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1954

C. RajagopalachariIndependence activist, last and only IndianGovernor-General of India[23]

C. V. RamanNobel laureatephysicist (1930)[24]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurthi200516-27" [25]

Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanPhilosopher, India's firstVice-President(195262), and secondPresident(196267)[26]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-president-29" [27]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-vicepresident-30" [28]

1955Bhagwan DasIndependence activist,theosophist, and founder ofMahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith[29]

VisvesvarayaCivil engineer, statesman andDiwan of Mysore(191218)[30]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurthi200526-33" [31]

Jawaharlal NehruIndependence activist, author, and firstPrime Ministerof India (194764)[32]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-pm-35" [33]

1957

Govind Ballabh PantIndependence activist, firstChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh(195054)[34]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-37" [35]

1958

Dhondo Keshav KarveSocial reformer[36]

1961Bidhan Chandra RoyPhysician-Surgeon and secondChief Minister of West Bengal(194862)[37]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-cmwb-40" [38]

Purushottam Das TandonIndependence activist, educator[39]

1962

Rajendra PrasadIndependence activist, lawyer, first President of India (195062)[27]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeber2004138-42" [40]

1963Zakir HussainIndependence activist, second Vice-President of India (196267), and third President of India (196769)[27]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-vicepresident-30" [28]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-FOOTNOTETaneja2000167-43" [41]

Pandurang Vaman KaneIndologist and Sanskrit scholar[42]

1966

Lal Bahadur ShastriIndependence activist and third Prime Minister of India (196466)[33]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" \l "cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuha2001167-44" [42]

1971

Indira GandhiFormer Prime Minister of India (196677, 198084)[33]