With 797 awards, the national capital has bagged more honours than any other state. Only Maharashtra, at 756, comes close to Delhi’s tally. Next in line is Tamil Nadu, but it’s farther behind with 391 awards.

Delhi and Maharashtra have also dominated the honours rather consistently (hover over each color to find out how many states won awards in a given year).

There were no awards given out in six years: 1978, 1979 and from 1993-1996. It’s likely the aftermath of the Emergency interrupted the awards in the late 70s. In the mid-90s, it could have been a preoccupied minority government that was busy pushing for economic reforms to stave off bankruptcy.