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. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ... Look up Decoration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of India (Hindi: Rashtrapati) is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... Bharat Ratna is Indias highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Padma Shri (variously spelled Padma Shree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India (generally to Indian citizens). ...

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

2006

A.K. Hangal or Avtar Kishan Hangal is an actor of Indian Hindi films. ... Devaki Jain Devaki Jain (born 1933) is an Indian economist best known for her work on Development, South Asia, and feminist economics. ... A posthumous recognition is a ceremonial award given after the recipient has passed away. ... Kamleshwar (कमलेश्वर) (full name Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena) (January 6, 1932 - January 27, 2007), a prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, was born in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad with a screen name as Chiranjeevi (Telugu: చిరంజీవి), is a prominent Indian film actor acting mainly in Telugu film Industry born on August 22, 1955. ... Lokesh Chandra is an eminent contemporary scholar of Buddhism and the Indian arts. ... Madhav Gadgil (born 1942) studied biology at University of Poona and University of Bombay before doing a Ph. ... Born as the second and last son to Mohan R Nilekani, a manager in Minerva Mills, Nandan Nilekani spent his first 12 years in Bangalore, India. ... A posthumous recognition is a ceremonial award given after the recipient has passed away. ... Ramakant Rath (13 December 1934- ) is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Oriya literature. ... Image:Ramadorai S.jpg Subramanium Ramadorai S. Ramadorai (ராமதுரை in his native language Tamil) is CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) During the past 30 years, S. Ramadorai has played an integral role in the international development of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). ... Vijay Shankar Vyas is a noted agricultural economist of India . ... Vijaypat Singhania is the chairman emeritus of the Raymond Group of clothing and textiles. ...

2005

Premji (born July 24, 1945) is the Chairman & CEO of Wipro Technologies, which today is one of the largest software companies in India. ... Balraj Puri (August 5, 1928 - ) is a journalist, writer and human rights activist whose life is a part of the history of Jammu & Kashmir and the turbulent days of the accessions of the State to India. ... Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal is an Industrialist and founder of The Hero Group which owns the Hero Honda Motors in India. ... Chandi Prasad Bhatt. ... Irfan Habib (1931- ) is a Marxist Indian historian, a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University and a former Chairman of the Indian Council for Historical Research. ... Prabodh Chandra Dey (born May 1, 1919), better known by his nickname Manna Dey (Bengali: মান্না দে Manna De), is one of the greatest playback singer in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali. ... Sir Mark Tully (born 24 October 1935 in Calcutta, India) was the Chief of Bureau, BBC, New Delhi for 22 years. ... Yash Chopra (Hindi: यश चोपड़ा, born 27 September 1932) is a writer, director and producer of Bollywood movies. ...

2004

1. Alarmel Valli, dancer
2. Lt. Gen. Bijoy Nandan Shahi, Indian Army, Physician
3. Hanumantha Rao, Telugu writer
4. Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, Carnatic vocalist
5. Dr. N. Rajam, violinist
6. Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, social worker (Gujarat)
7. Justice Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
8. Gopi Chand Narang
9. Krishna Srinivas
10. Vishnu Prabhakar
11. Komal Kothari, musician
12. Govindarajan Padmanabhan, scientist
13. Sardara Singh Johl, scientist
14. Sankar
15. Antony
16. Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese PM
17. Soumitra Chatterjee, Bengali film director and actor
18. M V Kamath, journalist

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2003

The mridangam is a percussion instrument from South India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Teejan Bai is an exponent of Pandwani, a traditional performing art form in which she enacts the entire Mahabharata with musical accompaniment. ... , Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, IPA: )  , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... Singhania is a surname found usually amongst people from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... , “Madras” redirects here. ...

2002

1. Frank Pallone, American Congressman
2. Gary Ackerman, American Congressman
3. K. J. Yesudas, Carnatic Vocalist
4. N. Rangabhashyam, medical expert
5. Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, everest hero
6. H.H. Larsen, industrialist
7. Mario De Miranda, cartoonist
8. B.K.S. Iyengar, yoga teacher
9. Faquir Chand Kohli, IT pioneer
10. Jagat Singh Mehta, diplomat
11. Nirmal Verma, writer
12. Dr. Prabha Atre, Vocalist, Music Teacher
13. Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal, aeronautical scientist
14. Shobha Viswanath Gurtu, vocalist
15. Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev, Indologist from Russia
16. Zakir Hussain - tabla player
17. Ismail Merchant : Art (Cinema)
18. Habib Tanvir : Art (theatre)

Frank Pallone Jr. ... Congressman Gary L. Ackerman Gary Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is presently serving his twelfth term in the United States House of Representatives. ... Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (usually referred to as Dr. K. J. Yesudas or Jesudas, Malayalam: കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ് , also nicknamed Gana Gandharvan) (born January 10, 1940) is one of the most eminent Indian classical musician and leading playback singer of film songs in many Indian languages. ... Carnatic music, also known as is one of the two styles of Indian classical music, the other being Hindustani music. ... Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia is an Indian mountaineer . ... H.H. Larsen full name Henning Holck-Larsen was from Denmark and who with Soren Kristian Toubro founded Larsen & Toubro company in India in 1938. ... A book cover illustrated by Mario Miranda Dalai Lamas Painting by Mario Miranda Mario Miranda is a well-known cartoonist based in Loutolim,Goa, India. ... A photograph of B.K.S. Iyengar B.K.S. Iyengar, (aka Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar) born Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, December 14, 1918, in India, is founder of Iyengar Yoga and one of the most respected yoga teachers in the world. ... Faquir Chand Kohli is a former chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd . ... Jagat Singh Mehta is a former foreign secretary of India. ... Nirmal Verma (निर्मल वर्मा) (1929-25 October 2005) together with Mohan Rakesh, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar, Amarkant and others, is the founder of the Nai Kahani (new short story) in Hindi literature. ... Prabha Atre (b. ... Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal is a well known aeronautical scientist of India. ... Shobha Shirodkar Gurtu (1925-2004) was one of Indias most famous singers in the light classical style. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ismail Merchant (December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ...

2001

1. Amitabh Bachchan, Actor [1]

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2000

1. Rajnikanth, Actor
2. Viswanathan Anand, Sports

Rajnikanth (Tamil: ரஜினிகாந்த், Marathi: रजनीकांत, Kannada: ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್), real name Sivaji Rao Gaekwad (Tamil: சிவாஜி ராவ் காயகவாட், Marathi: शिवाजीराव गायकवाड, Kannada: ಶಿವಾಜಿ ರಾವ್ ಗಾಯಕ್ವಾಡ್) (born December 12, 1949 in Karnataka, India)[1], is the highest paid actor [2] in India and the top rated popular South Indian film actor. ... This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. ...

1999

1. Dr.Jacob Cherian, Social Service
2. Lata Mangeshkar, vocalist
3. Anil Kakodkar, Atomic Energy Commission Scientist

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1998

1. Bhisham Sahni, writer
2. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Kuchipudi dance

Bhisham Sahni Bhisham Sahni (born August 8, 1915, Rawalpindi; died July 11, 2003) was a Hindi writer, playwright, filmmaker, and actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas (Darkness), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India. ... Kuchipudi (కుచిపుడి) is a Classical Indian dance form from Andhra Pradesh, a state of South India. ...

1992

1. Girish Karnad, Playwright
2. Dr.R.D. Lele, Medicine
3. Triloki Nath Khoshoo, Secretary of Environment Indian government, Botanist

// Girish Karnad (Kannada:ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್) (born May 19, 1938), is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. ... Triloki Nath Khoshoo (1927-2002) was trained as a botanist, and he became secretary of the Department of Environment, Government of India (1982-85). ...

1991

1. Prathap C. Reddy, doctor
2. Kapil Dev,cricketer

Dr. Pratap C. Reddy is a doctor and businessman who founded the first corporate chain of hospitals in India, the Apollo Hospitals Group. ... Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (कपिल देव) ( ) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played Cricket. ...

1990

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1989

1. Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, doctor

Banoo Jehangir Coyaji (August 22, 1918 - July 2004) was an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control. ...

1987

1. R.D. Pradhan, civil servant, bureaucrat

R.D. Pradhan is an ex-administrator and bureaucrat in the Indian Government. ...

1985

1. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Hindustani vocalist
2. Shree Rajeev Sethi}, Design and Art Adviser

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Born February 04, 1922) is a renowned vocalist in India, . A descendant of the Kirana Gharana (stream) of Hindustani classical music tradition, he is particularly renowned for Khayal form singing. ... Hindustani (हिन्‍दुस्‍थानी) classical music is an Indian classical music tradition originating in the North of the Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries CE. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary...

1984

1. Horace Alexander, English Quaker, pacifist, mediator and ornithologist
2. Sivaji Ganesan, Tamil film actor
3. K. Natwar Singh Minister of External affairs

Horace Gundry Alexander (July 30, 1889 - September 30, 1989) was an English Quaker teacher and writer, pacifist and ornithologist. ... Ganesan in Thayaipola Pillai Noolaipola Selai, 1959 Sivaji Ganesan (October 1, 1927 - July 21, 2001) was a famous Indian actor and politician. ... K. Natwar Singh Kunwar Natwar Singh, popularly known as K. Natwar Singh (born May 16, 1931, Bharatpur, Rajastan, India) is an Indian politician and has been a cabinet minister. ...

1983

1. Dr. Rajkumar, film Kannada actor, singer
2. Lord Swaraj Paul

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1982

1. Dr. Grace Morley, Founder of India's National Museum
2. Dr. Stella Kramrisch, Art Historian

Dr. Grace Louise McCann Morley (1900–1985) was a museologist of global influence. ...

1981

1. Mrinal Sen, film director

Mrinal Sen (Bangla: মৄণাল সেন) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. ...

1974

1. Dr. D. V. Gundappa, Philosopher and Kannada writer
2. Dr. Arunachala Sreenivasan, Biochemist and Food Scientist/Technologist
3. Father Camille Bulcke, Belgian Jesuit, Hindi Scholar, Author of the English-Hindi Dictionary

Deeveegee is one of the most prominent Kannada writers and philosophers of the twentieth century. ... Camille Bulcke (1 September 1909, Ramskapelle, Belgium -17 August 1982, New Delhi, India), was a Belgian Jesuit, missionary in India, who reached proeminence in the Hindi language and came to be known as India’s most famous Christian Hindi scholar http://www. ...

1973

1. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, classical musician

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1972

1. Dr. Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, ENT Surgeon
2. Mr Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Civil Servant

Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani (born Lakhumal Hiranand Khiara on September, 1917 in Thatta, Sindh) is an eminent and famous E.N.T. (otorhinolaryngologist) surgeon in Bombay. ... Sir Chandrika Prasad Srivastava KCMG is a retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat. ...

1969

1. Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar, Hindustani vocalist
2. Haroon Khan Sherwani, Historian

Hindustani vocalist Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar (1892-1977) is considered one of the finest and most powerful Indian classical singers of the 20th century. ... Hindustani (हिन्‍दुस्‍थानी) classical music is an Indian classical music tradition originating in the North of the Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries CE. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary... Haroon Khan Sherwani Haroon Khan Sherwani (1891-1980) was a renowned Indian historian, scholar, and author. ...

1968

1. 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)
2. Waman Bapuji Metre, Petroleum Geologist
3. Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, Mathematician

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, MC, (Sam Bahadur) (born April 3, 1914) is a retired Indian Army officer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... W. B. Metre // Waman Bapuji Metre Waman Bapuji Metre (Vāman Bāpūji Metre) (February 14, 1906 – November 21, 1970), admiringly referred to as Dādā (Elder Brother) Metre in the Indian oil industry circles, was the doyen of Indian petroleum geologists. ... Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar (8 August 1912 -5 October 1976) commonly addresed as PL Bhatnagar was an Indian mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) collision model used in Lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM). ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ...

1967

1. Mihir Sen, record-setting swimmer

Mihir Sen {November 16, 1930 in Purulia - 1997) was an Indian lawyer more notable for his career as a record-setting swimmer. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...

1965

1. Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero.
2. Mohammad Mujeeb writer.

Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (1914-2003) was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero. ...

1961

1. Shri Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma, Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly. Public Affairs. Bihar.

1959

1. Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', eminent poet in Hindi known specially for his nationalist strain and forceful invocations to humans and humanity.

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (रामधारी सिंह दिनकर) (September 23, 1908 - April 24, 1974) was an Indian Hindi poet, who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. ...

1958

1. Kuvempu, Kannada poet

Kuvempu - (ಕುವೆಂಪು) is the pen name of a well-known Kannada writer/poet of the 20th century, Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 - 1994). ... “Kannada” redirects here. ...

1954

1. M. Ganapati(Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati), Engineer, Administrator and Planner.
2. Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet

Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 - February 22, 1982) was a noted poet of India and Pakistan who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under takhallus (Urdu for nom de plume) Josh Malihabadi (Josh, an Urdu word which means Passion/Intensity). He was born at Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ...

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