# List of Rajyotsava Award recipients (1971–1976)

The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Awards, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.
The awards are presented in Bengaluru by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 1 November of every year. Each award carries an amount of ₹100,000, a 20-gram gold medal and a citation. In addition to that, the government has in the past, allotted commercial land for eligible awardees.

## Recipients

Between 1971 and 1976 the award was given to—
| Year | Recipients | Field |
| 1971 | B. L. S. Murthy | Social Work |
| 1971 | B. V. Nagesha Shetty | Social Work |
| 1971 | D. Govinda Das | Social Work |
| 1971 | Sheru N. Pillai | Social Work |
| 1971 | A. C. Devegowda | Education |
| 1971 | L. Monteiro | Education |
| 1971 | J. S. Jeergi | Education |
| 1971 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Engineering |
| 1971 | Mohammed Hayaz | Engineering |
| 1971 | M. Chinnaswamy | Sports |
| 1971 | N. Channakeshavaiah | Music |
| 1971 | Girish Karnad | Drama / Cinema |
| 1971 | N. Hanumaiah | Fine Arts |
| 1971 | Annappa Gomanna | Agriculture |
| 1971 | R. Narasimhaiah | Agriculture |
| 1972 | K. Shama Iyer | Social Work |
| 1972 | M. Siddalingaiah | Education |
| 1972 | Thitte Krishna Iyengar | Music |
| 1972 | N. Srinivasa Murthy | Music |
| 1972 | Y. Subramanya Raju | Fine Arts |
| 1972 | H. T. Sasnur | Home guards |
| 1972 | K. S. Shadaksharappa | Medicine |
| 1972 | K. S. Narasimhaswamy | Literature |
| 1972 | G. Narayana | Social Work |
| 1972 | Honnaiah | Social Work |
| 1972 | T. Linganna Gowda | Agriculture |
| 1972 | B. T. Lakshminarayana Shetty | Religious Work |
| 1972 | G. Raghunath | Agriculture |
| 1972 | Lakshmi Balasubramaniam | Social Work |
| 1972 | Masti Venkatesha Iyengar | Literature |
| 1973 | K. Ananthasubba Rao | Research |
| 1973 | Yenagi Balappa | Drama |
| 1973 | Kusthi Basappa | Social Work |
| 1973 | Chikkahanumanthaiah | Social Work |
| 1973 | Narendra Singh | Social Work |
| 1973 | V. R. Naidu | Social Work |
| 1973 | R. S. Naidu | Fine Arts |
| 1973 | M. Nanjundaiah | Fine Arts |
| 1973 | P. L. Bankapur | Social Work |
| 1973 | Basavaraj Kattimani | Literature |
| 1973 | Benjamin Isaac | Medicine |
| 1973 | Manikyam | Medicine |
| 1973 | B. P. Mallaraj Urs | Education |
| 1973 | M. Muddubhyrappa | Social Work |
| 1973 | Rajkumar | Cinema |
| 1973 | M. G. Vijayasarathy | Social Work |
| 1973 | S. R. Ganiger | Social Work |
| 1973 | G. P. Shivaram | Education |
| 1973 | H. Srikantaiah | Social Work |
| 1973 | Sattar Abbashet | Social Work |
| 1973 | Neelamma Kadambi | Music |
| 1974 | Agram Rangayya | Journalism |
| 1974 | M. R. Acharya | Engineering |
| 1974 | K. C. Nayak | Agriculture |
| 1974 | G. V. Narayana Reddy | Social Work |
| 1974 | S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta | Education |
| 1974 | B. P. Radhakrishna | Geology |
| 1974 | M. Shivaram | Literature |
| 1974 | Padmavathi Bai | Social Work |
| 1974 | Rahamat Baig | Social Work |
| 1974 | M. N. Varadarajulu | Social Work |
| 1974 | Suleiman Quasim | Social Work |
| 1975 | T. Anantarama Shetty | Social Work |
| 1975 | B. N. Gupta | Literature |
| 1975 | M. Gopal | Journalism |
| 1975 | H. M. Gangadharaiah | Social Work |
| 1975 | P. R. Thippeswamy | Fine Arts |
| 1975 | K. S. Narendran | Social Work |
| 1975 | N. Bhadraiah | Education |
| 1975 | B. S. Ramappa | Medicine |
| 1975 | U. R. Rao | Science |
| 1975 | V. L. D'souza | Education |
| 1975 | G. Channamma | Music |
| 1975 | N. Chokkamma | Music |
| 1975 | Mirza S. Moghul | Social Work |
| 1976 | K. S. Ramaswamy | Social Work |
| 1976 | K. R. Lingappa | Social Work |
| 1976 | K. Balasubramaniam | Education |
| 1976 | V. Ambla | Medicine |
| 1976 | Shankara Deva | Social Work |
| 1976 | Mir Iqbal Hussain | Social Work |
| 1976 | G. N. Reddy | Social Work |
| 1976 | Patil Puttappa | Literature |
| 1976 | A. S. Lakshman | Journalism |
| 1976 | S. S. Kukke | Fine Arts |
| 1976 | R. Muniratnam | Music |
| 1976 | R. K. Suryanarayana | Music |