The Bharat Award is one of the five civilian awards presented in India, under the National Bravery Awards category. The first Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru came up with the idea of presenting National Bravery Awards to the brave children of India, in the year 1957. The Bharat Award is considered to be one of the most prestigious among all the five National Bravery Awards and it was first introduced in the year 1987. The award is given to the Indian children under the age of 16 years, for showing meritorious acts of bravery against all odds. The award is also given to the children, who have shown outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifice. Since 1987, several brave children have won the Bharat Award and the Bharat Awardees are always appreciated as the most courageous citizens of India.

A partial list of the Bharat Awardees is given below:

Year	Name	Notes	Age	Indian state of origin
2000	Sunil Singh	Confronted armed militants who had attacked their village.	12 years	Jammu & Kashmir
2000	Mukesh Kumar	Confronted armed militants who had attacked their village.	13 years	Jammu & Kashmir
2001	Surjeet Singh	Fought a night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their village.	18 years	Jammu & Kashmir
2001	Amrik Singh	Fought a night-long battle with a group of 40 militants who had surrounded their village.	20 years	Jammu & Kashmir
2002	Chinmay Sharma	Foiled a robbery on a Mumbai train.	7 years	Maharashtra
2002	Charu Sharma	Sustained knife injuries, while trying to foil a robbery on a Mumbai train.	11 years	Maharashtra
2002	Shambhavi Ray	Fought two men on a motorcycle, and foiled their attempt to rob her mothers purse.	13 years	Uttar Pradesh
2003	C. Vanlalhruaia (posthumously)	Lost his life fighting the dacoits.	17 years	Mizoram
2005	Ratul Chandra Rabha	For chasing the militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants was caught.	17 years	Assam
2005	Rituparna Boro	For chasing the militants who killed their school teacher, subsequently one of the militants was caught.	15 years	Assam
2007	Babita	For saving several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the Western Yamuna canal.	17 years	Haryana
2007	Amarjeet	For saving several school mates from drowning, when their school bus fell into the Western Yamuna canal.	151/2years	Haryana
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2009	Gaurav Singh Saini	Saved 50-60 people in the 2008 stampede at the Naina Devi temple	13 years	Haryana