Karnataka Ratna

Karnataka Ratna
Awarded for Highest civilian honour of Karnataka
Sponsored by Government of Karnataka
First awarded 1992
Last awarded 2009
Highlights
Total awarded 9
First winner Kuvempu
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

The Award comes with a gold medal weighing 50 gm, a citation, a memento and a shawl. [1]

Awardees

S.No Name Image Birth / death Awarded Notes
1. Kuvempu 19041994 1992 Literature
2. Dr.Rajkumar 19292006 1992 Cinema, Music
3. S. Nijalingappa [2] 19022000 1999 Politics
4. C. N. R. Rao [3] b. 1934 2000 Science
5. Devi Prasad Shetty [4] b. 1953 2001 Medicine
6. Bhimsen Joshi 19222011 [5] 2005 Music
7. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji [6] b. 1907 2007 Social Service
8. Javare Gowda [1]   19182016 2008 Education, Literature
9. Veerendra Heggade [1] b. 1948 2009 Social Service, Philanthropic work

References

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