Dignitaries who received Bharat Ratna in BJP reign

Lata Mangeshkar (2001)

The Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989. She has sung songs in over 36 languages.

Sachin Tendulkar (2014)

Debuted in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in a career spanning over two decades.

Atal Bihari Bajpayee (2015)

Having been a parliamentarian for more than forty years, he was named Best Parliamentarian in 1994. He was elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, twice to the Rajya Sabha, and as prime minister of India for three terms.

Madan Mohan Malaviya (2015)

Malaviya was the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1919 till 1938. She also founded Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha in 1906.

Bhupen Hazarika (2019)

Hazarika was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha.

Nanaji Deshmukh (2019)

Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh also known as Nanaji Deshmukh was a social activist and leader of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance.

Pranab Mukherjee (2019)

Mukherjee was 13th President of India. During his five decades of political tenure, he had been a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and had occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India.

Karpoori Thakur (2024)

Karpoori Thakur, was the eleventh Chief Minister of Bihar and served two terms from December 1970 to June 1971 and again from June 1977 to April 1979.

Lal Krishna Advani (2024)

Lal Krishna Advani served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 and is one of the co-founders of the BJP and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).