tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53887063672658706772011-04-21T12:45:30.836-07:00PADMA SHRI AWARDS IN INDIANARESH KADYANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05681041940532063583noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388706367265870677.post-56338791397427887712007-12-31T08:33:00.000-08:002007-12-31T08:37:33.846-08:00<h1 class="firstHeading">Padma Shri</h1> <h3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<!-- start content --> </h3><table class="infobox" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: large;">Padma Shri</td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background: rgb(176, 196, 222) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: center;" colspan="3">Award Information</th> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Type</b></td> <td colspan="2">Civilian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Category</b></td> <td colspan="2">General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Instituted</b></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>First Awarded</b></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Last Awarded</b></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Awarded by</b></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Govt. of India</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background: rgb(176, 196, 222) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center"><b>Award Rank</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> ← <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> ← <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> ← <b>Padma Shri</b> → none</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"> <tbody><tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]> </script> <p><b>Padma Shri</b> (also spelt <b>Padma Shree</b>, <b>Padmashree</b>, <b>Padma Sree</b> and <b>Padma Sri</b>) is an award given by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts" title="Arts">Arts</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry" title="Industry">Industry</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">Literature</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science" title="Science">Science</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports" title="Sports">Sports</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Service" title="Social Service">Social Service</a> and public life. (The word "<i>Padma</i>" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>) means "Lotus".)<br />It stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>. On its obverse, the words "<i>Padma</i>" and "<i>Shri</i>", in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a>, appear above and below the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_lotus" title="Indian lotus">lotus</a> flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a>. All embossing is in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_gold" title="White gold">white gold</a>.<br /><span class="mw-headline">Some recipients of the awards</span><br />As of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">06-01</a>, <b>2024</b> people have received the award.<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup><br /><span class="mw-headline">2007</span></p> <table id="sortable_table_id_0" class="wikitable sortable" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="even"> <th>Name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Field <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Country/State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td>Orissa</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td>West Bengal</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Mohan_Chakrabarty" title="Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty">Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty</a></td> <td>Science and Engineering</td> <td>West Bengal</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbir_Singh" title="Balbir Singh">Balbir Singh</a></td> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Punjab</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldev_Raj" title="Baldev Raj">Baldev Raj</a></td> <td>Science and Engineering</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balachandra_Menon" title="Balachandra Menon">Balachandra Menon</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td>Kerala</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeev_Milkha_Singh" title="Jeev Milkha Singh">Jeev Milkha Singh</a></td> <td>Sports</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koneru_Humpy" title="Koneru Humpy">Koneru Humpy</a></td> <td>Sports</td> <td>Andhra Pradesh</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo_Fernandes" title="Remo Fernandes">Louis Remo Fernandes</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td>Goa</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Cyril" title="S. M. Cyril">S. M. Cyril</a></td> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Ireland</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijaydan_Detha" title="Vijaydan Detha">Vijaydan Detha</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td>Rajasthan</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td>Lama Thupten Phuntsok</td> <td>Social Work</td> <td>India/Arunachal Pradesh (Tawang)</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><a name="2006"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2006</span></h4> <table id="sortable_table_id_1" class="wikitable sortable" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="even" bgcolor="#d1e4fd"> <th>Name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Field <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Country/State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankaj_Udhas" title="Pankaj Udhas">Pankaj Udhas</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td>Gujarat</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a></td> <td>Sports - Tennis</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnaz_Husain" title="Shahnaz Husain">Shahnaz Husain</a></td> <td>Trade and Industry</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucheta_Dalal" title="Sucheta Dalal">Sucheta Dalal</a></td> <td>Journalism</td> <td>Maharashtra</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudha_Murty" title="Sudha Murty">Sudha Murty</a></td> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Karnataka</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><a name="2005"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2005</span></h4> <table id="sortable_table_id_2" class="wikitable sortable" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="even" bgcolor="#d1e4fd"> <th>Name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Field <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Country/State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhagavatula_Dattaguru&action=edit" class="new" title="Bhagavatula Dattaguru">Bhagavatula Dattaguru</a></td> <td>Science and Engineering</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiya_Kumar_Bagchi" title="Amiya Kumar Bagchi">Amiya Kumar Bagchi</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td>West Bengal</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Kumble" title="Anil Kumble">Anil Kumble</a></td> <td>Sports - Cricket</td> <td>Karnataka</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Bakthavathsalam" title="G. Bakthavathsalam">G. Bakthavathsalam</a></td> <td>Medicine</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Staines" title="Gladys Staines">Gladys Staines</a></td> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Australia</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh</td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadali_brothers" title="Wadali brothers">Puran Chand Wadali</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td>Punjab</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a></td> <td>Art - Cinema</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobhana_Bhartia" title="Shobhana Bhartia">Shobhana Bhartia</a></td> <td>Journalism</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobana_Chandrakumar" title="Shobana Chandrakumar">Shobana Chandrakumar</a></td> <td>Art</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><a name="2004"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2004</span></h4> <table id="sortable_table_id_3" class="wikitable sortable" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="even" bgcolor="#d1e4fd"> <th>Name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Field <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> <th>Country/State <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><span class="sortarrow"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif" alt="↓" /></span></a></th> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anupam_Kherr&action=edit" class="new" title="Anupam Kherr">Anupam Kherr</a></td> <td>Cinema</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_Samant" title="Bal Samant">Bal Samant</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Shah_Mohammed_Hussaini" title="Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini">Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini</a></td> <td>Literature and Education</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dravid" title="Rahul Dravid">Rahul Dravid</a></td> <td>sports</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="odd" bgcolor="#edf3fe"> <td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourav_Ganguly" title="Sourav Ganguly">Sourav Ganguly</a></td> <td>sports</td> <td><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><a name="2003"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline">2003</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> (Art - Cinema)</li></ul> <p><a name="2002"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2002</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Mohan_Bhatt" title="Vishwa Mohan Bhatt">Vishwa Mohan Bhatt</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Jhunjhunwala" title="Ashok Jhunjhunwala">Ashok Jhunjhunwala</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhan_Balaram" title="Padmanabhan Balaram">Padmanabhan Balaram</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Goswami" title="Indira Goswami">Indira Goswami</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaitanyamoy_Ganguly&action=edit" class="new" title="Chaitanyamoy Ganguly">Chaitanyamoy Ganguly</a> (Science and Engineering) (Andhra Pradesh)</li></ul> <p>Ambassador Dimitri Velissaropoulos</p> <p><a name="2001"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2001</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanraj_Pillay" title="Dhanraj Pillay">Dhanraj Pillay</a> (Sports)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_A_H_Ansari" title="Khalid A H Ansari">Khalid A H Ansari</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_Adrian_Paes" title="Leander Adrian Paes">Leander Adrian Paes</a> (Sports)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahesh_Bhupathi" title="Mahesh Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</a> (Sports)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwanathan_Mohanlal" title="Vishwanathan Mohanlal">Vishwanathan Mohanlal</a> (Art - Cinema)</li></ul> <p><a name="2000"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">2000</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a> (Music)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyque_Padamsee" title="Alyque Padamsee">Alyque Padamsee</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjolie_Ela_Menon" title="Anjolie Ela Menon">Anjolie Ela Menon</a> (Art)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Nath_Malhotra" title="Dina Nath Malhotra">Dina Nath Malhotra</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Sudarshan" title="H. Sudarshan">H. Sudarshan</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.P._Saxena" title="K.P. Saxena">K.P. Saxena</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santosh_Yadav" title="Santosh Yadav">Santosh Yadav</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_P._Bhatkar" title="Vijay P. Bhatkar">Vijay P. Bhatkar</a></li></ul> <p><a name="1990s"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline">1990s</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_N_V_Kurup" title="O N V Kurup">O N V Kurup</a> (Art - Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshav_Malik" title="Keshav Malik">Keshav Malik</a> (Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovana_Narayan" title="Shovana Narayan">Shovana Narayan</a> (Dance)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> (Sports-Cricket)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Dev_Dvivedi&action=edit" class="new" title="Kapil Dev Dvivedi">Kapil Dev Dvivedi</a> (Sanskrit Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._A._Zaki%2CLt_Gen" title="M. A. Zaki,Lt Gen">M. A. Zaki,Lt Gen</a> (Military Service)</li></ul> <p><a name="1980s"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">1980s</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a> (Arts)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_%28musician%29" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a> (Arts</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> (Sports)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palligarnai_Thirumalai_Venugopal&action=edit" class="new" title="Palligarnai Thirumalai Venugopal">Palligarnai Thirumalai Venugopal</a> (Arts)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virendra_Prabhakar&action=edit" class="new" title="Virendra Prabhakar">Virendra Prabhakar</a> (Arts)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a> (Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.T._Usha" title="P.T. Usha">P.T. Usha</a> (athlete)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myneni_Hari_Prasad_Rao&action=edit" class="new" title="Myneni Hari Prasad Rao">Myneni Hari Prasad Rao</a> (Technology 1984)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobha_Singh_%28painter%29" title="Sobha Singh (painter)">Sardar Sobha Singh</a> (Arts - 1983)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivani" title="Shivani">Gaura Pant 'Shivani'</a> - Literature 1982</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabana_Azmi" title="Shabana Azmi">Shabana Azmi</a> - (Arts - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Jawad_Zaidi" title="Ali Jawad Zaidi">Ali Jawad Zaidi</a> - [Literature & Education 1988]</li></ul> <p><a name="1970s"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">1970s</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krushna_Chandra_Panigrahi&action=edit" class="new" title="Krushna Chandra Panigrahi">Krushna Chandra Panigrahi</a> (History)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thikkurissy_Sukumaran_Nair" title="Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair">Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair</a> (Art-Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Puran_Singh" title="Bhagat Puran Singh">Bhagat Puran Singh</a> (Social Service)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Wakankar" title="V. S. Wakankar">V. S. Wakankar</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinder_Singh_Bedi" title="Rajinder Singh Bedi">Rajinder Singh Bedi</a> - Writer, Director</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (Playwright)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Mani Madhava Chakyar">Mani Madhava Chakyar</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koodiyattam" title="Koodiyattam">Koodiyattam</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakyar_Koothu" title="Chakyar Koothu">Chakyar Koothu</a>)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R_V_Ramaswamy&action=edit" class="new" title="R V Ramaswamy">R V Ramaswamy</a> (Income Tax)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.K.Banerji&action=edit" class="new" title="P.K.Banerji">P.K.Banerji</a> (Civil Service)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> (Social Service)</li><li>Kirpal Singh Shekhawat (Art)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Ram_Lalas" title="Sita Ram Lalas">Sita Ram Lalas</a> (Literature and Education) (Rajasthan)</li></ul> <p><a name="1960s"></a></p> <h4><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">1960s</span></h4> <ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_Kumar" title="Rajendra Kumar">Rajendra Kumar</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dattatreya_Ramachandra_Bendre" title="Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre">Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre</a> (Literature)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> (Arts)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittor_V._Nagaiah" title="Chittor V. Nagaiah">Chittor V. Nagaiah</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._D._Singh" title="K. D. Singh">K. D. Singh</a> (Field hockey)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (Art - Cinema)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa" title="Mother Theresa">Mother Theresa</a> (Social Service)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dula_Bhaya_Kag" title="Dula Bhaya Kag">Dula Bhaya Kag</a> (Literature and Education)</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayyagari_Sambasiva_Rao&action=edit" class="new" title="Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao">Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao</a> (Nuclear Engineer)</li></ul> <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2> <div class="references-small"> <ol class="references"><li id="_note-0"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Shri#_ref-0" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php" class="external text" title="http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php" rel="nofollow">Padma Shri Award recipients list</a></li></ol> </div> <p><a name="External_links" id="External_links"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.india.gov.in/myindia/Padma%20Awards.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.india.gov.in/myindia/Padma%20Awards.pdf" rel="nofollow">Govt. of India, Year 2007 Padma Shree Awardees</a></li><li><a href="http://www.indianautographs.com/padma-shri-award-winners.php" class="external text" title="http://www.indianautographs.com/padma-shri-award-winners.php" rel="nofollow">complete list available here</a></li><li><a href="http://mha.nic.in/awards.htm" class="external text" title="http://mha.nic.in/awards.htm" rel="nofollow">Padma Awardees, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India</a> Lists of awardees from 1999 onwards.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tamils_conferred_Padma_Shri" title="List of Tamils conferred Padma Shri">List of Legends from Tamil Nadu, conferred Padma Shri</a></li></ul> <p><br /></p> <table id="collapsibleTable0" class="navbox collapsible autocollapse nowraplinks" style="margin: auto; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; width: 100%;"><span style="float: right; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; width: 6em;"><br /></span> <div style="float: left; width: 6em; text-align: left;"> <div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0pt; background-color: transparent; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Indian_honours_and_decorations" title="Template:Indian honours and decorations"><span title="View this template" style="border: medium none ;">v</span></a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">•</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Indian_honours_and_decorations" title="Template talk:Indian honours and decorations"><span style="border: medium none ; color: rgb(0, 43, 184);" title="Discussion about this template">d</span></a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">•</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Indian_honours_and_decorations&action=edit" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Indian_honours_and_decorations&action=edit" rel="nofollow"><span style="border: medium none ; color: rgb(0, 43, 184);" title="You can edit this template. 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-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; width: 6em; font-weight: normal;">By field</th> <td style="line-height: 1.3em; white-space: normal;" colspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a> <small>(literature)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> <small>(literature)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship</a> <small>(performing arts)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> <small>(performing arts)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship">Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship</a> <small>(fine arts)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> <small>(cinema)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> <small>(cinema)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna" title="Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award</a> <small>(sports)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a> <small>(sports)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dronacharya_Award" title="Dronacharya Award">Dronacharya Award</a> <small>(sports coaching)</small></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 7px; width: 0%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_India.svg" class="image" title="Flag of India"><img alt="Flag of India" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/100px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" border="0" height="67" width="100" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background: rgb(221, 221, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; white-space: nowrap; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: right;">Military</th> <td colspan="1" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; text-align: left; width: 100%; font-size: 95%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <table class="navbox nowraplinks" style="border: medium none ; margin: -3px; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; 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width: 6em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;">Peacetime</th> <td style="white-space: normal;" colspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_Award" title="Ashoka Chakra Award">Ashoka Chakra</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">Kirti Chakra</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaurya_Chakra" title="Shaurya Chakra">Shaurya Chakra</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background: rgb(230, 230, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; width: 6em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;">Distinguished<br />Service</th> <td style="white-space: normal;" colspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sena_Medal" title="Sena Medal">Sena Medal</a> <small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a>)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naosena_Medal" title="Naosena Medal">Naosena Medal</a> <small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a>)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayusena_Medal" title="Vayusena Medal">Vayusena Medal</a> <small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a>)</small><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">Vishisht Seva Medal</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th style="background: rgb(230, 230, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; width: 6em; line-height: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;">Others</th> <td style="white-space: normal;" colspan="1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">Param Vishisht Seva Medal</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> ·</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">Ati Vishisht Seva Medal</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5388706367265870677-5633879139742788771?l=padmashriawardsinindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>NARESH KADYANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05681041940532063583noreply@blogger.com2