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When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg" (Class II) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. [3]
The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who were honoured in 1954. As of 2025, the award has been bestowed on 343 individuals, including thirty-two posthumous and twenty-five non-citizen recipients. [12]
The Padma Vibhushan (IAST: Padma Vibhūṣaṇa, lit. "Lotus Grandeur") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India , after the Bharat Ratna . Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service".
List of Padma Shri award recipients showing year, field and State/Union Territory/Other Nationality [1] Year S. No. Recipient Field State/Country 2020 1 Shashadhar Acharya: Arts: Jharkhand 2 Yogi Aereon: Medicine: Uttarakhand 3 Jai Prakash Agarwal: Trade & Industry: Delhi 4 Jagdish Lal Ahuja: Social Work: Punjab 5 Kazi Masum Akhtar: Literature ...
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. [3]
Lists of Padma Bhushan award recipients cover people who have received the Padma Bhushan award from the Republic of India for "distinguished service of a high order...without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex." The lists are organized by period. List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)
Sudarshan Sahoo (born 11 March 1939) is an Indian sculpture artist from Puri, Odisha. [3] [4] He was awarded India's second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan in 2021 and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1988.
Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in trade & industry (13 P) Pages in category "Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.