KARNATAKA RATHNAGALU

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Karnataka Rathnagalu

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  by the Government of Karnataka. There have been a total of 9 recipients of this award.

Awardees

S.No	Name	Birth /death	Year Awarded	Notes
1.	Kuvempu	1904–1994	1992	Literature
2.	Dr.Rajkumar	1929–2006	1992	Films
3.	S. Nijalingappa	1902–2000	1999	Politics
4.	C. N. R. Rao	b. 1934	2000	Science
5.	Devi Prasad Shetty	b. 1953	2001	Medicine
6.	Bhimsen Joshi	1922–2011	2005	Music
7.	Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji	b. 1907	2007	Social Service
8.	Javare Gowda	1918–2016	2008	Education, Literature
9.	Veerendra Heggade	b. 1948	2009	Social Service, Philanthropic work

S.No

Name

Birth /death

Year Awarded

Notes

1.

Kuvempu

1904–1994

1992

Literature

2.

Dr.Rajkumar

1929–2006

1992

Films

3.

S. Nijalingappa 

1902–2000

1999

Politics

4.

C. N. R. Rao 

b. 1934

2000

Science

5.

Devi Prasad Shetty 

b. 1953

2001

Medicine

6.

Bhimsen Joshi

1922–2011 

2005

Music

7.

Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji 

b. 1907

2007

Social Service

8.

Javare Gowda 

1918–2016

2008

Education, Literature

9.

Veerendra Heggade 

b. 1948

2009

Social Service, Philanthropic work