Padma Shri
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| Padma Shri | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | General | |
| Instituted | 1954 | |
| First Awarded | 1954 | |
| Last Awarded | 2007 | |
| Awarded by | Govt. of India | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Bharat Ratna ← Padma Vibhushan ← Padma Bhushan ← Padma Shri → none | ||
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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. (The word "Padma" (Sanskrit) means "Lotus".)
It stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. On its obverse, the words "Padma" and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below the lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.
Some recipients of the awards
As of 2007-06-01, 2024 people have received the award.[1]
2007
Name  | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| Pratibha Ray | Literature and Education | Orissa |
| Amitav Ghosh | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| Balbir Singh | Medicine | Punjab |
| Baldev Raj | Science and Engineering | |
| Balachandra Menon | Art | Kerala |
| Jeev Milkha Singh | Sports | |
| Koneru Humpy | Sports | Andhra Pradesh |
| Louis Remo Fernandes | Art | Goa |
| S. M. Cyril | Social Work | Ireland |
| Vijaydan Detha | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| Lama Thupten Phuntsok | Social Work | India/Arunachal Pradesh (Tawang) |
2006
| Name | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| Pankaj Udhas | Art | Gujarat |
| Sania Mirza | Sports - Tennis | |
| Shahnaz Husain | Trade and Industry | |
| Sucheta Dalal | Journalism | Maharashtra |
| Sudha Murty | Social Work | Karnataka |
2005
| Name | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| Bhagavatula Dattaguru | Science and Engineering | |
| Amiya Kumar Bagchi | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Anil Kumble | Sports - Cricket | Karnataka |
| G. Bakthavathsalam | Medicine | |
| Gladys Staines | Social Work | Australia |
| Muzaffar Ali | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Puran Chand Wadali | Art | Punjab |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Art - Cinema | |
| Shobhana Bhartia | Journalism | |
| Shobana Chandrakumar | Art |
2004
| Name | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| Anupam Kherr | Cinema | |
| Bal Samant | Literature and Education | |
| Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini | Literature and Education | |
| Rahul Dravid | sports | |
| Sourav Ganguly | sports |
2003
- Aamir Khan (Art - Cinema)
2002
- Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- Ashok Jhunjhunwala
- Padmanabhan Balaram
- Indira Goswami
- Chaitanyamoy Ganguly (Science and Engineering) (Andhra Pradesh)
Ambassador Dimitri Velissaropoulos
2001
- Bhabendra Nath Saikia
- Chandrashekhara Kambara (Literature)
- Dhanraj Pillay (Sports)
- Khalid A H Ansari
- Leander Adrian Paes (Sports)
- Mahesh Bhupathi (Sports)
- Vishwanathan Mohanlal (Art - Cinema)
2000
- A. R. Rahman (Music)
- Alyque Padamsee
- Anjolie Ela Menon (Art)
- Dina Nath Malhotra
- H. Sudarshan
- Hema Malini
- K.P. Saxena
- Ramanand Sagar
- Santosh Yadav
- Shekhar Kapur
- Vijay P. Bhatkar
1990s
- Kamal Haasan (Art - Cinema)
- O N V Kurup (Art - Literature)
- Keshav Malik (Literature)
- Mammootty (Art - Cinema)
- Shovana Narayan (Dance)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Sports-Cricket)
- Mark Tully
- Kapil Dev Dvivedi (Sanskrit Literature)
- M. A. Zaki,Lt Gen (Military Service)
1980s
- Teejan Bai (Arts)
- Zakir Hussain (Arts
- Viswanathan Anand (Sports)
- Palligarnai Thirumalai Venugopal (Arts)
- Amitabh Bachchan (Art - Cinema)
- Virendra Prabhakar (Arts)
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Literature)
- P.T. Usha (athlete)
- Myneni Hari Prasad Rao (Technology 1984)
- Sardar Sobha Singh (Arts - 1983)
- Gaura Pant 'Shivani' - Literature 1982
- Shabana Azmi - (Arts - Cinema)
- Ali Jawad Zaidi - [Literature & Education 1988]
1970s
- Krushna Chandra Panigrahi (History)
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (Art-Cinema)
- Bhagat Puran Singh (Social Service)
- V. S. Wakankar
- Rajinder Singh Bedi - Writer, Director
- Girish Karnad (Playwright)
- Mani Madhava Chakyar (Koodiyattam and Chakyar Koothu)
- R V Ramaswamy (Income Tax)
- P.K.Banerji (Civil Service)
- Baba Amte (Social Service)
- Kirpal Singh Shekhawat (Art)
- Sita Ram Lalas (Literature and Education) (Rajasthan)
1960s
- Rajendra Kumar (Art - Cinema)
- Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (Literature)
- Sivaji Ganesan (Art - Cinema)
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (Arts)
- Chittor V. Nagaiah (Art - Cinema)
- K. D. Singh (Field hockey)
- M. G. Ramachandran (Art - Cinema)
- Mother Theresa (Social Service)
- Dula Bhaya Kag (Literature and Education)
- Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao (Nuclear Engineer)
References
External links
- Govt. of India, Year 2007 Padma Shree Awardees
- complete list available here
- Padma Awardees, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India Lists of awardees from 1999 onwards.
- List of Legends from Tamil Nadu, conferred Padma Shri
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