The Bapu Gayadhani Award is given to the heroic children in India, as a part of the National Bravery Awards category. The National Bravery Awards are mainly presented to those rarely brave children under the age of 16 years, who fight against all obstacles and show outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifice. The Bapu Gayadhani Award was incepted in the year 1988 and since then, a number of fearless children have become the Bapu Gayadhani Awardees. All these awardees are considered to be the best courageous children in the country and they receive their award from the Prime Minister of India, along with the other National Bravery Awards winners.
A partial list of the Bapu Gayadhani Awardees is given below:
| Year | Name | Age | Indian state of origin | Notes |
| 2001 | Reshma Mohapatra | - | Orissa | - |
| 2001 | Lalmunsanga | - | Mizoram | - |
| 2002 | Sweety Pandey | 10 yrs. | - | - |
| 2002 | Dhanajay Ramrao Ingole | 13 yrs. | - | - |
| 2002 | Rinku Burman | 13 yrs. | - | - |
| 2003 | Vivek Purkayastha | 14 yrs. | Tamil Nadu | Bravely fought with the dacoits. |
| 2003 | Asit Ranjal Sama (posthumously) | 17 yrs. | Orissa | Lost life while trying to save other children from drowning. |
| 2003 | Lalramdinthara (posthumously) | 15 yrs. | Mizoram | Lost life while trying to save other children from drowning. |
| 2004 | N. Kandha Kumar (posthumously) | 11 yrs. | Tamil Nadu | Saved two of his schoolmates by pulling them off the school van, stuck at a level-crossing, died while trying to save another one. |
| 2004 | Master Lalthanzawna | 11 yrs. | Mizoram | - |
| 2004 | Majda alias Babli | 11 yrs. | Uttarakhand | Saved several children between age 3-6 yrs., from drowning in Ganga canal. |
| 2005 | Dugi alias Minati | 14 yrs. | Orissa | For revolting against child marriage |
| 2005 | C Susheela | 14 yrs. | Orissa | For revolting against child marriage. |
| 2005 | Mahesh Kumar | 15 yrs. | Uttarakhand | For saving an 11 year old girl from the jaws of a tiger. |
| 2006 | Asma Ayyub Khan | 13½ yrs. | Maharashtra | For helping move 35-40 children of her institution to a safe place, during 2005 Mumbai floods. |
| 2006 | Sushila Gurjar | 13 yrs. | Rajasthan | For fighting against the social evil of child marriage. |
| 2006 | Shilpa Janbandhu | 15 yrs. | Chhattisgarh | For participating in an anti-naxalite movement, SALWA JUDUM, despite threats. |
| 2007 | Raipalli Vamsi | 12 yrs. | Andhra Pradesh | For saving five girls from drowning, by diving into the in Nagavali river thrice. |
| 2007 | Boney Singh | 16½ yrs. | Manipur | For saving two boys from drowning in a water tank near Sagolband Meino Leirak, Imphal West-I. |
| 2007 | Amol Aghi (posthumously) | 15 yrs. | Haryana | Lost his life in chasing robbers in Geeta colony, Panipat. |
| 2008 | Asu Kanwar | 14 yrs. | Rajasthan | For displaying amazing courage in standing up against child marriage. |
| Kavita Kanwar (posthumously) and Seema Kanwar | 16 yrs. | Chhattisgarh | For saving their friends from an accidental fire; Kavita lost her life in this accident. | |
| 2009 | Ranu Mishra (posthumously) | 10 yrs. | Uttar Pradesh | Lost her life while saving her brother and his friend from drowning |
| Deepak Kumar Kori (posthumously) | 12 yrs. | Uttar Pradesh | Died while trying to save a girl from drowning, as villagers looked on | |
| Vijith V | 16 yrs. | Kerala | Saved four children from drowning in river Kallada. | |
| Narendrasinh Solanki | - | - | Saved his father from a crocodile in Dhadhar river |