Padma Bhushan
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| Padma Bhushan | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | General | |
| Instituted | 1954 | |
| First Awarded | 1954 | |
| Last Awarded | 2008 | |
| Total Awarded | 1003 | |
| Awarded by | Govt. of India | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Padma Vibhushan ← Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri | ||
The Padma Bhushan award 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-Feb-2008, 1003 people have received the award.[1]
[edit] 1954
[edit] 1955
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalit Mohan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | India |
| Pran Krishna Parija | Literature & Education | Orissa | India |
| Suniti Kumar Chatterjee | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Vasant Ramji Khanolkar | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Attur Rangaswami Venkatachari | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Fatah Chand Badhwar | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Madapati Hanumantha Rao | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Sunder Das Khungar | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Surinder Kumar Dey | Civil Service | United States | |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | Social Work | West Bengal | India |
| Rameshwari Nehru | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh | India |
[edit] 1956
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhai Vir Singh | Literature & Education | Punjab | India |
| Muthulakshmi Reddi | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Triuvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Cottari Kankaiyah Nayudu | Sports | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Dhyan Chand | Sports | Punjab | India |
| Kanwar Sain | Civil Service | Rajasthan | India |
| Kasturi Srinivasan | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Malur Srinivasa Thirumale Iyengar | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Nawab Zain Yar Jung | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Rajsekhar Bose | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Mahadevi Verma | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Pushpavati Janardenrai Mehta | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | India |
| Rukmini Devi Arundale | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
[edit] 1957
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abid Hussain | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Hazari Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| K. Covilagam Kutti Ettan Raja | Civil Service | Kerala | India |
| R. Allagappa Chettair | Social Work | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Radha Kumud Mookherjee | Public Affairs | West Bengal | India |
| Shikan Lal Atreya | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Siddheshwar Verma | Literature & Education | Chandigarh | India |
| Shrikrishna N. Ratanjankar | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Bosi Sen | Science & Engineering | West Bengal | India |
| Govind Sakharam Sardesai | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| K.A. Nilakanta Sastri | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Shyamanandan Sahaya | Literature & Education | Bihar | India |
| Andal Venkatasuba Rao | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Lakshmi Nandan Menon | Public Affairs | Kerala | India |
| T. Balasaraswathy | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan | Arts | Madhya Pradesh | India |
[edit] 1958
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darshaw Nosherwan Wadia | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | India |
| Kuppali V. Gouda Puttappa | Literature & Education | Karnataka | India |
| Rustom Jal Vakil | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Vijaya Anand | Sports | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Poola Tirupati Raju | Literature & Education | Rajasthan | India |
| Arathil C. Narayanan Nambiar | Civil Service | Kerala | India |
| Ariyakudi Ramanja Iyengar | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| D.P. Roy Choudhury | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Jeahangir Ghandy | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Kumar Padma Siva Shankara Menon | Civil Service | Kerala | India |
| Narayan Subarao Hardikar | Social Work | Karnataka | India |
| Rao Raja Hanut Singh | Public Affairs | Rajasthan | India |
| Salim-Mozuddin Abdul Ali | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | India |
| Surya Narayan Vyas | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Kamalendumati Shah | Social Work | Delhi | India |
| Ustad Allauddin Khan | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | India |
[edit] 1959
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghulam Yazdan | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Jal Gawashaw Paymaster | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Ali Yavar Jung | Civil Service | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhargavram Vithal Warerkar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhaurao Payagounda Patil | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
| Mysore Kankanhalli Vasudevachary | Arts | Karnataka | India |
| Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Literature & Education | Bihar | India |
| Sisir Kumar Bhaduri | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Tenzing Norgay Sherpa | Sports | West Bengal | India |
| Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Dhanvanthi Rama Rau | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
| Hansa Jivraj Manubhai Mehta | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
[edit] 1960
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nilkantha Das | Public Affairs | Orissa | India |
| Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri | Medicine | West Bengal | India |
| Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Kazi Nazrul Islam | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Bal Krishna Navin | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Haridas Siddhanta Vagish | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Raj Rajeshwardatt Shastri Dravid | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Shiv Pujan Sahai | Literature & Education | Bihar | India |
| Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan | Arts | Madhya Pradesh | India |
[edit] 1961
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishnaswami Venkataraman | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Tridib Nath Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | India |
| Vearier Elewin | Science & Engineering | United Kingdom | |
| Seth Govind Das | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhagwan Sahay | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| L. Aiyar Venkatakrishnaiyer | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Niranjan Das Gulhati | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Rai Krishnadasa | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Sumitra Nadan Pant | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Svetoslav Roerich | Arts | Russia | |
| Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma | Public Affairs | Bihar | India |
[edit] 1962
[edit] 1963
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr.Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Badri Nath Prasad | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Mohan Lal Soni | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Narendra Nath Berry | Medicine | Punjab | India |
| Ram Kumar Varma | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Hernarainl Singh | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Makhanlal Chaturvedi | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Nitish Chandra Laharry | Social Work | West Bengal | India |
| Omeo Kumar Das | Social Work | Assam | India |
| Rahul Sankkritayan | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Raman Lal Gokal Das Saraiya | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | India |
| Trivenkate Rajendra Seshadari | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
[edit] 1964
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chintaman Govind Pandit | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Jacob Chandy | Medicine | Kerala | India |
| Khushwant Lal Wig | Medicine | Punjab | India |
| Rafiuddin Ahmed | Medicine | West Bengal | India |
| Sheikh Abdullah | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Kunji Lal Dubey | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Anukul Chandra Mukherjee | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Mohd. Abdul Hai | Medicine | Bihar | India |
| Anil Bandhu Guha | Civil Service | West Bengal | India |
| Bhole Nath Mullik | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Dara Nusurwanji Khurody | Trade & Industry | India | |
| Jananendra Nath Mukherjee | Science & Engineering | West Bengal | India |
| N.S. Rajhans Balgandharva | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| Nuruddin Ahmed | Public Affairs | Delhi | India |
| R.Krishnaswamy Narayan | Literature & Education | Karnataka | India |
| T. Narayanayajwa Ramahandran | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel | Social Work | Gujarat | India |
| Tushar Kanti Ghosh | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
[edit] 1965
[edit] 1966
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhai Jodh Singh | Literature & Education | Punjab | India |
| Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai | Science & Engineering | Gujarat | India |
| Babubhai Maneklal Chinai | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhabani Charan Mukharji | Civil Service | West Bengal | India |
| Haribhau Upadhyaya | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Homi Nusserwanji Sethna | Civil Service | Maharashtra | India |
| K.P. Kesava Manon | Public Affairs | Kerala | India |
| Mannathu Padmanabhan | Social Work | Kerala | India |
| Shanker Pillai | Arts | Delhi | India |
| T.S. Ramaswami Aiyer | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Varghes Kurien | Trade & Industry | Gujarat | India |
| Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Zubin Mehta | Arts | United States |
[edit] 1967
[edit] 1968
[edit] 1969
[edit] 1970
[edit] 1971
| Name | Field | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ustad Amir Khan | Arts | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya | Medicine | Bihar | India |
| Madan Mohan Singh | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Santosh Kumar Mukherjee | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Satish Dhawan | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | India |
| Shantilal Jamnadas Mehta | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Veni Shankar Jha | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Vulimiri Ramalingeswami | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Pich Sambamootrhy | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| A. Vithal Alias Dhananjay Keer | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhagwati Charan Varma | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Bhalchandra D |