| 1. | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1888–1975 | 1954 | Second President, First Vice President, Philosopher. | Tamil Nadu |
| 2. | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | 1878–1972 | 1954 | Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. | Tamil Nadu |
| 3. | C. V. Raman | 1888–1970 | 1954 | Nobel-prize winning Physicist | Tamil Nadu |
| 4. | Bhagwan Das | 1869–1958 | 1955 | Philosopher, Freedom Fighter | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya | 1861–1962 | 1955 | Civil Engineer | Karnataka |
| 6. | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1889–1964 | 1955 | First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7. | Govind Ballabh Pant | 1887–1961 | 1957 | Freedom Fighter, Home Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8. | Dhondo Keshav Karve | 1858–1962 | 1958 | Educationist, Social Reformer | Maharashtra |
| 9. | B. C. Roy | 1882–1962 | 1961 | Physician, Politician | West Bengal |
| 10. | Purushottam Das Tandon | 1882–1962 | 1961 | Freedom Fighter, Educationalist. | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11. | Rajendra Prasad | 1884–1963 | 1962 | First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist | Bihar |
| 12. | Zakir Hussain | 1897–1969 | 1963 | Former President, Scholar. | Andhra Pradesh |
| 13. | Pandurang Vaman Kane | 1880–1972 | 1963 | Indologist and Sanskrit scholar | Maharashtra |
| 14. | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 1904–1966 | 1966 | Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15. | Indira Gandhi | 1917–1984 | 1971 | Former Prime Minister | Uttar Pradesh |
| 16. | V. V. Giri | 1894–1980 | 1975 | Former President, Trade Unionist. | Andhra Pradesh |
| 17. | K. Kamaraj | 1903–1975 | 1976 | Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. | Tamil Nadu |
| 18. | Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) | 1910–1997 | 1980 | Naturalized Indian citizen, Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). | West Bengal |
| 19. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave | 1895–1982 | 1983 | Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Figher. | Maharashtra |
| 20. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | 1890–1988 | 1987 | First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. | Pakistan |
| 21. | M. G. Ramachandran | 1917–1987 | 1988 | Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. | Tamil Nadu |
| 22. | B. R. Ambedkar | 1891–1956 | 1990 | Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Leader of Buddhist people of India | Maharashtra |
| 23. | Nelson Mandela | b. 1918 | 1990 | Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement. | South Africa |
| 24. | Rajiv Gandhi | 1944–1991 | 1991 | Posthumous, Former Prime Minister | New Delhi |
| 25. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 1875–1950 | 1991 | Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. | Gujarat |
| 26. | Morarji Desai | 1896–1995 | 1991 | Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. | Gujarat |
| 27. | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 1888–1958 | 1992 | Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Educator. | West Bengal |
| 28. | J. R. D. Tata | 1904–1993 | 1992 | Industrialist and philanthropist. | Maharashtra |
| 29. | Satyajit Ray | 1922–1992 | 1992 | Legendary Indian Film Director | West Bengal |
| 30. | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | b. 1931 | 1997 | Former President, Scientist. | Tamil Nadu |
| 31. | Gulzarilal Nanda | 1898–1998 | 1997 | Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. | Punjab |
| 32. | Aruna Asaf Ali | 1908–1996 | 1997 | Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. | West Bengal |
| 33. | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1916–2004 | 1998 | Classical singer. | Tamil Nadu |
| 34. | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 1910–2000 | 1998 | Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture(Father of Green revolution). | Tamil Nadu |
| 35. | Jayaprakash Narayan | 1902–1979 | 1998 | Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36. | Ravi Shankar | b. 1920 | 1999 | Classical sitar player. | west bengal |
| 37. | Amartya Sen | b. 1933 | 1999 | Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. | West Bengal |
| 38. | Gopinath Bordoloi | 1890–1950 | 1999 | Posthumous, freedom fighter | Assam |
| 39. | Lata Mangeshkar | b. 1929 | 2001 | Play back singer. | Maharashtra |
| 40. | Ustad Bismillah Khan | 1916-2006 | 2001 | Classical Maestro | Uttar Pradesh |
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