New Delhi: Several personalities on Thursday were honoured with Padma honuours which are conferred in three categories- Padma Vibushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
Indian Cricket team captain Virat Kohli, Olympics stars Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar, paralympian Deepa Malik and singing sensation Kailesh Kher were among the 70 personalities who are given the prestigious Padma Shri.
The Padma Bhushan was given to seven people including journalist and political satirist Cho Ramasawamy and Thailand’s princess Maha Chakri.
India’s second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibushan, was majory awarded to the politicians including NCP chief Sharad Pawar, BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi while BJP veteran Sunder Lal Patwa and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma were given the honours posthumously. Singer KJ Yesudas was also among seven awardees.
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PADMA VIBHUSHAN
1. Shri K J Yesudas- Art-Music
2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev- Spiritualism
3. Shri Sharad Pawar- Public Affairs
4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi- Public Affairs
5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao- Science & Engineering
6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
7. Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
Padma Bhushan
8. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt- Art-Music
9. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi- Literature & Education
10. Shri Tehemton Udwadia- Medicine
11. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj- Spiritualism
12. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati- Yoga
13. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner)- Literature & Education
14. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)- Literature & Education – Journalism
Padma Shri Awardees
15. Smt. Basanti Bisht-Art-Music
16. Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair- Art-Dance
17. Smt. Aruna Mohanty- Art-Dance
18. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan- Art-Cinema
19. Shri Sadhu Meher- Art-Cinema
20. Shri T K Murthy- Art-Music
21. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh- Art-Music
22. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary- Art-Music
23. Smt. Baoa Devi- Art-Painting
24. Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting
25. Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao- Art
26. Shri Jitendra Haripal- Art-Music
27. Shri Kailash Kher- Art-Music
28. Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal- Art-Music
29. Smt. Sukri Bommagowda- Art-Music
30. Shri Mukund Nayak- Art-Music
31. Shri Purushottam Upadhyay- Art-Music
32. Smt. Anuradha Paudwal- Art-Music
33. Shri Wareppa Naba Nil- Art-Theatre
34. Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary- Civil Service
35. Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service
36. Shri Kanwal Sibal- Civil Service
37. Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla- Literature & Education
38. Smt. Eli Ahmed- Literature & Education
39. Dr. Narendra Kohli- Literature & Education
40. Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah- Literature & Education
41. Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri- Literature & Education
42. Shri Kashi Nath Pandita- Literature & Education
43. Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education
44. Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi- Literature & Education
45. Shri Michel Danino- Literature & Education
46. Shri Punam Suri- Literature & Education
47. Shri VG Patel- Literature & Education
48. Smt. V Koteswaramma- Literature & Education
49. Shri Balbir Dutt- Literature & Education Journalism
50. Smt. Bhawana Somaaya- Literature & Education Journalism
51. Shri Vishnu Pandya- Literature & Education Journalism
52. Dr. Subroto Das- Medicine
53. Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav- Medicine
54. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed- Medicine
55. Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole- Medicine
56. Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel- Medicine
57. Prof. Harkishan Singh- Medicine
58. Dr. Mukut Minz- Medicine
59. Shri Arun Kumar Sharma- Archaeology
60. Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary
61. Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art
62. Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture
63. Shri Chandrakant Pithawa- Science & Engineering
64. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray- Science & Engineering
65. Shri Chintakindi Mallesham- Science & Engineering
66. Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami- Science & Engineering
67. Shri Daripalli Ramaiah- Social Work
68. Shri Girish Bhardwaj- Social Work
69. Shri Karimul Hak- Social Work
70. Shri Bipin Ganatra- Social Work
71. Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide- Social work
72. Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari- Social Work
73. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal- Social Work
74. Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket
75. Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket
76. Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw
77. Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics
78. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu- Sports-Athletics
79. Smt. Dipa Karmakar- Sports-Gymnastics
80. Shri P R Shreejesh- Sports-Hockey
81. Smt. Sakshi Malik- Sports-Wrestling
82. Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu-Trade & Industry
83. Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO)- Art-Music
84. Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO)- Literature & Education
85. Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)- Literature & Education Journalism
86. Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous)- Medicine
87. Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous)- Archaeology
88. Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous)- Social Work
89. Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)- Social Work