Advani, Bachchan, Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan - Times of India

NEW DELHI: LK Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, thespian Dilip Kumar and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal were on Saturday chosen for this year's Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour, as government gave a saffron touch honouring eminent people of various fields in this year's list of Padma awardees.

Eminent lawyer K K Venugopal, D Veerendra Heggade of the famous Dharmasthala Jain temple in Karnataka, eminent nuclear scientist M R Srinivasan and Aga Khan were also chosen for Padma Vibhushan.

Former CEC N Gopalaswami, Microsoft chief Bill Gates and his wife Melinda were selected for Padma Bhushan in the list of 104 people whose names were released on the eve of Republic day.

This list comprises nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees. 17 of them were women and equal number were in the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and four posthumous awardees.

Former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash C Kashyap, journalists Rajat Sharma and Swapan Dasgupta, eminent lawyer Harish Salve, cardiologist Ashok Seth, Indian-American mathematician Manjul Bhargava were also in the list of Padma Bhushan awardees. Hindi journalist Ram Bahadur Rai has been chosen for Padma Shri.

Hindu religious leader Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (Padma Vibhushan), Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Padma Bhushan), both from Uttar Pradesh, Shivakumara Swami of Karnataka (Padma Bhushan) and Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja of Portugal (Padma Shri) and former NCERT Director J S Rajput (Padma Shri) also figure in today's list.

Late Dawoodi Bohra leader Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin has been chosen for Padma Shri.

List of Padma awardees

Following is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma awards. These include nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

Name (discipline) state/country

LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Punjab Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Karnataka Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK

Padma Bhushan

Name (discipline) state/country

Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering), Maharashtra Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education), Delhi Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others), Uttar Pradesh N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art), Madhya Pradesh Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Delhi Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Tamil Nadu Harish Salve (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine), Delhi Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi Satpal (Sports), Delhi Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg), Karnataka Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA David Frawley (Others), USA Bill Gates (Social Work), USA Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA Saichiro Misumi (Others), Japan.

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