India's Highest Civilian Award


Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
B R Ambedkar – Recipient in 1990 – Posthumous, Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution, Reformer, Politician, Economist, and Scholar, Indian Jurist, Educationist, Philosopher, Buddhist Activist, Thinker, Anthropologist and Historian.[1][2]
Dhondo Keshav Karve - Recipient in 1958 - Social reformer and educator, Karve is widely known for his work related to woman education and remarriage of Hindu widows. He established the Widow Marriage Association (1983), Hindu Widows Home (1896), and started Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University in 1916.[3]
Pandurang Vaman Kane – Recipient in 1963 – Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
Vinoba Bhave – Recipient in 1983 – Posthumous, Social Reformer, independence activist.[4]
Lata Mangeshkar – Recipient in 2001 – Famous Singer[5].