalia.jpg/140px-Montekahuwalia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1943) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and civil servant who held various positions in the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> and thereupon served as the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Planning_Commission" title="Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission">Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission</a> from 2004 till 2014. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Vijay_Kelkar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vijay_Kelkar.jpg/70px-Vijay_Kelkar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vijay_Kelkar.jpg/105px-Vijay_Kelkar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Vijay_Kelkar.jpg/140px-Vijay_Kelkar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1852" data-file-height="1600" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1942) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Economist and academic who served as <a href="/wiki/Finance_Secretary_(India)" title="Finance Secretary (India)">Union Finance Secretary</a> (1998–1999), Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> (2002–2004) and then as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Finance_Commission" title="Thirteenth Finance Commission">Thirteenth Finance Commission</a> (2007–2013). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="176" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–2016) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Chemist and politician who served Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Public_Service_Commission" title="Union Public Service Commission">Union Public Service Commission</a> (1974–1977) and then as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bihar">Governor of Bihar</a> (1979–1985, 1993–1998), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1998–1999), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Haryana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Haryana">Governor of Haryana</a> (2004–2009). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Onv.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Onv.JPG/70px-Onv.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Onv.JPG/105px-Onv.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Onv.JPG/140px-Onv.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1412" data-file-height="1944" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1931–2016) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Poet and lyricist and one of the leading lyricists in <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam film">Malayalam film</a>, drama, album industry.<a href="#cite_note-72">[51]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg/70px-Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg/105px-Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg/140px-Sitakant_Mahapatra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1460" data-file-height="1704" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1937) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Odisha </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Poet and literary critic in <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia language</a>. Published over 15 poetry collection, 5 essay collections, a travelogue, over 30 contemplative works, apart from numerous translations. His poetry collection has been published in several Indian languages. Notable works include Sabdar Akash (1971), Samudra (1977) and Anek Sharat (1981). Also served as the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Trust" title="National Book Trust">National Book Trust</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Brajesh_Mishra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brajesh_Mishra.jpg/70px-Brajesh_Mishra.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brajesh_Mishra.jpg/105px-Brajesh_Mishra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brajesh_Mishra.jpg/140px-Brajesh_Mishra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="405" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Mishra" title="Brajesh Mishra">Brajesh Mishra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1928–2012) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Diplomat and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_India_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations">Permanent Representative to the United Nations</a> (1979–1981), <a href="/wiki/Principal_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India">Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister</a> and as the first <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a> (1998–2004). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1927) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent lawyer who served as <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_India" title="Solicitor General of India">Solicitor General of India</a> (1980–1983) and as the <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_for_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney-General for India">Attorney-General for India</a> (1983–1989). Later served as nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from 2012 till 2018. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/70px-Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/105px-Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg/140px-Azim_H._Premji_World_Economic_Forum_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3316" data-file-height="4621" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Azim_Premji" title="Azim Premji">Azim Premji</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1945) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Businessman and philanthropist who was the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Wipro_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Wipro Limited">Wipro Limited</a>. Often referred to as the "Czar of Indian IT Industry", he is credited for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth, to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the software industry. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1937) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist known for his contribution to the field of physical and mechanical <a href="/wiki/Metallurgy" title="Metallurgy">metallurgy</a>. Began research career with X-ray diffraction study of structural imperfections including development of new methods of analysis of X-ray line-broadening and prediction and experimental verification of fault configurations in double hexagonal close – packed crystals and notable among these efforts is the development of an ultrahigh strength high fracture toughness low alloy steel. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="447" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1923–2014) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Actor and producer, known for his work majorly in <a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu cinema</a>. Starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became one of the most prominent figures of Telugu cinema. Known for his work in <a href="/wiki/Biographical_films" class="mw-redirect" title="Biographical films">biographical films</a> and being one of the instrumental figures in the shifting of the Telugu film industry from <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> in the 1970s. Notable performances include in <a href="/wiki/Laila_Majnu" class="mw-redirect" title="Laila Majnu">Laila Majnu</a> (1949), <a href="/wiki/Devadasu_(1953_film)" title="Devadasu (1953 film)">Devadasu</a> (1953), <a href="/wiki/Anarkali" title="Anarkali">Anarkali</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Batasari" title="Batasari">Batasari</a> (1961), <a href="/wiki/Sri_Krishnarjuna_Yuddhamu" title="Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu">Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu</a> (1963), <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Chakravarty" title="Doctor Chakravarty">Doctor Chakravarty</a> (1964), <a href="/wiki/Bhakta_Tukaram" title="Bhakta Tukaram">Bhakta Tukaram</a> (1971), <a href="/wiki/Prema_Nagar" title="Prema Nagar">Prema Nagar</a> (1971), <a href="/wiki/Premabhishekam_(1981_film)" title="Premabhishekam (1981 film)">Premabhishekam</a> (1981), <a href="/wiki/Sri_Ramadasu" title="Sri Ramadasu">Sri Ramadasu</a> (2006), etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kapilavatsyayan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kapilavatsyayan.jpg/70px-Kapilavatsyayan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kapilavatsyayan.jpg/105px-Kapilavatsyayan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Kapilavatsyayan.jpg/140px-Kapilavatsyayan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2032" data-file-height="1524" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1928–2020) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Leading scholar of <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Indian classical dance</a>, art, architecture, and art history. Served as a nominated member of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (2006–2007, 2007–2012) and as founding director of the <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_National_Centre_for_the_Arts" title="Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts">Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_photograph_of_Mrs._Homai_Vyarawalla_of_Vadodara,_one_of_the_recipients_of_the_First_National_Photo_Award_%E2%80%93_Life_Time_Achievement_2010._The_Vice_President.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/The_photograph_of_Mrs._Homai_Vyarawalla_of_Vadodara%2C_one_of_the_recipients_of_the_First_National_Photo_Award_%E2%80%93_Life_Time_Achievement_2010._The_Vice_President.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/The_photograph_of_Mrs._Homai_Vyarawalla_of_Vadodara%2C_one_of_the_recipients_of_the_First_National_Photo_Award_%E2%80%93_Life_Time_Achievement_2010._The_Vice_President.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/The_photograph_of_Mrs._Homai_Vyarawalla_of_Vadodara%2C_one_of_the_recipients_of_the_First_National_Photo_Award_%E2%80%93_Life_Time_Achievement_2010._The_Vice_President.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2533" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1913–2012) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, she was India's first woman <a href="/wiki/Photojournalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Photojournalist">photojournalist</a>. Began her career her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined <a href="/wiki/The_Illustrated_Weekly_of_India" title="The Illustrated Weekly of India">The Illustrated Weekly of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg/70px-Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg/105px-Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg/140px-Bhupen_Hazarika_2016_stamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1077" data-file-height="1454" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a># (1926–2011)<a href="#cite_note-74">[xiii]</a> </td> <td>Arts </td> <td>Assam </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, artist, editor, filmmaker, professor and politician. Widely known as Sudha Kontho, his songs were written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. Acknowledged to have introduced the culture and folk music of Assam and Northeast India to Hindi cinema at the national level. Later conferred the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> in 2019. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg/70px-Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg/105px-Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg/140px-Miranda_de_Miranda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a># (1926–2011)<a href="#cite_note-76">[xiv]</a>a </td> <td>Arts </td> <td>Goa </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cartoonist and painter based in <a href="/wiki/Loutolim" title="Loutolim">Loutolim</a>. Worked on a regular with <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a> and other newspapers including <a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a>, though he got his popularity with his works published in <a href="/wiki/The_Illustrated_Weekly_of_India" title="The Illustrated Weekly of India">The Illustrated Weekly of India</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:T._V._Rajeswar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-T._V._Rajeswar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="303" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/T._V._Rajeswar" title="T. V. Rajeswar">T. V. Rajeswar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1926–2018) </th> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">Indian Police Service</a> officer who served as <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Intelligence_Bureau" title="Director of the Intelligence Bureau">Director of the Intelligence Bureau</a> (1980–1983). Upon retirement from service, served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Arunachal_Pradesh" title="List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh">Lieutenant Governor of Arunachal Pradesh</a> (1983–1985), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Sikkim" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Sikkim">Governor of Sikkim</a> (1985–1989), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> (1989–1990) and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Uttar Pradesh">Governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> (2004–2009). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Orthopaedic physician who invented India's first indigenous knee implant, the Indus Knee, and founder of Maharashtra's first orthopaedic dedicated specialty hospital. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg/70px-K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg/105px-K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg/140px-K.G._Subramanyan_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="237" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1924–2016) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Artist, painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer, academic known for his works on <a href="/wiki/Santiniketan:_The_Making_of_a_Contextual_Modernism" title="Santiniketan: The Making of a Contextual Modernism">contextual modernism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Baroda_Group" title="Baroda Group">Baroda Group</a>. Greatly influenced by folk art from Kerala, <a href="/wiki/Kalighat_painting" title="Kalighat painting">Kalighat painting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Pattachitra</a> from Bengal and Odisha, as well as Indian court paintings. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_(Architect_and_Sculptor)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg/70px-Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg/105px-Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg/140px-Padma_Vibhushan_Raghunath_Mohapatra_%28Architect_and_Sculptor%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1541" data-file-height="1793" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1943–2021) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Odisha </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Architect and sculptor known for his masterpieces including Buddha statues in white sandstone at Dhauligiri Shanti Stupa, Konark horses at the Barabati Stadium and Master Canteen, Mukteswar Gate at <a href="/wiki/Surajkund" title="Surajkund">Surajkund</a> and a gigantic lotus at <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a>'s samadhi at <a href="/wiki/Veer_bhumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Veer bhumi">Veer bhumi</a>. Later also served as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from 2016 till his death in 2021. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Rodham_Narasimha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Rodham_Narasimha.jpg/70px-Rodham_Narasimha.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Rodham_Narasimha.jpg/105px-Rodham_Narasimha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Rodham_Narasimha.jpg/140px-Rodham_Narasimha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1270" data-file-height="1331" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1933–2020) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Aerospace scientist and <a href="/wiki/Fluid_dynamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluid dynamic">fluid dynamicist</a>. Led research initiative into <a href="/wiki/Parallel_computing" title="Parallel computing">parallel computing</a> as a means to solve fluid dynamics problems which resulted in first parallel computer in India and development of a code for weather prediction of tropical regions. Served as Director of <a href="/wiki/National_Aerospace_Laboratories" title="National Aerospace Laboratories">National Aerospace Laboratories</a> (1984–1993) and immensely contributed to advance India's aerospace technology. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg/70px-Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg/105px-Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg/140px-Prof._Yash_Pal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1134" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Yash_Pal" title="Yash Pal">Yash Pal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1926–2017) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist, educator and educationist known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he became one of the leading science communicators of the country. Also served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission</a> (1986–1991). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sayed_Haider_Raza_(1995).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png/70px-Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png/105px-Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png/140px-Sayed_Haider_Raza_%281995%29.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="255" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2016) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Painter who lived and worked in France from 1950 until his death, while maintaining strong ties with India. His works include continued experiment with currents of Western Modernism, moving from <a href="/wiki/Expressionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Expressionist">Expressionist</a> modes towards greater abstraction and eventually incorporating elements of <a href="/wiki/Tantrism" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantrism">Tantrism</a> from Indian scriptures. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:BKS_Iyengar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BKS_Iyengar.jpg/70px-BKS_Iyengar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BKS_Iyengar.jpg/105px-BKS_Iyengar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BKS_Iyengar.jpg/140px-BKS_Iyengar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="805" data-file-height="980" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1918–2014) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a> teacher and author who founded the style of <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a> known as "<a href="/wiki/Iyengar_Yoga" title="Iyengar Yoga">Iyengar Yoga</a>" and was considered one of the foremost <a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">yoga gurus</a> in the world. Authored many books on yoga practice and philosophy including <a href="/wiki/Light_on_Yoga" title="Light on Yoga">Light on Yoga</a>, Light on Pranayama, Light on the <a href="/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali" title="Yoga Sutras of Patanjali">Yoga Sutras of Patanjali</a>, and Light on Life.<a href="#cite_note-77">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg/70px-Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg/105px-Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg/140px-Ramesh_Mashelkar_Apr09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="931" data-file-height="1241" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1943) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Chemical engineer known for research and innovation of <a href="/wiki/Polymer_science" title="Polymer science">polymer science</a> and engineering. Former Director-General of <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research" title="Council of Scientific and Industrial Research">Council of Scientific and Industrial Research</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lkadvani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/70px-Lkadvani.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/105px-Lkadvani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Lkadvani.jpg/140px-Lkadvani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1309" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1927) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician and co-founder and former President of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>. Served as the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy Prime Minister of India</a> (2002–2004) and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> (1998–2004). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg/70px-Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg/105px-Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg/140px-Indian_actor_Amitabh_Bachchan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="1655" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1942) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician, who works in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a>. In film career spanning over five decades, he has starred in more than 200 films. Widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Indian cinema">history of Indian cinema</a> and referred to as the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Sadi Ke Mahanayak (Hindi for, "Greatest actor of the century"), Star of the Millennium, or Big B. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png/70px-Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png/105px-Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png/140px-Parkash_Singh_Badal2.png 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="899" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2023) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Punjab (India)">Chief Minister of Punjab</a> on five occasions, from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. Also served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Agriculture (India)">Union Minister of Agriculture</a> in 1977. Returned the award in 2020 in solidarity with the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Indian_farmers%27_protest" title="2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest">2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG/70px-Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG/105px-Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG/140px-Veerendra_Heggade_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1920" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Heggade" title="Veerendra Heggade">Veerendra Heggade</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1948) </th> <td>Social Work </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Philanthropist and hereditary administrator (Dharmadhikari) of the <a href="/wiki/Dharmasthala_Temple" title="Dharmasthala Temple">Dharmasthala Temple</a>, administering the temple and its properties. Patron of art and culture and immensely contributed to social welfare. Currently serving as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> since 2022. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:DilipKumar2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/DilipKumar2.jpg/70px-DilipKumar2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/DilipKumar2.jpg/105px-DilipKumar2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/DilipKumar2.jpg/140px-DilipKumar2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="301" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2021) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Actor who worked in <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a>. Credited with pioneering <a href="/wiki/Method_acting" title="Method acting">method acting</a> in cinema, he dominated the <a href="/wiki/Indian_movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian movie">Indian movie</a> scene from the late 1940s throughout the 1960s, being referred to as Abhinay Samrat (Hindi for "Emperor of Acting") by the audience. He holds the record for most wins for the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor">Filmfare Award for Best Actor</a> (eight, which was later equalled by Shah Rukh Khan) and was also the inaugural recipient of the award. He is also referred to as The First Khan of Hindi Cinema and holds the most dominant box-office record for a star (male or female) in Hindi cinema with over 80% box-office successes and several long-standing gross records.<a href="#cite_note-78">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/70px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/105px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/140px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1950) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in <a href="/wiki/Chitrakoot,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh">Chitrakoot</a> and is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya having held the title since 1988. Founder and head of <a href="/wiki/Tulsi_Peeth" title="Tulsi Peeth">Tulsi Peeth</a>, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after <a href="/wiki/Tulsidas" title="Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg/70px-MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg/105px-MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg/140px-MR_SRINIVASAN.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="258" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1930) </th> <td>Science & Technology </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer and played a key role in the development of India's nuclear power programme and the development of the <a href="/wiki/Pressurized_heavy-water_reactor" title="Pressurized heavy-water reactor">PHWR</a>. Served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission of India</a> from 1987 till 1990. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal,_K_K_Venugopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg/70px-Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg/105px-Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg/140px-Kottayan_Katankot_Venugopal%2C_K_K_Venugopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2128" data-file-height="1416" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">Kottayan Katankot Venugopal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1931) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Constitutional lawyer and senior advocate of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>. Served as constitutional adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Government_of_Bhutan" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Government of Bhutan">Royal Government of Bhutan</a> for drafting of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Bhutan" title="Constitution of Bhutan">constitution</a> and later served as the 13th <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_India" title="Attorney General of India">Attorney General of India</a> from 2017 till 2022. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_(15760993697).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg/70px-His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg/105px-His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg/140px-His_Highness_the_Aga_Khan_%2815760993697%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="2792" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV" title="Aga Khan IV">Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan</a>* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </td> <td>Social Work </td> <td>United Kingdom/ France </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> 49th and current <a href="/wiki/Imam" title="Imam">Imam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nizari_Isma%27ilism" title="Nizari Isma'ilism">Nizari Isma'ilism</a> having held the position since 1957. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:V._K._Aatre_in_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-V._K._Aatre_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1082" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1939) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Scientist and former Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</a> and Scientific Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Dhirubhai_Ambani_2002_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="312" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dhirubhai_Ambani" title="Dhirubhai Ambani">Dhirubhai Ambani</a># (1932–2002)<a href="#cite_note-80">[xv]</a> </td> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Businessman and founder of <a href="/wiki/Reliance_Industries" title="Reliance Industries">Reliance Industries</a> in 1958 and made eminent contributions to the field of trade and industry. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_(4).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG/70px-Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG/105px-Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG/140px-Girija_Devi_at_Bhopal_%284%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1355" data-file-height="2032" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1929–2017) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Classical singer belonging to the Seniya and <a href="/wiki/Benares_gharana" title="Benares gharana">Benares gharanas</a>, known for performing classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of <a href="/wiki/Thumri" title="Thumri">thumri</a>. Dubbed as the "Queen of Thumri" for her contribution in the genre.<a href="#cite_note-81">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Avinash_Dixit.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Avinash_Dixit.JPG/70px-Avinash_Dixit.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Avinash_Dixit.JPG/105px-Avinash_Dixit.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Avinash_Dixit.JPG/140px-Avinash_Dixit.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Dixit" title="Avinash Dixit">Avinash Dixit</a>* (born 1944) </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American economist serving as Economics Professor Emeritus at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> and holding academic positions at other reputed institutions. Author of the book "Investment Under Uncertainty" along with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pindyck" title="Robert Pindyck">Robert Pindyck</a> which is the first textbook exclusively about the <a href="/wiki/Real_options" class="mw-redirect" title="Real options">real options</a> approach to investments, and described as "a born-classic" in view of its importance to the theory. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Jagmohan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/70px-Jagmohan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/105px-Jagmohan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/140px-Jagmohan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="893" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2021) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Civil servant and politician who held various bureaucratic and political positions, including serving as the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delhi">Lieutenant Governor of Delhi</a> (1980–1981), 1982–1984), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Goa">Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu</a> (1981–1982), <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Jammu and Kashmir">Governor of Jammu and Kashmir</a> (1984–1989), 1990) and then <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Union Minister of Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Urban Development</a>, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yamini_Krishnamurthy_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Yamini_Krishnamurthy_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1716" data-file-height="2288" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1940) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Dancer of <a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a> styles of dancing. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg/70px-Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg/105px-Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg/140px-Rajinikanth_during_audio_release_of_robot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="400" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1950) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Actor mainly working in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done more than 160 films that includes films in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a>. Widely regarded as one of the most successful and popular actors in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Indian cinema">history of Indian cinema</a> and known for his uniquely styled lines and idiosyncrasies in films, he has a huge fan base throughout India and has a cult following. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png/70px-Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png/105px-Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png/140px-Cherukuri_Ramoji_rao.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="291" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Businessman, media entrepreneur, and film producer. Head of the <a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Group" title="Ramoji Group">Ramoji Group</a> which owns the world's largest film production facility <a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Film_City" title="Ramoji Film City">Ramoji Film City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eenadu" title="Eenadu">Eenadu</a> newspaper, <a href="/wiki/ETV_Network" title="ETV Network">ETV Network</a> of TV channels, and the film production company <a href="/wiki/Usha_Kiran_Movies" title="Usha Kiran Movies">Usha Kiran Movies</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:RaviShankar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/RaviShankar.jpg/70px-RaviShankar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/RaviShankar.jpg/105px-RaviShankar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/RaviShankar.jpg/140px-RaviShankar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2048" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Sri Sri Ravi Shankar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1956) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Yoga guru and spiritual leader, frequently referred to as Sri Sri (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. Founder of the <a href="/wiki/Art_of_Living_foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Art of Living foundation">Art of Living foundation</a> and best known for his work in promoting peace and goodwil among communities. Initially refused the award in 2015, but accepted the following year. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._V._Shanta,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Dr._V._Shanta%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_20%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="723" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2021) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Oncologist and former chairperson of <a href="/wiki/Adyar_Cancer_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Adyar Cancer Institute">Adyar Cancer Institute</a>. Best known for her efforts towards making quality and affordable cancer treatment accessible to all patients in the country, and dedicated herself to the mission of organizing care for cancer patients, study of the disease, research on its prevention and cure, spreading awareness about the disease, and developing specialists and scientists in various subspecialties of <a href="/wiki/Oncology" title="Oncology">oncology</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/70px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/105px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/140px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1934) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and member of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>, serving as its president from 1991 till 1993. Also served as member of both <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">houses of parliament</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Union Minister of Home Affairs</a> in 1996 and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Union Minister of Human Resource Development</a> from 1998 till 2004. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a># (1924–2016)<a href="#cite_note-83">[xvi]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> who served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh">Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh</a> twice, in 1980 and from 1990 till 1992. Later, served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Union Minister of Rural Development</a> (1999–2000), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture (India)">Minister of Agriculture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> (2000) and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Minister of Mines</a> (2000–2001). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group%E2%80%99s_New_Marathi_Channel_%E2%80%9CJai_Maharashtra%E2%80%9D%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_27%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="754" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1940) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician and founder-President of <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a>. Four-time former <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Maharashtra">Chief Minister of Maharashtra</a> and held numerous ministerial positions in the union government including serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> (1991–1993), and as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Agriculture (India)">Minister of Agriculture</a> (2004–2014). Also served as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Lok_Sabha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha)">Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha</a> (1998–1999). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:U_R_Rao_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-U_R_Rao_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="223" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao" title="Udupi Ramachandra Rao">Udupi Ramachandra Rao</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1932–2017) </th> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Space scientist and former chairman of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organization">Indian Space Research Organization</a> serving from 1984 till 1994. Known as the "Satellite Man of India" and pioneered the first satellite launch <a href="/wiki/Aryabhata_(satellite)" title="Aryabhata (satellite)">Aryabhata</a> in 1974.<a href="#cite_note-84">[59]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg/70px-P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg/105px-P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="165" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a> (1947–2016)<a href="#cite_note-86">[xvii]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and founder of the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a>, served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Meghalaya">Chief Minister of Meghalaya</a> from 1988 and 1990. Later served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Coal (India)">Union Minister of Coal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Minister of Labour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a> and thereupon as the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> from 1996 till 1998. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg/70px-Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg/105px-Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg/140px-Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="1171" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sadhguru" title="Sadhguru">Jaggi Vasudev</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1957) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Spiritual leader, speaker and founder-head of the <a href="/wiki/Isha_Foundation" title="Isha Foundation">Isha Foundation</a> which operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritual activities. Advocated for protecting the environment against climate change, instrumental in leading many initiatives like Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and the Journey to Save Soil. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:K.J_Yesudas.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K.J_Yesudas.JPG/70px-K.J_Yesudas.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K.J_Yesudas.JPG/105px-K.J_Yesudas.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K.J_Yesudas.JPG/140px-K.J_Yesudas.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1940) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. Widely considered as one of the greatest singers in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Indian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Indian music">history of Indian music</a> and a cultural icon of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. He is estimated to have recorded more than 50,000 songs in various Indian languages as well as foreign languages in a career spanning six decades. Often referred to as Gaanagandharvan (transl. The Celestial Singer), he also holds the record for singing 11 songs in different languages in a single day and has composed a number of Malayalam film songs during the 1970s and 1980s. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg/70px-Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg/105px-Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg/140px-Ilaiyaraaja_at_Merku_Thodarchi_Malai_Press_Meet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="769" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1943) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in <a href="/wiki/Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>, prominently in Tamil and Telugu films. Reputed to be one of the most prolific composers in a career spanning over forty-seven years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films, apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts. Nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and often referred to as "Maestro". He was also one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Tamil film music, and the first South Asian to compose a full symphony. Currently serves as a nominated member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> since 2022. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:A_still_of_Shri_Ghulam_Mustafa_Waris_Khan_who_will_be_presented_with_the_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award_for_Hindustani_Music_-_Vocal_by_the_President_Dr._A.P.J_Abdul_Kalam_in_New_Delhi_on_October_26,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/A_still_of_Shri_Ghulam_Mustafa_Waris_Khan_who_will_be_presented_with_the_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award_for_Hindustani_Music_-_Vocal_by_the_President_Dr._A.P.J_Abdul_Kalam_in_New_Delhi_on_October_26%2C_2004.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/A_still_of_Shri_Ghulam_Mustafa_Waris_Khan_who_will_be_presented_with_the_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award_for_Hindustani_Music_-_Vocal_by_the_President_Dr._A.P.J_Abdul_Kalam_in_New_Delhi_on_October_26%2C_2004.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/A_still_of_Shri_Ghulam_Mustafa_Waris_Khan_who_will_be_presented_with_the_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award_for_Hindustani_Music_-_Vocal_by_the_President_Dr._A.P.J_Abdul_Kalam_in_New_Delhi_on_October_26%2C_2004.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="1391" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1931–2021) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Classical musician, playback singer in the <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical music</a> tradition, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Rampur-Sahaswan_Gharana" class="mw-redirect" title="Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana">Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Parameshwaran.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Parameshwaran.JPG/70px-Parameshwaran.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Parameshwaran.JPG/105px-Parameshwaran.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Parameshwaran.JPG/140px-Parameshwaran.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="1244" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1927–2020) </th> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Hindutva thinker and <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> (RSS) pracharak and former Vice-President of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>. Former chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Kendra" title="Vivekananda Kendra">Vivekananda Kendra</a> which is a Hindu nationalist social service and "nation-building" organisation, claiming to represent the heritage of <a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Swami Vivekananda</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg/70px-Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg/105px-Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg/140px-Teejan_Bai_after_performnce_at_Bharat_Bhawan_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1333" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1956) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Exponent of <a href="/wiki/Pandavani" title="Pandavani">Pandavani</a>, a traditional performing art form, from <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>, in which she enacts tales from the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, with musical accompaniments. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg/70px-Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg/105px-Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg/140px-Ismail_Omar_Guelleh_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1332" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a>* (born 1946) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Djibouti </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Djiboutian politician and the second and current <a href="/wiki/President_of_Djibouti" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Djibouti">President of Djibouti</a> having been in office since 1999. Conferred with the award for his role in the safe evacuation of Indian citizens from <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg/70px-Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg/105px-Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg/140px-Mr._A.M._Naik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1946" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/A._M._Naik" title="A. M. Naik">Anil Manibhai Naik</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1942) </th> <td>Trade & Industry </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Industrialist, philanthropist and the Group Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Larsen_%26_Toubro_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Larsen & Toubro Limited">Larsen & Toubro Limited</a> and currently serving as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Skill_Development_Corporation" title="National Skill Development Corporation">National Skill Development Corporation</a> since 2018.<a href="#cite_note-87">[61]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Babasahebwikismall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Babasahebwikismall.jpg/70px-Babasahebwikismall.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Babasahebwikismall.jpg/105px-Babasahebwikismall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Babasahebwikismall.jpg/140px-Babasahebwikismall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="1010" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Babasaheb_Purandare" title="Babasaheb Purandare">Balwant Moreshwar Purandare</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1922–2021) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Writer of books and plays, works mostly based on the life of <a href="/wiki/Chatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj">Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj</a> and was regarded Shiv-Shahir ("Shivaji's bard"). Widely known for his popular play on Shivaji, Jaanta Raja. </td></tr> <tr id="2020"> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:George_Fernandes_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="930" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a># (1930–2019)<a href="#cite_note-89">[xviii]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Bihar </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Union Defence Minister</a> from 1998 until 2004. Served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> for more than 30 years representing various constituencies and also held various other portfolios, including serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Industry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a>, etc. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister,_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-The_official_photograph_of_the_Defence_Minister%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1608" data-file-height="2144" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a># (1952–2019)<a href="#cite_note-91">[xix]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician and attorney belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>. Served on various important cabinet positions, including serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Union Minister of Finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Law and Justice (India)">Minister of Law and Justice</a>. Tenure as Finance minister, oversaw the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Goods_and_Services_Tax_(India)" title="Goods and Services Tax (India)">Goods and Services Tax</a> which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of <a href="/wiki/Insolvency_and_Bankruptcy_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code">Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg/70px-Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg/105px-Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg/140px-Anerood_Jugnauth_January_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="311" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a>* (1930–2021) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Mauritius </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Mauritian statesman, politician and barrister who served both as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Mauritius" title="President of Mauritius">President of Mauritius</a> from 2003 till 2012, and as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Mauritius" title="Prime Minister of Mauritius">Prime Minister of Mauritius</a> on three occasions, from 1982 till 1995, from 2000 till 2013 and again from 2014 till 2017. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mary_Kom_with_Pranab_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="803" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">M. C. Mary Kom</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1982) </th> <td>Sports </td> <td>Manipur </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Amateur boxer, politician, and former nominated member of <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (2016–2022). Credited for being the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer (male or female) to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a> and compete in the flyweight (51 kg) and won a bronze medal. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg/70px-Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg/105px-Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg/140px-Chhannulal_Mishra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="1024" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chhannulal_Mishra" title="Chhannulal Mishra">Chhannulal Mishra</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1936) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Celebrated <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music" title="Hindustani classical music">Hindustani classical singer</a> from <a href="/wiki/Banaras" class="mw-redirect" title="Banaras">Banaras</a> and a noted exponent of the <a href="/wiki/Kirana_gharana" title="Kirana gharana">Kirana gharana</a>, best known for his skills in <a href="/wiki/Khyal" title="Khyal">khyal</a> and the Purab Ang – <a href="/wiki/Thumri" title="Thumri">Thumri</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_(24074726498)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Secretary_Tillerson_is_Greeted_by_Indian_Minister_of_External_Affairs_Swaraj_%2824074726498%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="1083" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a># (1952–2019)<a href="#cite_note-93">[xx]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Lawyer, politician and administrator who served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> from 2014 until 2019. Seven-time former member of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament</a>, she had also served as the first female <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Delhi">Chief Minister of Delhi</a> in 1998 and held various other ministerial portfolios in the union government including serving as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Minister of Parliamentary Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Minister of Health and Family Welfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vishvesha_Tirtha_Swamiji_of_Pejawar_Mutt_meets_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="481" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Tirtha" title="Vishwesha Tirtha">Vishwesha Teertha</a># (1931–2019)<a href="#cite_note-95">[xxi]</a> </td> <td>Others </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Officially known as Śrī Śrī 1008 Śrī Viśveśa-tīrtha Śrīpād, he was a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu guru</a>, saint and presiding swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha, one of the Ashta Mathas belonging to the Dvaita school of philosophy founded by Sri <a href="/wiki/Madhvacharya" title="Madhvacharya">Madhvacharya</a> and the 32nd in the lineage of the Pejavara matha. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg/70px-Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg/105px-Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg/140px-Shinz%C5%8D_Abe_20120501.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="1600" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a>* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1954–2022) </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Japan </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Japanese politician and statesman who served as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a> for two terms, from 2006 till 2007 and again from 2012 till 2020, thus becoming the longest-serving prime minister of Japan. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg/70px-S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg/105px-S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg/140px-S._P._Balasubrahmanyam_at_the_%27Gurkha%27_Audio_Launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1200" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a># (1946–2020)<a href="#cite_note-96">[xxii]</a> </td> <td>Arts </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian singers of all time and predominantly worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and <a href="/wiki/Hindi_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi film">Hindi films</a> and sang in a total of 16 languages. Holds the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Record" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness World Record">Guinness World Record</a> for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 50,000 songs in 16 languages. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:BelleMonappaHegde.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BelleMonappaHegde.JPG/70px-BelleMonappaHegde.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BelleMonappaHegde.JPG/105px-BelleMonappaHegde.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BelleMonappaHegde.JPG/140px-BelleMonappaHegde.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._M._Hegde" title="B. M. Hegde">Belle Monappa Hegde</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1938) </th> <td>Medicine </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Cardiologist, professor of medicine, and author known for his work on <a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">homeopathy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quantum_healing" title="Quantum healing">quantum healing</a>. Served as the Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Manipal_Academy_of_Higher_Education" title="Manipal Academy of Higher Education">Manipal Academy of Higher Education</a> from 1999 till 2003. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a>*# (1926–2020)<a href="#cite_note-97">[xxiii]</a> </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Sikh-American physicist best known for his work on <a href="/wiki/Fiber_optics" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiber optics">fiber optics</a> who is credited with inventing fiber optics, and is considered the "Father of Fiber Optics". </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Maulanawahiduddin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Maulanawahiduddin.jpg/70px-Maulanawahiduddin.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Maulanawahiduddin.jpg/105px-Maulanawahiduddin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Maulanawahiduddin.jpg/140px-Maulanawahiduddin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="722" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Wahiduddin_Khan" title="Wahiduddin Khan">Wahiduddin Khan</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1925–2021) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Islamic scholar and peace activist and author known for having written a commentary on the Quran and having translated it into contemporary English. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:B._B._Lal_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-B._B._Lal_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="361" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/B._B._Lal" title="B. B. Lal">B. B. Lal</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(1921–2022) </th> <td>Others </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Archaeologist, best known for his works on <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilization">Indus Valley civilization</a> sites, <a href="/wiki/Mahabharat" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabharat">Mahabharat</a> sites, Kalibangan, <a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a> sites. Served as Director-General of <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Survey_of_India" title="Archaeological Survey of India">Archaeological Survey of India</a> from 1968 till 1972. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg/70px-Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg/105px-Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg/140px-Sudarshan_Sahoo_receiving_Padma_Vibhushan_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="463" data-file-height="634" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_Sahoo" title="Sudarshan Sahoo">Sudarshan Sahoo</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1939) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Odisha </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Eminent sculpture artist from Odisha. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Prabha_atre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Prabha_atre.jpg/70px-Prabha_atre.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Prabha_atre.jpg/105px-Prabha_atre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Prabha_atre.jpg/140px-Prabha_atre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="659" data-file-height="439" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1932) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Classical vocalist belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Kirana_gharana" title="Kirana gharana">kirana gharana</a> known for her contributions in popularizing Indian classical vocal music at global level and for inventing new <a href="/wiki/Raga" title="Raga">ragas</a> such as Apurva Kalyan, Darbari Kauns, Patdeep-Malhar, Shiv Kali, Tilang-bhairav, Ravi Bhairav, and Madhur-kauns. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Radheshyam_Khemka" title="Radheshyam Khemka">Radheshyam Khemka</a># (1935–2021)<a href="#cite_note-99">[xxiv]</a> </td> <td>Literature & Education </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Journalist and editor who later served as the chairperson of <a href="/wiki/Gita_Press" title="Gita Press">Gita Press</a>. Edited 38 yearly issues and 460 monthly periodicals at Gita Press and during his tenure, promoted technical advancements at Gita Press and equipped the press with modern equipment which increased the efficiency and quality of the press. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(CDS).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg/70px-Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg/105px-Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg/140px-Bipin_Rawat_Chief_of_Defence_Staff_%28CDS%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="720" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">General Bipin Rawat</a># <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">PVSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Uttam Yudh Seva Medal">UYSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">AVSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Yudh Seva Medal">YSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Sena_Medal" title="Sena Medal">SM</a> <a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">VSM</a> <a href="/wiki/Aide_de_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide de Camp">ADC</a> (1958–2021)<a href="#cite_note-100">[xxv]</a> </td> <td>Civil Service </td> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Military officer who served as the 26th <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Chief of the Army Staff</a> from 2016 till 2019 and thereupon served as the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (India)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> from 2020 until his death in 2021. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kalyan_Singh1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalyan_Singh1.jpg/70px-Kalyan_Singh1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalyan_Singh1.jpg/105px-Kalyan_Singh1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalyan_Singh1.jpg/140px-Kalyan_Singh1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="493" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a># (1932–2021)<a href="#cite_note-102">[xxvi]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>, served as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh">Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid" title="Demolition of the Babri Masjid">demolition of the Babri Masjid</a>. Considered an icon of Hindu nationalism, and of the agitation to build a <a href="/wiki/Ram_Mandir" title="Ram Mandir">Ram temple in Ayodhya</a>. Later also served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Rajasthan">Governor of Rajasthan</a> (2014–2019). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG/70px-Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG/105px-Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG/140px-Balkrishna_Doshi.JPG 2x" data-file-width="825" data-file-height="1032" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi</a># (1927–2023)<a href="#cite_note-104">[xxvii]</a> </td> <td>Others </td> <td>Gujarat </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Architect and a noted figure in Indian architecture and known for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Having worked under <a href="/wiki/Le_Corbusier" title="Le Corbusier">Le Corbusier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Kahn" title="Louis Kahn">Louis Kahn</a>, he was a pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Modern_architecture" title="Modern architecture">modernist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brutalist_architecture" title="Brutalist architecture">brutalist architecture</a> in India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg/70px-Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg/105px-Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg/140px-Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1951) </th> <td>Arts </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> <a href="/wiki/Tabla" title="Tabla">Tabla</a> player, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_(4667878654)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Minister_of_External_Affairs_S.M._Krishna_%284667878654%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="755" /></a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(born 1932) </th> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Senior politician and former parliamentarian who served as the 10th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a> from 1999 till 2004, and then as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Governor of Maharashtra</a> from 2004 till 2008. Elected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> in 2008, he also served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Union Minister of External Affairs</a> between 2009 and 2012. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a># (1934–2022)<a href="#cite_note-106">[xxviii]</a> </td> <td>Medicine </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Paediatrician known for pioneering the use of <a href="/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy" title="Oral rehydration therapy">oral rehydration therapy</a> to treat <a href="/wiki/Diarrhoeal_diseases" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarrhoeal diseases">diarrhoeal diseases</a>. His efforts demonstrated the dramatic life-saving effectiveness of oral rehydration therapy when cholera broke out in 1971 among refugees from <a href="/wiki/East_Bengal" title="East Bengal">East Bengal</a> who sought shelter in <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. The simple, inexpensive Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) gained acceptance, and was later hailed as one of the most important medical advances of the 20th century. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG/70px-Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG/105px-Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG/140px-Srinivasa_Varadhan_Heidelberg.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFECC8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a>* (born 1940) </td> <td>Science & Engineering </td> <td>United States </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Indian-American mathematician, best known for his fundamental contributions to <a href="/wiki/Probability_theory" title="Probability theory">probability theory</a> and in particular for creating a unified theory of <a href="/wiki/Large_deviations" class="mw-redirect" title="Large deviations">large deviations</a> and is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of <a href="/wiki/Diffusion_processes" class="mw-redirect" title="Diffusion processes">diffusion processes</a> with an orientation towards the refinement and further development of Itô’s <a href="/wiki/Stochastic_calculus" title="Stochastic calculus">stochastic calculus</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_,_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council,_New_Delhi_on_December_9,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Uttar_Pradesh_Chief_Minister_Shri.Mulayam_Singh_Yadav_%2C_addressing_at_the_National_Development_Council%2C_New_Delhi_on_December_9%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="338" /></a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CEE8F0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a># (1939–2022)<a href="#cite_note-108">[xxix]</a> </td> <td>Public Affairs </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td align="left" style="font-size:95%"> Politician, <a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a> figure and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> who served as a three-time <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh">Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh</a> and a seven-time former member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>. Also served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Union Minister of Defence</a> from 1996 till 1998. Popularly known as Netaji or Dhartiputra by his followers. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Article18-10"><a href="#cite_ref-Article18_10-0">^</a> Per Article 18 (1) of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>: Abolition of titles, "no title, not being a military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the State".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdgar2011C-105-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <a href="/wiki/P._N._Haksar" title="P. N. Haksar">P. N. Haksar</a> was offered the award in 1973 for, among other services, his crucial diplomatic role in brokering the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Soviet_Treaty_of_Friendship_and_Cooperation" title="Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation">Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shimla_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Shimla Agreement">Shimla Agreement</a>, but declined as "Accepting an award for work done somehow causes an inexplicable discomfort to me."<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Khan" title="Vilayat Khan">Vilayat Khan</a> refused <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (1964), <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (1968), and Padma Vibhushan (2000) and stated that "the selection committees were incompetent to judge [his] music".<a href="#cite_note-16">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-PB2000-17">[15]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> <a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a>, the General Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> from 1964) and the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Kerala">Chief Minister of Kerala</a> (1957-59, 1967-69), declined the award in 1992, as it went against his nature to accept a state honour.<a href="#cite_note-19">[16]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Swami_Ranganathananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Ranganathananda">Swami Ranganathananda</a> declined the award in 2000 as it was conferred to him as an individual and not to the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission" title="Ramakrishna Mission">Ramakrishna Mission</a>.<a href="#cite_note-PB2000-17">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[17]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jain-25"><a href="#cite_ref-Jain_25-0">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a> died on 14 November 2010, at the age of 84.<a href="#cite_note-23">[18]</a> His family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Jain was against accepting state honours.<a href="#cite_note-24">[19]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joshi-27"><a href="#cite_ref-Joshi_27-0">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Anantrao_Joshi" title="Sharad Anantrao Joshi">Sharad Anantrao Joshi</a>'s family refused to accept the posthumous honour as Joshi's work for good of farmers is not reflected in the Government policies for them.<a href="#cite_note-26">[20]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-Amte-29">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Amte_29-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Amte_29-1">b</a> In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> returned the award, along with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> conferred in 1971, to protest against the treatment given to the tribals during the construction of <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Sarovar_Dam" title="Sardar Sarovar Dam">Sardar Sarovar Dam</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[34]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> In 2020, <a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a> returned the award in solidarity with the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Indian_farmers%27_protest" title="2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest">farmers protest</a>. </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Posthumous recipients</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-roman reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Suranjan Das</a> died on 10 January 1970, at the age of 49. </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a> died on 12 December 1971, at the age of 59.<a href="#cite_note-40">[30]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a> died on 30 December 1971, at the age of 52.<a href="#cite_note-42">[31]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a> died on 11 December 1976, at the age of 70. </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a> was assassinated by Sikh extremists on 10 August 1986.<a href="#cite_note-51">[38]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a> died on 11 September 1987, at the age of 80. </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a> died on 9 September 1991, at the age of 83. </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a> <a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. 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title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Arts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Kumar Gandharva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Gujral" title="Satish Gujral">Satish Gujral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhannulal_Mishra" title="Chhannulal Mishra">Chhannulal Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj Motiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benode_Behari_Mukherjee" title="Benode Behari Mukherjee">Benode Behari Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balwant_Moreshwar_Purandare" class="mw-redirect" title="Balwant Moreshwar Purandare">Balwant Moreshwar Purandare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao">Kaloji Narayana Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uday_Shankar" title="Uday Shankar">Uday Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Civil service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimala_Prasad_Chaliha" title="Bimala Prasad Chaliha">Bimala Prasad Chaliha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Chandra" title="Naresh Chandra">Naresh Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">T. N. Chaturvedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Suranjan Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeshwar_Dayal" title="Rajeshwar Dayal">Rajeshwar Dayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Dhar" title="P. N. Dhar">P. N. Dhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._R._Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="H. V. R. Iyengar">H. V. R. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Jha" title="Bhola Nath Jha">Bhola Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Joshi" title="D. S. Joshi">Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anand_Krishna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anand Krishna (page does not exist)">Rai Krishnadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam">P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Lall" title="K. B. Lall">K. B. Lall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mehra" title="Om Prakash Mehra">Om Prakash Mehra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta" title="Mohan Sinha Mehta">Mohan Sinha Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Mishra" title="Brajesh Mishra">Brajesh Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Morarjee" title="Sumati Morarjee">Sumati Morarjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramasamy_Mudaliar" title="Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar">A. 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Varadaraja Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">Bipin Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh_Ji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj">Kirpal Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Literature and education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. 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N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. 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Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. Gajendragadkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Naidu" title="Padmaja Naidu">Padmaja Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Narain" title="Govind Narain">Govind Narain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosei_Norota" title="Hosei Norota">Hosei Norota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanabhoy Palkhivala">Nanabhoy Palkhivala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Pillai" title="N. R. Pillai">Naryana Raghvan Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._Venugopal_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. Venugopal Reddy">Y. Venugopal Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Sahgal" title="Lakshmi Sahgal">Lakshmi Sahgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. Venkatachaliah">M. N. Venkatachaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">Kottayan Katankot Venugopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Science and engineering</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana" title="Har Gobind Khorana">Har Gobind Khorana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Pal" title="Yash Pal">Yash Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._G._Patel" title="I. G. Patel">I. G. Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkatraman Ramakrishnan">Venkatraman Ramakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ramanna" title="Raja Ramanna">Raja Ramanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Rao" title="C. R. Rao">C. R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao" title="Udupi Ramachandra Rao">Udupi Ramachandra Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Sharma" title="Man Mohan Sharma">Man Mohan Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obaid_Siddiqi" title="Obaid Siddiqi">Obaid Siddiqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Sreedharan" title="E. Sreedharan">E. Sreedharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._C._George_Sudarshan" title="E. C. George Sudarshan">George Sudarshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Social work</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Shastri_Athavale" title="Pandurang Shastri Athavale">Pandurang Shastri Athavale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaki_Devi_Bajaj" title="Janaki Devi Bajaj">Janaki Devi Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirabehn" title="Mirabehn">Mirabehn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgabai_Deshmukh" title="Durgabai Deshmukh">Durgabai Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Deshpande" title="Nirmala Deshpande">Nirmala Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._N._Dhebar" title="U. N. Dhebar">U. N. 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