Murli Manohar Joshi and Virat Kohli among Padma awardees

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