Padma Bhushan
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The Padma Bhushan 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.
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List of Padma Bhushan awardees
2005
- Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman, Biocon Limited
- Dr Y.K. Hamied, Chairman, Cipla Ltd.
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2004
- Alarmel Valli, dancer
- Lt. Gen. Bijoy Nandan Shahi, doctor
- Hanumantha Rao, writer(Telugu)
- Madurai Seshagopalan, Carnatic vocalist
- Rajam, violinist
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, social worker (Gujarat)
- Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
- Gopi Chand Narang
- Krishna Srinivas
- Vishnu Prabhakar
- Komal Kothari, musician
- Govindarajan Padmanabhan, scientist
- Sardara Singh Johl, scientist
- Sankar
- Antony
- Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese PM
- Soumitra Chatterjee, Bengali film director and actor
- Kamath, journalist
2002
- Frank Pallone, Jr., American Congressman
- K.J. Yesudas, singer
- N. Rangabhashyam, medical expert
- Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, everest hero
- H.H. Larsen, industrialist
- Mario De Miranda, cartoonist
- B.K.S.R. Iyengar, yoga teacher
- Faquir Chand Kohli, IT pioneer
- Jagat Singh Mehta, diplomat
- Nirmal Verma, writer
- Prabha Atre, music teacher
- Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal, aeronautical scientist
- Shobha Viswanath Gurtu, vocalist
- Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev, Indologist from Russia
1989
- Lata Mangeshkar, filmi vocalist
1985
- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Hindustani vocalist
1973
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, classical musician
1969
- Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar, Hindustani vocalist
