Karnataka Ratna
Karnataka Ratna | |
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Sponsored by | Government of Karnataka |
Country | India |
First awarded | 1992 |
Last awarded | 2009 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 9 |
First winner | Kuvempu and Rajkumar |
Last winner | Veerendra Heggade |
Karnataka Ratna (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರತ್ನ) is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka. It is awarded to a person for his extraordinary contribution in any field. It was constituted in the year 1992 [1] by the Government of Karnataka. There have been a total of 9 recipients of this award.
The Award[edit]
The Award comes with a gold medal weighing 50 gm, a citation, a memento and a shawl.[1]
Awardees[edit]
S.No | Name | Image | Birth / death | Awarded in | Field | Notes |
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1. | Kuvempu | 1904–1994 | 1992 | Literature | ||
2. | Rajkumar | 1929–2006 | 1992 | Cinema, Music | ||
3. | S. Nijalingappa | 1902–2000 | 1999 | Politics | [2] | |
4. | C. N. R. Rao | b. 1934 | 2000 | Science | [3] | |
5. | Devi Shetty | b. 1953 | 2001 | Medicine | [4] | |
6. | Bhimsen Joshi | 1922–2011 | 2005 | Music | [5] | |
7. | Shivakumara Swami | 1907-2019 | 2007 | Social Service | [6] | |
8. | Javare Gowda | 1915–2016 | 2008 | Education, Literature | [1] | |
9. | Veerendra Heggade | b. 1948 | 2009 | Social Service, Philanthropic work | [1] | |
10. | Puneeth Rajkumar | 1975-2021 | 2021 | Cinema, Music |
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Karnataka Ratna recipients (in Kannada). Karnataka Sahitya Academy