President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred Bharat Ratna, country's highest civilian award, on acclaimed educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. On Friday, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also conferred the honour.
The Padma Awards, which includes Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, were also given to many noted recipients by the President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday.
Here is all you need to know about the awards:

BHARAT RATNA

 

Madan Mohan Malaviya

 

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

PADMA VIBHUSHAN

PUBLIC AFFAIRS:

  • LK Advani

  • Prakash Singh Badal

OTHERS:

  • Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya

PADMA BHUSHAN

LITERATURE AND EDUCATION:

  • Swapan Dasgupta

  • Rajat Sharma

SOCIAL WORKS:

  • Bill Gates

  • Melinda Gates

OTHERS:

  • David Frawley

  • N Gopalaswami

    Civil Service

  • Sudha Raghunathan

    Art

  • Harish Narendra Salve

    Public Affairs

  • Saichiro Misumi

  • Satpal

    Sports

  • Ashok Seth

    Medicine

  • Khadg Singh Valdiya

    Science and Engineering:

PADMA SHRI

MEDICINE:

  • Manjula Anagani

  • Jaya Kumari Chikkala

  • Randeep Guleria

  • Alka Kriplani

  • Harsh Kumar

  • Tejas Madhusudan Patel

  • Raghu Rama Pillrisetti

  • Saumitra Rawat

  • Nikhil Tandon

ART:

  • Kanyakumari Avasarala

  • Naresh Bedi

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali

  • Rahul Jain

  • Prasoon Joshi

  • Prafulla Kar

  • Tarak Janubhai Mehta

OTHERS:

  • Huang Baosheng

  • Chewang Norphel

  • Bimla Poddar

LITERATURE AND EDUCATION:

  • Jean-Claude Carriere

  • Gyan Chaturvedi

  • Ushakiran Khan

  • Purushothama Mallaya

  • Annette Schmiedchen

  • Brahmdev Sharma 'Bhaiji'

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING:

  • N. Prabhakar

  • Dr. Prahalada

SPORTS:

  • P. V. Sindhu

  • Sardar Singh

  • Arunima Sinha

  • Ashok Gulati

    Public Affairs:

  • Janak Palta McGillian

    Social Work: