|
Year |
Recipient |
Facts |
|
2013 |
R Satyanarayana |
Musicology, philosophy, education, psychology and cultural anthropology from Mysore |
|
2012 |
N. Rajam |
Classical violinist |
|
2012 |
T.H. Vikku Vinayakram |
Ghatamplayer |
|
2012 |
Ratan Thiyam |
Playwright, Theatre director |
|
2011 |
Kalamandalam Gopi |
Kathakalidancer |
|
2011 |
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
Mridangamplayer |
|
2011 |
Shivkumar Sharma |
Santoorplayer |
|
2011 |
Heisnam Kanhailal |
Theatre artist |
|
2011 |
Chandrashekhara Kambara |
Poet, playwright, folklorist and film director |
|
2011 |
Mukund Lath |
Cultural historian |
|
2011 |
Hariprasad Chaurasia |
Flautist |
|
2011 |
Amjad Ali Khan |
Sarodplayer |
|
2011 |
M. Chandrasekaran |
Carnatic violinist |
|
2011 |
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh |
Manipuridancer |
|
2011 |
Padma Subrahmanyam |
Bharatanatyamdancer |
|
2010 |
Girija Devi |
Classical singer |
|
2010 |
Thanu Krishna Murthy |
|
|
2010 |
Nataraja Ramakrishna |
Musicologist |
|
2010 |
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar |
Classical singer |
|
2009 |
Kishori Amonkar |
Classical singer |
|
2009 |
Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi |
Theatre artist |
|
2009 |
Yamini Krishnamurthy |
Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer |
|
2009 |
Lalgudi Jayaraman |
Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer |
|
2009 |
Shriram Lagoo |
Film and theatre actor |
|
2009 |
Jasraj |
Classical vocalist |
|
2008 |
R. C. Mehta |
Classical musician |
|
2008 |
Khaled Choudhury |
Theatre artist |
|
2008 |
Sitara Devi |
Kathakdancer |
|
2008 |
Bhupen Hazarika |
Lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker |
|
2007 |
Sushil Kumar Saxena |
|
|
2006 |
T. N. Krishnan |
Carnatic music violinist |
|
2006 |
Gursharan Singh |
|
|
2006 |
N. Khelchandra Singh |
|
|
2004 |
Chandralekha |
Bharatanatyamdancer |
|
2004 |
Tapas Sen |
|
|
2004 |
Bindhyabasini Devi |
|
|
2004 |
Annapurna Devi |
Surbaharplayer |
|
2004 |
Ramankutty Nair |
Kathakalidancer |
|
2004 |
Zohra Sehgal |
Stage and film actress |
|
2002 |
Kavalam Narayana Panicker |
Dramatist, theatre director and poet |
|
2002 |
Shanno Khurana |
Hindustani singer |
|
2001 |
M. Balamuralikrishna |
Carnaticvocalist |
|
2001 |
B. V. Karanth |
Film and theatre artist |
|
2001 |
Vempati Chinna Satyam |
Kuchipudidancer |
|
1998 |
Bhimsen Joshi |
Hindustani classical singer |
|
1998 |
K. P. Kittappa Pillai |
|
|
1998 |
Birju Maharaj |
Kathakdancer |
|
1997 |
Badal Sarkar |
Dramatist and theatre director |
|
1996 |
Habib Tanvir |
Urdu - Hindi playwright, theatre director, poet and actor |
|
1995 |
Vilayat Khan |
Sitarplayer |
|
1994 |
Maheswar Neog |
Assamese scholar, academic, poet |
|
1994 |
Bismillah Khan |
Shehnaiplayer |
|
1994 |
Yehudi Menuhin |
American violinist and conductor |
|
1993 |
Girish Karnad |
Contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director |
|
1993 |
Mrinalini Sarabhai |
Classical dancer |
|
1992 |
Prem Lata Sharma |
Musicologist |
|
1991 |
Kelucharan Mohapatra |
Odissidancer |
|
1991 |
Alain Danielou |
Indologistand musicologist |
|
1991 |
T. S. Parthasarathy |
|
|
1990 |
Ram Gopal |
Classical and balletic dancer |
|
1990 |
Utpal Dutt |
Film actor, director and writer-playwright |
|
1989 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Playback singer |
|
1988 |
Kumar Gandharva |
Classical singer |
|
1986 |
V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshithar |
|
|
1986 |
S. Ramanathan |
Carnatic singer and musicologist |
|
1986 |
Satyajit Ray |
Film director |
|
1986 |
Komal Kothari |
Folkloristand ethnomusicologist |
|
1984 |
M. Kirupanandawari[5] |
|
|
1984 |
Chandravadan C. Mehta |
Gujarati playwright, critic and poet |
|
1984 |
Siyaram Tiwari |
Hindustani classical vocalist of Dhrupad |
|
1982 |
Mani Madhava Chakyar |
Koothuand Koodiyattam performer. |
|
1982 |
Mallikarjun Mansur |
Classical singer |
|
1980 |
V. K. Narayana Menon |
Scholar of Indian dance and music |
|
1979 |
Sumati Mutatkar |
Classical vocalist and musicologist |
|
1979 |
D. T. Joshi |
|
|
1979 |
T. P. Kuppiah Pillai |
|
|
1979 |
P. L. Deshpande |
Writer, actor, composer, singer and orator |
|
1978 |
B. Puttaswamayya |
Kannada playwright |
|
1978 |
Tinuvengadu Subramania Pillai |
|
|
1977 |
Hirjibhai Rustomji Doctor |
|
|
1976 |
Santidev Ghosh |
Rabindra Sangeet singer, educator |
|
1976 |
Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer |
Carnatic vocalist |
|
1975 |
Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar |
|
|
1975 |
T. Balasarswati |
Bharatanatyamdancer |
|
1975 |
Ravi Shankar |
Sitarplayer |
|
1975 |
Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh |
|
|
1975 |
Zubin Mehta |
Western classical music conductor |
|
1974 |
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
Activist of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre |
|
1974 |
M. S. Subbulakshmi |
Carnatic vocalist |
|
1974 |
Jnan Prakash Ghosh |
Tablaplayer and musicologist |
|
1973 |
Kota Shivarama Karanth |
Yakshaganaartist, writer and film maker |
|
1972 |
Krishnarao Ganesh Phulambrikar |
|
|
1972 |
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma |
|
|
1972 |
Tarapada Chakraborty |
Hindustani Classical Vocalist |
|
1970 |
Kapila Vatsyayan |
Scholar on Indian dance, art and architecture |
|
1970 |
Dilip Chandra Vedi |
|
|
1970 |
K. C. D. Brahaspati |
|
|
1968 |
Kali Charan Patnaik |
|
|
1967 |
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan |
Hindustani classical vocalist |
|
1967 |
Rukmini Devi Arundale |
Bharatnatyamdancer |
|
1967 |
Shambhu Maharaj |
Kathak dancer |
|
1967 |
Ebrahim Alkazi |
Theatre director |
|
1967 |
Adya Rangacharya('Sriranga') |
Kannada Playwright |
|
1967 |
Musiri Subramania Iyer |
Carnatic vocalist |
|
1967 |
Vedantam Sathya Narayana Sarma |
Kuchipudidancer |
|
1967 |
P. K. Kunju Kurup |
Kathakaliartist |
|
1966 |
Sombhu Mitra |
Film and stage actor, director, playwright |
|
1966 |
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar |
Musicologist of Western and Carnatic styles |
|
1966 |
E. Krishna Iyer |
Bharatnatyam activist |
|
1966 |
Ashutosh Bhattacharya |
Tablaplayer |
|
1965 |
D. G. Vyas |
|
|
1965 |
Dilipkumar Roy |
Bengali musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist |
|
1965 |
Thakur Jaidev Singh |
Musicologist who played a key role in development of All India Radio. |
|
1965 |
Ganesh Hari Ranade |
Musicologist, educator |
|
1965 |
Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan |
|
|
1964 |
V. Raghavan |
Sanskrit scholar and musicologist |
|
1964 |
B. R. Deodhar |
Hindustani khayal singer, musicologist |
|
1964 |
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury |
|
|
1964 |
C. Saraswathi Bai |
|
|
1964 |
T. L. Venkatarama Aiyer |
|
|
1964 |
P. V. Rajamannar |
Judge, first appointed chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi |
|
1963 |
S. N. Ratanjankar |
Classical singer |
|
1963 |
P. Sambamoorthy |
|
|
1963 |
B. V. 'Mama' Warerkar |
|
|
1963 |
Swami Prajnanananda |
monk of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math and musicologist |
|
1962 |
Gopeswar Bandopadhyay |
Hindustani classical singer, musicologist fromBishnupur gharana |
|
1962 |
Papanasam R. Sivan |
Carnatic vocalist and composer |
|
1962 |
D. Annaswami Bhagavathar |
|
|
1962 |
Uday Shankar |
Indian classical dancer |
|
1958 |
Anjani Bai Malpekar |
Hindustani classical singer from Bhendibazaar gharana |
|
1954 |
Hafiz Ali Khan |
Sarod player |
|
1954 |
Allauddin Khan |
Sarodplayer |
|
1954 |
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar |
Carnatic vocalist |
|
1954 |
Prithviraj Kapoor |
Film and stage actor |
|
1954 |
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer |
Veena player |