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{{Short description|Indian award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Lokmanya Tilak National Award
| image =
| caption =
| awarded_for = To honour people who have worked for the nation’s progress and development.
| presenter = [[Tilak Smarak Ranga Mandir|Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust]]
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]
| year = 1983
| website = {{URL|https://rohittilak.com/lokmanya-tilak-award.html|Lokmanya Tilak Awards}}
}}

The '''Lokmanya Tilak National Award''' is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of nation development and progress. It is named after Indian nationalist leader and [[List of Indian independence activists|freedom fighter]] [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], popularly known as ''[[List of honorary titles of Indian leaders|Lokmanya]]''. The award is presented annually on 1st August by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust on the occasion of Lokmanya Tilak's death anniversary. Lokmanya Tilak was a prominent figure in India's freedom struggle during the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Lokmanya Tilak Award to be conferred on PM Modi? Also awarded to Indira, Vajpayee, Manmohan|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/pm-modi-what-is-the-lokmanya-tilak-award-past-recipients-include-indira-gandhi-atal-bihari-vajpayee-manmohan-singh-101688994614096.html?utm_source=ht_site_copyURL&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_site|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=1 August 2023|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Notable recipients of the Lokmanya Tilak National Award|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/notable-recipients-of-the-lokmanya-tilak-national-award-1242843.html|publisher=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=10 July 2023|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>

==Award==
The award constitutes a memento, citation and the amount of ₹100,000.

==List of recipients==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Recipient
!Ref.
|-
|1983
|[[Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi]]
|
|-
|1984
|[[Godavari Parulekar]]
|
|-
|1985
|[[Indira Gandhi]] (posthumous)
|
|-
|1986
|[[Shripad Amrit Dange]]
|
|-
|1987
|[[Achyut Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|1988
|[[Abdul Ghaffar Khan]] (posthumous)
|
|-
|1989
|[[Sudha Joshi]]
|
|-
|1990
|[[Madhu Limaye]]
|
|-
|1991
|[[Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras]]
|
|-
|1992
|[[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]]
|
|-
|1993
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|
|-
|1994
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|
|-
|1995
|[[T. N. Seshan]]
|
|-
|1996
|[[Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar]]
|
|-
|1997
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|
|-
|1998
|[[Rajagopala Chidambaram]]
|
|-
|1999
|[[Vijay P. Bhatkar]]
|
|-
|2000
|[[Rahul Bajaj]]
|
|-
|2001
|[[M. S. Swaminathan]]
|
|-
|2002
|[[Verghese Kurien]]
|
|-
|2003
|[[Ramoji Rao]]
|
|-
|2004
|[[N. R. Narayana Murthy]]
|
|-
|2005
|[[Sam Pitroda]]
|
|-
|2006
|[[G. Madhavan Nair]]
|
|-
|2007
|[[A. Sivathanu Pillai]]
|
|-
|2008
|[[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]]
|
|-
|2009
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|
|-
|2010
|[[Sheila Dikshit]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lokmanya Tilak Award for Sheila Dixit|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Lokmanya-Tilak-Award-for-Sheila-Dixit/article16206324.ece|publisher=The Hindu|date=23 July 2010|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[Kota Harinarayana]]
|
|-
|2012
|[[Vikas Amte]] and [[Prakash Amte]]
|
|-
|2013
|[[E. Sreedharan]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title="Metro Man" E Sreedharan chosen for Lokmanya Tilak award|url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/metro-man-e-sreedharan-chosen-for-lokmanya-tilak-award/articleshow/21454174.cms|publisher=The Economic Times|date=29 July 2013|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Avinash Chander (scientist)|Avinash Chander]]
|
|-
|2015
|[[Subbiah Arunan]]
|
|-
|2016
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|
|-
|2017
|[[Balkrishna]]
|
|-
|2018
|[[K. Sivan]]
|
|-
|2019
|[[Baba Kalyani]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Baba Kalyani to get Tilak award on August 1|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/baba-kalyani-to-get-tilak-award-on-aug-1/articleshow/70403230.cms|publisher=India Today|date=27 July 2019|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[Sonam Wangchuk]]
|
|-
|2021
|[[Cyrus S. Poonawalla]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Serum's Cyrus Poonawalla receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2021 for his work amid Covid-19|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/serums-cyrus-poonawalla-receives-lokmanya-tilak-national-award-2021-for-his-work-amid-covid-19-304107-2021-08-13|publisher=Business Standard|date=13 August 2021|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Tessy Thomas]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=DRDO scientist Tessy Thomas to receive Tilak National Award Monday|url=https://theprint.in/india/drdo-scientist-tessy-thomas-to-receive-tilak-national-award-monday/1061030/|publisher=The Print|date=29 July 2022|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Modi in Pune: PM Receives Prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award, Flags Off 2 Metro Lines|url=https://www.news18.com/india/pm-modi-pune-visit-updates-metro-lokmanya-tilak-award-inauguration-development-projects-8472733.html|website=News18|date=1 August 2023|access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[Sudha Murty]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Sudha Murty of Infosys to be conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/sudha-murty-of-infosys-to-be-conferred-with-lokmanya-tilak-national-award-9479538/|publisher=Indian Express|date=16 July 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nitin Gadkari to receive Lokmanya National award|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/nitin-gadkari-to-receive-lokmanya-national-award-101753297115810.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=24 July 2025|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian awards]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1983]]
[[Category:Memorials to Bal Gangadhar Tilak]]

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