| 
              14 
             | 
            
             Shri Lal Bahadur   Shastri (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1966  
             | 
            
             1904 - 1966 
             | 
            
             2nd Prime Minister of   India, Independence activist 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              15 
             | 
            
             Smt. Indira Gandhi  
             | 
            
             1971  
             | 
            
             1917 - 1984 
             | 
            
             3rd Prime Minister of   India 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              16 
             | 
            
             Shri Varahagiri   Venkata Giri  
             | 
            
             1975  
             | 
            
             1894 - 1980 
             | 
            
             4th President, Trade   unionist 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              17 
             | 
            
             Shri Kumaraswami   Kamraj (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1976  
             | 
            
             1903 - 1975 
             | 
            
             Chief Minister of   Tamil Nadu, Independence activist 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              18 
             | 
            
             Mother Teresa 
             | 
            
             1980  
             | 
            
             1910 - 1997 
             | 
            
             Founder of   Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic nun 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              19 
             | 
            
             Shri Acharya Vinobha   Bhave (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1983 
             | 
            
             1895 - 1982 
             | 
            
             Independence activist   and a Social reformer 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              20 
             | 
            
             Khan Abdul Ghaffar   Khan  
             | 
            
             1987  
             | 
            
             1890 - 1988 
             | 
            
             Independence activist,   First non-citizen 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              21 
             | 
            
             Shri Marudu Gopalan   Ramachandran (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1988  
             | 
            
             1917 - 1987 
             | 
            
             Chief Minister of   Tamil Nadu, Film actor 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              22 
             | 
            
             Dr. Bhim Rao Ramji   Ambedkar (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1990  
             | 
            
             1891 - 1956 
             | 
            
             Crusader against   Untouchablity, Chief architect of Indian Constitution, Social Reformer, Dalit   Icon, Historian, Economist, scholar, politician 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              23 
             | 
            
             Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla   Mandela  
             | 
            
             1990  
             | 
            
             b - 1918 
             | 
            
             2nd non - citizen and   non - Indian recipient, Leader of Anti  - Apartheid movement 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              24 
             | 
            
             Shri Rajiv Gandhi   (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1991  
             | 
            
             1944 - 1991 
             | 
            
             6th Prime Minister of   India 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              25 
             | 
            
             Sardar Vallabhbhai   Patel (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1991  
             | 
            
             1875 - 1950 
             | 
            
             Independence activist,   1st Home Minister 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              26 
             | 
            
             Shri Morarji   Ranchhodji Desai  
             | 
            
             1991  
             | 
            
             1896 - 1995 
             | 
            
             4th Prime Minister and   Independence activist 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              27 
             | 
            
             Maulana Abul Kalam   Azad (Posthumous)  
             | 
            
             1992  
             | 
            
             1888 - 1958 
             | 
            
             1st Minister of   Education and an Independence activist 
             | 
        
        
            | 
              28 
             | 
            
             Shri Jehangir Ratanji   Dadabhai Tata  
             | 
            
             1992  
             | 
            
             1904 - 1993 
             | 
            
             Philanthropist and an Industrialist 
             |