Complete list of the Awardees S.No Name Birth / death Awarded Notes Indian state or country of origin 1. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 18881975 1954 Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher. Andhra Pradesh 2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 18781972 1954 Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu 3. Sir C. V. Raman 18881970 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu 4. Bhagwan Das 18691958 1955 Literature, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh 5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya 18611962 1955 Civil Engineer, Dam Architect, Diwan of Princely state of Mysore Karnataka 6. Jawaharlal Nehru 18891964 1955 First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh 7. Govind Ballabh Pant 18871961 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) 8. Dhondo Keshav Karve 18581962 1958 Educationist, Social Reformer, Awarded in his birth centenary year. Maharashtra 9. Dr. B. C. Roy 18821962 1961 Physician, Politician, Former Chief Minister of We ...more