Awarded in | Recipient | Image | Birth / death | Notes |
1954 | Allauddin Khan | | 1862 – 1972 | Sarod player |
1954 | Hafiz Ali Khan | | 1888–1972 | Sarod player |
1954 | Prithviraj Kapoor | | 1901 – 1972 | Film and stage actor |
1954 | Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer | | 1888-1958 | Veena player |
1954 | Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar | | 1890–1967 | Carnatic vocalist |
1958 | Anjani Bai Malpekar | | 1883 – 1974 | Hindustani classical singer from Bhendibazaar gharana |
1962 | Gopeswar Bandopadhyay | | 1880 - 1963 | Hindustani classical singer, musicologist from Bishnupur gharana |
1962 | Papanasam R. Sivan | | 1890 - 1973 | Carnatic vocalist and composer |
1962 | D. Annaswami Bhagavathar | | | |
1962 | Uday Shankar | | 1900 - 1977 | Indian classical dancer |
1963 | B. V. 'Mama' Warerkar | | | |
1963 | Swami Prajnanananda | | | monk of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math and musicologist[4] |
1963 | S. N. Ratanjankar | | 1900 – 1974 | Classical singer & Musicologist from Agra gharana |
1963 | P. Sambamoorthy | | | |
1964 | B. R. Deodhar | | 1901-1990 | Hindustani khayal singer, musicologist |
1964 | P. V. Rajamannar | | 1901–1979 | Judge, first appointed chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi |
1964 | T. L. Venkatarama Aiyer | | | |
1964 | V. Raghavan | | 1908–1979 | Sanskrit scholar and musicologist |
1964 | Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury | | | |
1964 | C. Saraswathi Bai | | | |
1965 | Thakur Jaidev Singh | | 1893 - 1986 | Musicologist who played a key role in development of All India Radio. |
1965 | D. G. Vyas | | | |
1965 | Dilipkumar Roy | | 1897 – 1980 | Bengali musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist |
1965 | Ganesh Hari Ranade | | | Musicologist, educator |
1965 | Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan | | | |
1966 | Sombhu Mitra | | 1915 – 1997 | Film and stage actor, director, playwright |
1966 | Ashutosh Bhattacharya | | 1917 - 2004 | Tabla player |
1966 | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | | 1919 – 1974 | Musicologist of Western and Carnatic styles |
1966 | E. Krishna Iyer | | 1897 – 1968 | Bharatnatyam activist |
1967 | Ebrahim Alkazi | | b. 1925 | Theatre director |
1967 | Vedantam Sathya Narayana Sarma | | | Kuchipudi dancer |
1967 | Rukmini Devi Arundale | | 1904 – 1986 | Bharatnatyam dancer |
1967 | Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | | 1902 – 1968 | Hindustani classical vocalist |
1967 | P. K. Kunju Kurup | | 1881 – 1970 | Kathakali artist |
1967 | Musiri Subramania Iyer | | 1899 - 1975 | Carnatic vocalist |
1967 | Adya Rangacharya ('Sriranga') | | | Kannada Playwright |
1967 | Shambhu Maharaj | | 1910 – 1970 | Kathak dancer |
1968 | Kali Charan Patnaik | | | |
1970 | Dilip Chandra Vedi | | | |
1970 | K. C. D. Brahaspati | | | |
1970 | Kapila Vatsyayan | | b. 1928 | Scholar on Indian dance, art and architecture |
1972 | Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma | | | |
1972 | Tarapada Chakraborty | | 1909 – 1975 | Hindustani Classical Vocalist |
1972 | Krishnarao Ganesh Phulambrikar | | | |
1973 | Kota Shivarama Karanth | | 1902 – 1997 | Yakshagana artist, writer and film maker |
1974 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | | 1903 – 1988 | Activist of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre |
1974 | Jnan Prakash Ghosh | | 1909 – 1997 | Tabla player and musicologist |
1974 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | | 1916 – 2004 | Carnatic vocalist |
1975 | Ravi Shankar | | 1920 - 2012 | Sitar player |
1975 | Zubin Mehta | | b. 1936 | Western classical music conductor |
1975 | Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar | | | |
1975 | T. Balasarswati | | 1918 – 1984 | Bharatanatyam dancer |
1975 | Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh | | | |
1976 | Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer | | 1908 - 2003 | Carnatic vocalist |
1976 | Santidev Ghosh | | 1910 – 1999 | Rabindra Sangeet singer, educator |
1977 | Hirjibhai Rustomji Doctor | | | |
1978 | B. Puttaswamayya | | | Kannada playwright |
1978 | Tinuvengadu Subramania Pillai | | | |
1979 | P. L. Deshpande | | 1919 – 2000 | Writer, actor, composer, singer and orator |
1979 | D. T. Joshi | | | |
1979 | Sumati Mutatkar | | 1916–2007 | Classical vocalist and musicologist |
1979 | T. P. Kuppiah Pillai | | | |
1980 | V. K. Narayana Menon | | b. 1911 | Scholar of Indian dance and music |
1982 | Mani Madhava Chakyar | | 1899 - 1990 | Koothu and Koodiyattam performer. |
1982 | Mallikarjun Mansur | | 1910–1992 | Classical singer |
1984 | Chandravadan C. Mehta | | 1901 – 1992 | Gujarati playwright, critic and poet |
1984 | M. Kirupanandawari[5] | | | |
1984 | Siyaram Tiwari | | 1919 -1998 | Hindustani classical vocalist of Dhrupad |
1986 | Satyajit Ray | | 1921 - 1992 | Film director |
1986 | Komal Kothari | | 1929 – 2004 | Folklorist and ethnomusicologist |
1986 | S. Ramanathan | | 1917-1988 | Carnatic singer and musicologist |
1986 | V. V. Swarna Venkatesa Deekshithar | | | |
1988 | Kumar Gandharva | | 1924- 1992 | Classical singer |
1989 | Lata Mangeshkar | | b. 1929 | Playback singer |
1990 | Ram Gopal | | 1912 – 2003 | Classical and balletic dancer |
1990 | Utpal Dutt | | 1929 – 1993 | Film actor, director and writer-playwright |
1991 | Kelucharan Mohapatra | | 1926 - 2004 | Odissi dancer |
1991 | Alain Danielou | | 1907 – 1994 | Indologist and musicologist |
1991 | T. S. Parthasarathy | | | |
1992 | Prem Lata Sharma | | | Musicologist |
1993 | Mrinalini Sarabhai | | b. 1918 | Classical dancer |
1993 | Girish Karnad | | b. 1938 | Contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director |
1994 | Yehudi Menuhin | | 1916 – 1999 | American violinist and conductor |
1994 | Maheswar Neog | | 1915 - 1995 | Assamese scholar, academic, poet |
1994 | Bismillah Khan | | 1916 – 2006 | Shehnai player |
1995 | Vilayat Khan | | 1928 - 2004 | Sitar player |
1996 | Habib Tanvir | | 1923 – 2009 | Urdu - Hindi playwright, theatre director, poet and actor |
1997 | Badal Sarkar | | 1925 – 2011 | Dramatist and theatre director |
1998 | Birju Maharaj | | b. 1938 | Kathak dancer |
1998 | Bhimsen Joshi | | 1922 – 2011 | Hindustani classical singer |
1998 | K. P. Kittappa Pillai | | | |
2001 | M. Balamuralikrishna | | b. 1930 | Carnatic vocalist |
2001 | Vempati Chinna Satyam | | 1929 – 2012 | Kuchipudi dancer |
2001 | B. V. Karanth | | 1929 – 2002 | Film and theatre artist |
2002 | Shanno Khurana | | b. 1927 | Hindustani singer |
2002 | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | | b. 1928 | Dramatist, theatre director and poet |
2004 | Zohra Sehgal | | b. 1912 | Stage and film actress |
2004 | Ramankutty Nair | | | Kathakali dancer |
2004 | Annapurna Devi | | b. 1927 | Surbahar player |
2004 | Tapas Sen | | | |
2004 | Chandralekha | | 1928 – 2006 | Bharatanatyam dancer |
2004 | Bindhyabasini Devi | | | |
2006 | N. Khelchandra Singh | | | |
2006 | Gursharan Singh | | | |
2006 | T. N. Krishnan | | b. 1928 | Carnatic music violinist |
2007 | Sushil Kumar Saxena | | | |
2008 | Sitara Devi | | 1920 - 2014 | Kathak dancer |
2008 | Khaled Choudhury | | b. 1919 | Theatre artist |
2008 | R. C. Mehta | | b. 1918 | Classical musician |
2008 | Bhupen Hazarika | | 1926–2011 | Lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker |
2009 | Lalgudi Jayaraman | | b. 1930 | Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer |
2009 | Shriram Lagoo | | b. 1927 | Film and theatre actor |
2009 | Yamini Krishnamurthy | | b. 1940 | Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer |
2009 | Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi | | | Theatre artist |
2009 | Jasraj | | b. 1930 | Classical vocalist |
2009 | Kishori Amonkar | | b. 1932 | Classical singer |
2010 | Girija Devi | | b. 1929 | Classical singer |
2010 | T.K.Murthy | Dr.T.K.Murthy during a concert | b.1934 | Mridangam player |
2010 | Nataraja Ramakrishna | | 1928 – 2006 | Musicologist |
2010 | Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar | | 1927 – 2011 | Classical singer |
2011 | Mukund Lath | | b. 1937 | Cultural historian |
2011 | Hariprasad Chaurasia | | b. 1938 | Flautist |
2011 | Shivkumar Sharma | | b. 1938 | Santoor player |
2011 | Amjad Ali Khan | | b. 1945 | Sarod player |
2011 | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman | | b. 1935 | Mridangam player |
2011 | M. Chandrasekaran | | | Carnatic violinist |
2011 | Rajkumar Singhajit Singh | | b. 1935 | Manipuri dancer |
2011 | Kalamandalam Gopi | | b. 1937 | Kathakali dancer |
2011 | Padma Subrahmanyam | | b. 1943 | Bharatanatyam dancer |
2011 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | | b. 1937 | Poet, playwright, folklorist and film director |
2011 | Heisnam Kanhailal | | b. 1941 | Theatre artist |
2012 | N. Rajam | | b. 1938 | Classical violinist |
2012 | T.H. Vikku Vinayakram | | b. 1944 | Ghatam player |
2012 | Ratan Thiyam | | b. 1948 | Playwright, Theatre director |
2013 | R Satyanarayana | | b. 1927 | Musicology, philosophy, education, psychology and cultural anthropology from Mysore |
2013 | Kanak Rele | | b.1937 | Dance |
2013 | Mahesh Elkunchwar | | b.1939 | playwright |
1954 | Hafiz Ali Khan | | 1888–1972 | Sarod player |
2014 | S R Janakiraman | | b.1928 | Carnatic Musician, Musicologist |
2014 | Vijay Kichlu | | | |
2014 | M.S.Sathyu | | | |
2014 | Tulsidas Borkar | | | |