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The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Sri. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.
[edit] List of Awardees
As of 1-June-2007, 968 people have received the award. The list of awardess can be found at http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php
| Name
| Field
| State
|
| A.K. Hangal
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Deepak Parekh
| Trade and Industry
| Maharashtra
|
| Devaki Jain
| Social Work
| Karnataka
|
| Dinesh Nandini Dalmia
| Literature and Education
| Delhi
|
| Dusan Zbavitel
| Literature and Education
| Czech Republic
|
| Ganga Prasad Birla
| Social Work
| West Bengal
|
| Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Gregory Maximovich Bongard-Levin
| Literature and Education
| Russia
|
| Gunter Kruger (Posthumous)
| Trade and Industry
| Maharashtra
|
| Shri Hira Lall Sibal
| Public Affairs
| Chandigarh
|
| Jaiveer Agarwal
| Medicine
| Tamil Nadu
|
| Air Commodore Jasjit Singh
| Defence Services
| Haryana
|
| KG Subramanyam
| Art
| West Bengal
|
| Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena
| Literature and Education
| Delhi
|
| Kewal Kishan Talwar
| Medicine
| Chandigarh
|
| Konidela Sivasankar Vara Prasad(Chiranjeevi)
| Art, Social Work
| Andhra Pradesh
|
| KPP Nambiar
| Science and Engineering
| Karnataka
|
| Lokesh Chandra
| Literature and Education
| Delhi
|
| Madhav Gadgil
| Science and Engineering
| Maharashtra
|
| MV Pylee
| Literature and Education
| Kerala
|
| N S Ramaswamy[1]
| Social Work
| Karnataka
|
| Nandan M Nilekani
| Science and Engineering
| Karnataka
|
| P Leela (Posthumous)
| Art
| Tamil Nadu
|
| PP Rao
| Public Affairs
| Uttar Pradesh
|
| PS Appu
| Civil Service
| Karnataka
|
| Ramakanta Rath
| Literature and Education
| Orissa
|
| S Ramadorai
| Trade and Industry
| Maharashtra
|
| Ustad Sabri Khan
| Art
| Delhi
|
| Sai Paranjpye
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Shanno Khurana
| Art
| Delhi
|
| Shashi Bhushan
| Public Affairs
| Delhi
|
| Tarun Das
| Trade and Industry
| Haryana
|
| V Shanta
| Medicine
| Tamil Nadu
|
| Vijay Shankar Vyas
| Literature and Education
| Rajasthan
|
| Vijaypat Singhania
| Sports
| Maharashtra
|
| Aslam Anwar
| technology
| Tamil Nadu
|
chiranjeevi
movies&social service
Andhrapradesh
| Name
| Field
| State
|
| A Ramachandran
| Art
| Delhi
|
| Dr. Andre Beteille
| Literature and Education
| Delhi;
|
| Dr. Anil Kohli
| Medicine
| Delhi
|
| Azim Premji
| Trade and Industry
| Karnataka
|
| Balraj Puri
| Literature and Education
| Jammu & Kashmir
|
| Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal
| Trade and Industry
| Delhi
|
| Chandi Prasad Bhatt
| Social Work
| Uttarakhand
|
| G.V. Ramakrishna
| Civil Service
| Tamil Nadu
|
| Girish Chandra Saxena
| Civil Service
| Delhi
|
| Dr. Hari Mohan
| Medicine
| Delhi
|
| Prof. Irfan Habib
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|
| Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
| Medicine
| Delhi
|
| Kiran Majumdar Shaw
| Science and Engineering
| Karnataka
|
| M.T. Vasudevan Nair
| Art
| Kerala
|
| Mrinal Miri
| Journalism
| Meghalaya
|
| Dr. Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri
| Trade and Industry
| Delhi
|
| Dr. Narasimhiah Seshagiri
| Science and Engineering
| Karnataka
|
| Probodh Chandra Dey alias Manna Dey
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Qurratulain Hyder
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|
| S.R. Sankaran
| Civil Service
| Andhra Pradesh;
|
| Dr. Sardar Anjum
| Literature and Education
| Haryana
|
| Late Syed Mir Qasim (Posthumous)
| Public Affairs
| Jammu and Kashmir
|
| T.R. Satish Chandran
| Civil Service
| Karnataka
|
| Dr. Tarlochan Singh Kler
| Medicine
| Delhi
|
| Prof. Valangiman Subramanian Ramamurthy
| Science and Engineering
| Delhi
|
| Varaprasad K. Reddy
| Science and Engineering
| Andhra Pradesh
|
| William Mark Tully
| Journalism
| United Kingdom
|
| Yash Chopra
| Art
| Maharashtra
|
| Dr. Yusuf Khwaja Hamied
| Trade and Industry
| Maharashtra
|
- Alarmel Valli, dancer
- Lt. Gen. Bijoy Nandan Shahi, Indian Army, Physician
- Hanumantha Rao, Telugu writer
- Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, Carnatic vocalist
- Dr. N. Rajam, violinist
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, social worker (Gujarat)
- Justice Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
- Gopi Chand Narang
- Krishna Srinivas
- Vishnu Prabhakar
- Komal Kothari, musician
- Govindarajan Padmanabhan, scientist
- Sardara Singh Johl, scientist
- Sankar
- Antony
- Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese PM
- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
- M V Kamath, journalist
- Frank Pallone, American Congressman
- Gary Ackerman, American Congressman
- K. J. Yesudas, Carnatic Vocalist
- N. Rangabhashyam, medical expert
- Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, Everest hero
- H.H. Larsen, industrialist
- Mario De Miranda, cartoonist
- B.K.S. Iyengar, yoga teacher
- Faquir Chand Kohli, IT pioneer
- Jagat Singh Mehta, diplomat
- Nirmal Verma, writer
- Dr. Prabha Atre, Vocalist, Music Teacher
- Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal, aeronautical scientist
- Shobha Viswanath Gurtu, vocalist
- Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev, Indologist from Russia
- Zakir Hussain - tabla player
- Ismail Merchant : Art (Cinema)
- Habib Tanvir : Art (theatre)
- Raj Reddy, Technology
- Amitabh Bachchan, Actor [1]
- Rajnikanth, Actor
- Viswanathan Anand, Sports
- Dr.Jacob Cherian, Social Service
- Lata Mangeshkar, vocalist
- Anil Kakodkar, Atomic Energy Commission Scientist
- Bhisham Sahni, writer
- Vempati Chinna Satyam, Kuchipudi dance
- Girish Karnad, Playwright
- Dr.R.D. Lele, Medicine
- Triloki Nath Khoshoo, Secretary of Environment Indian government, Botanist
- Prathap C. Reddy, doctor
- Kapil Dev,cricketer
Drs. Rajanikant and Mabelle Arole, Jamkhed, Maharashtra - Founders and Directors, Comprehensive Rural Health Project
- Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, doctor
- R.D. Pradhan, civil servant, bureaucrat
- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Hindustani vocalist
- Rajeev Sethi, Design and Art Adviser
- Horace Alexander, English Quaker, pacifist, mediator and ornithologist
- Sivaji Ganesan, Tamil film actor
- K. Natwar Singh Minister of External affairs
- Dr. Rajkumar, film Kannada actor, singer
- Lord Swaraj Paul
- Dr. Grace Morley, Founder of India's National Museum
- Dr. Stella Kramrisch, Art Historian
- Mrinal Sen, film director
- Dr. D. V. Gundappa, Philosopher and Kannada writer
- Dr. Arunachala Sreenivasan, Biochemist and Food Scientist/Technologist
- Father Camille Bulcke, Belgian Jesuit, Hindi Scholar, Author of the English-Hindi Dictionary
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, classical musician
- Dr. Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, ENT Surgeon
- Mr Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Civil Servant
- Dr. Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao, Nuclear Physicist
- Mr Kayalath Pothen Philip, Journalist
- Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar, Hindustani vocalist
- Haroon Khan Sherwani, Historian
- Lieutenant General Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army Command (Later went on to attain the rank of Field Marshal, and Chief of Army Staff. Was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1972)
- Waman Bapuji Metre, Petroleum Geologist
- Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, Mathematician
- Mihir Sen, record-setting swimmer
- Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero.
- Mohammad Mujeeb writer.
- Shri Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma, Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly. Public Affairs. Bihar.
- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', eminent poet in Hindi known specially for his nationalist strain and forceful invocations to humans and humanity.
- Kuvempu, Kannada poet
- M. Ganapati(Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati), Engineer, Administrator and Planner.
- Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet [2]
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