which is the highest civilian honour award in india
List of Tamil people


This is a list of notable Tamils. The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour. The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema, given annually by the Government
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Mohanlal


over 31 songs, most of them for the films in which he has acted in. In television, Mohanlal hosts the reality show "Bigg Boss" (2018) on Asianet. In a career spanning near forty years, Mohanlal has received numerous accolades and honours both competitive and honorary, among them are five National Film Awards, nine Kerala State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2001 and Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour
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Sachin Tendulkar


named to mark the 150th anniversary of "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
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Lata Mangeshkar


was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour and is only the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to receive this honour. France conferred on her its highest civilian award (Officer of the Legion of Honour) in 2007. She is the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more. In 1974, she became the first Indian to perform in the Royal Albert Hall
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Mahesh Prasad Mehray


location. Over the years, the hospital has grown to become a 1000-bedded facility and has another 1500 beds at the 32 branches located at various places in the states of Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh. The Medical Council of India honoured Mehray with the highest Indian medical award, Dr. B. C. Roy Award and the Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1955. He was included in the Republic Day Honours list again in 1970, this time for the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan.
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N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya


Navalpakkam Ramanuja Tatacharya (1928–2017) was a Sanskrit scholar from India. He received the Chevalier of Légion d'honneur which is the highest civilian honour of France. He was a researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry. He was the first Vice Chancellor of the Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, holding the office between 1989-1994. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour of India for his contribution to the field of Sanskrit literature and education. Tatacharya was born on 16 April 1928 in the Navalpakkam
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Narmada Prasad Gupta


Council of India awarded him Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, in 2005, and he received the Fellowship of the UICC ICCRT, the same year. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, in 2007, the same year as he received the Eminent Men for Distinguished Achievement of Highest Order from the Indian Medical Association. He received the "Urology Gold Medal" from the Urological Society of India and the Ranbaxy Research Award in 2009. Rani Durgavati University honoured
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Mohanlal


Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2001 and Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in 2019, for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first and only actor to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army of India. He received an honorary doctorate from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010 and from the University of Calicut in 2018. Mohanlal Viswanathan was born in the village of Elanthoor in the Pathanamthitta district, Kerala on
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List of awards and nominations received by Shah Rukh Khan


received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, from the Government of India in 2005. In 2007, he was invested with the Order of the Arts and the Letters by the Government of France, and in 2014 he was conferred with the Order of the Légion of Honour, the country's highest civilian award. According to a popularity survey, 3.2 billion people throughout the world know of Khan, which is more than those who know of Tom Cruise. In 2007, "Eastern Eye" named him the
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List of awards and nominations received by Satyajit Ray


Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker who worked prominently in Bengali cinema. Ray received numerous awards and honours, including India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1984) and India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna (1992). He was also awarded the Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France (1987) and an Honorary Award at the 64th Academy Awards (1991). Often regarded as one of the
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Mallikarjun Mansur


and later music advisor to All India Radio's Dharwad station. He received all three national Padma Awards, the Padma Shri in 1970, Padma Bhushan in 1976, and Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given Government of India in 1992. In 1982, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. Mansur wrote an autobiographical book titled "Nanna Rasayatre" () in Kannada, which has been translated into
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Krishnaswami Ramiah


Krishnaswamy Ramiah, (15 April 1892 – 3 August 1988) was an Indian agricultural scientist, geneticist, parliamentarian and the founder director of Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack, credited with introducing systematic hybridisation programmes in rice breeding in India. The Government of India honoured him in 1957, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation and followed it up with the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1970. Krishnaswamy Ramiah, born in 1892,
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Indira Gandhi


India to victory against Pakistan in the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971, Prime Minister (Mrs. Indira Gandhi) recommended & President V. V. Giri awarded Mrs. Gandhi India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. In 2011, the Bangladesh Freedom Honour (Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona), Bangladesh's highest civilian award, was posthumously conferred on Indira Gandhi for her "outstanding contributions" to Bangladesh's Liberation War. Indira Gandhi's main legacy was standing firm in face of American pressure to defeat Pakistan and turn East Pakistan into independent Bangladesh.
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Harbans Singh Wasir


Harbans Singh Wasir, was an Indian cardiologist, medical researcher and writer, and the professor and head of the Department of Cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, known for his contributions in the fields of hypertension and rheumatic heart diseases. He was a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1987 and followed it up with the third highest honour of Padma Bhushan in 2000
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Mahesh Prasad Mehray


Mahesh Prasad Mehray (1900–1974) was an Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital, a 2500-bedded healthcare group with 32 branches across Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. He was a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award of the Medical Council of India, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1955 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1970, for his contributions to Medical science. Mehray was
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John Ebnezar


Clinical Examination Methods in Orthopedics", "John Ebnezar Cbs Handbooks in Orthopedics and Fractures", "Step by Step: Injection Techniques in Orthopaedics", "Step by Step: Emergency in Orthopaedics", "Low Back Pain" and "Practical Orthopedics". He is a recipient of Rajyotsava Prashasti, the second highest civilian award of the Government of Karnataka, which he received in 2010, Kempegowda Award(2011). The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his
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Amrita Pritam


the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, "Sunehade" (Messages), later she received the Bharatiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards, in 1982 for "Kagaz Te Canvas" (The Paper and the Canvas). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of
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Smiling Buddha


enhanced and the Congress Party was well received in the Indian Parliament. In 1975, Homi Sethna, a chemical engineer and the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission (AECI), Raja Ramanna of BARC, and Basanti Nagchaudhuri of DRDO, all were honoured with the "Padma Vibhushan", India's second highest civilian award. Five other project members received the "Padma Shri", India's fourth highest civilian award. India consistently maintained that this was a peaceful nuclear bomb test and that it had no intentions of militarising
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List of awards and nominations received by Ilaiyaraaja


symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Walthamstow Town Hall. In 2010, he was bestowed upon Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour and the Padma Vibhushan in 2018, the second highest civilian honour by the Government of India. Ilaiyaraaja has won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the Tamil film "Sindhu Bhairavi" (1986) and the Telugu films "Rudraveena" (1989) and "Saagara Sangamam" (1984). He won three Best Composer awards during the 1980s at the National
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C. N. Manjunath


Dr. Cholenahally Nanjappa Manjunath is an Indian cardiologist and the director of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. He is reported to have developed a new protocol in balloon mitral valvuloplasty and is credited with the performance of the highest number of such procedures using Accura balloon catheter in India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine. He is a recipient of the 1998 Rajyotsava Prashasti, the second highest civilian award of the Government of
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Tehemton Erach Udwadia


Tehemton Erach Udwadia (born 15 July 1934) is an Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist, considered by many as the father of laparoscopic surgery in India. He is a general surgeon at two Mumbai hospitals, Breach Candy Hospital and Hinduja Hospital and is the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 2017 and the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medicine. Born in a
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Shabana Azmi


films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praise and awards, which include a record of five wins of the National Film Award for Best Actress and several international honours. She has also received five Filmfare Awards, and was honored among "women in cinema" at the 30th International Film Festival of India. In 1988, the Government of India awarded her with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country. Azmi has appeared in over 120 Hindi and Bengali films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and
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MS Dhoni


twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2018. He was named as the captain of the ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013. He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams, 5 times as captain. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is
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Sudhir Kumar Sopory


) awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award for achievement in science and technology. The year 2001 brought him two awards, "Salgram Sinha Award" of the National Academy of Sciences, India and "Birbal Sahni Medal" of the Indian Botanical Society. The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) honoured him with the "Birbal Sahni Centenary Gold Medal Award" for Life Time Achievement in 2005 and he was included in the Republic Day honours list of 2007 by the Government of India for the civilian honour
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List of people from Kerala


Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics
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List of awards and nominations received by Priyanka Chopra


Chopra has received one award. The BIG Star Entertainment Awards is an annual event organised by the Reliance Broadcast Network. Chopra has won four awards from ten nominations. The Civilian Awards are presented by the Government of India to citizens of India recognising their contributions to various fields such as Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. Chopra was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India. The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group for excellence
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Soumitra Chatterjee


highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. In 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, also received the prestigious award. Starting with his debut film, "Apur Sansar" (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of "Apu Trilogy", he went on
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Soumitra Chatterjee filmography


highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. In 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, also received the prestigious award. Starting with his debut film, "Apur Sansar" (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of "Apu Trilogy", he went on
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Sukumar Azhikode


works; "Thatvamasi" earning him the award. "Thatvamasi" received another honour the next year in the form of 1985 Sahitya Akademi Award, followed by yet another award, Vayalar Award in 1989. He was the recipient of the 1997 "DALA Award" of the Dubai Art Lovers Association. The Government of Kerala awarded him for their highest literary honour, the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, in 2004 and the Government of India selected him for the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 2007. However, Azhikode refused the
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Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram


of children with special needs. During her tenure, the school also began admitting students with visual and other impairments. Dr. Chona was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1999, and subsequently with the Government of India's third-highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan award in 2008–making her the only educationist to receive two of the country's four highest civilian honors. In 2002, the school was felicitated at the "Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools" by then-President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as the "
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan


OCIC film prize (Amiens), INTERFILM Prize (Mannheim) etc., his films have been shown in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, London, Rotterdam and every important festival around the world. In consideration of his contribution to Indian cinema, the nation honoured him with the title of Padma Shri(India's fourth highest civilian award) in 1984 and Padma Vibhushan(India's second highest civilian award) in 2006. Adoor is settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala. His daughter Aswathi Dorje is an IPS officer (part
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Vinay Chandra Maudgalya


Vinay Chandra Maudgalya(1918 - 1995) was an Indian classical musician, vocalist and the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music and dance academy for the promotion of Hindustani music and Indian classical dances. He was a follower of Gwalior gharana. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984. Born i Maudgalya was awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1984.[3] He was married to Padma Devi and the couple had two sons, Madhup Mudgal, a renowned musician
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List of awards and nominations received by Mohanlal


Association Awards for Best Actor. In 2017, he won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award for his performance in the films "Janatha Garage", "Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol", and "Pulimurugan". In addition to awards for acting, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the country in 2001, and Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in 2019 for his contribution to the arts. He was given the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel from Indian Territorial Army
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Orders, decorations, and medals of India


The Indian honours system is the system of awards given to individuals for a variety of services to the Republic of India. The categories of awards are as follows - The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, gender or religion is eligible for this award. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. On conferment of the award, the recipient receives
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Gopinath Kaviraj


. In the same year he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given by Government of India. In 1971 he was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest literary honour awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Kaviraj was the posthumous son of Vaikunthanath, a Bengali scholar of philosophy. He was born in village Dhamrai, in the present Dhaka District, capital of Bangladesh. After receiving his early education at Dhamrai and Kanthalia villages, he joined the K. L. Jubilee High School
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Krishnaswami Ramiah


two books on the subject, "Rice in Madras" and "Rice Breeding and Genetics". The British government appointed Ramiah a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1938 Birthday Honours list. After India's independence, the Government of India recognised his services by awarding him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1957 and the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1970. Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai has instituted "Ramiah Memorial Lecture
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Abdul Karim Parekh


the Quran into Urdu language which reportedly had 40 re-prints. He was the founder treasurer of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and is a recipient of the "Pride of India" honour from American Federation of Muslims from India (AFMI). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2001, for his contributions to society. He died on 11 September 2007, at the age of 79, survived by four sons and five daughters; his wife
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Ajit Wadekar


, Wadekar died due to illness at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, at the age of 77. On 17 August, he was cremated with full state honours in the Shivaji Park crematorium in Mumbai. Many cricketers, as well as cricket fans in large numbers, attended his funeral. Wadekar was honoured with the Arjuna Award, instituted by the Government of India to recognise sporting talents. In 1972, he received the Padmashri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. Other awards include CK Nayudu Lifetime achievement award, Sportsperson of the Year
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Suchitra Sen


was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye. In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan. Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's "Saat Number Kayedi" (1953).
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Inspired Teacher


Inspired Teacher (alternatively termed President's Inspired Teacher) is the highest civilian recognition for University-level teachers in the Republic of India in the form of an in-residence program with the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. This recognition is not related to the National Award for teachers, which is the highest recognition for school teachers. The Inspired Teacher honour is instituted by the President of India in 2015 to recognize top performing faculties at the Central Universities and to give a platform to have their voice heard among
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Dilip Kumar


Kumar with Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award in Pakistan, in 1998. The ruling political party of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra had objected to this award and questioned Kumar's patriotism. However, in 1999 in consultation with the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Kumar retained the award. He was honoured with CNN-IBN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. The Government of India honoured him with: "Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow" as narrated to Udayatara Nayar was published in
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Devika Rani


Bless You Bollywood!: A tribute to Hindi Cinema on completing 100 years", Tilak Rishi mentions that Devika Rani was known as the "Dragon Lady" for her "smoking, drinking, cursing and hot temper". In 1958, the Government of India honoured Devika Rani with a Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour. She became the first ever recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the country's highest award for films, when it was instituted in 1969. In 1990, Soviet Russia honoured her
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Vijender Singh


, Vijender was given a number of awards, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award—India's highest sporting honour and Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour. In 2009, he participated at the World Amateur Boxing Championships where he won the bronze medal. In the same year, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced Vijender as the top-ranked boxer in its annual middleweight category list with 2800 points. Vijender represented India at the London 2012 Olympic Games. On 29 June 2015, Vijender Singh bid adieu to
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Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri


way of Vayalar Award which he received in 2012. The Government of Kerala awarded him Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary award in 2016. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the Government of India in 2017. He could not attend the investiture ceremony due to ill health; the award was later handed over to him by the district collector of Palakkad. He is also a recipient several other honours such as Krishna Geedhi Award, Nalappad Award, Puthezhan Award, Moorti Devi Award of Jnanpith Award Committee and Amrita
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Yuvraj Singh


from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April. He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20. In 2012, Yuvraj was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award by the Government of India. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. At the 2014 IPL auction Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Yuvraj for an all-time high price of 14 crore
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Chandra Prakash Vohra


Chandra Prakash Vohra is an Indian geologist, glaciologist and mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, in 1965. He was the first Indian civilian to scale the peak a feat he accomplished on 24 May 1965. A winner of the Arjuna Award (1965) and the National Mineral Award, Vohra was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Chandra Prakash Singh Vohra did his schooling in Jammu and Kashmir and started his career
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Balwant Thakur


in modern theatre techniques and the effort precipitated 40 productions in this traditional style. In 2013, the Government of India honoured Balwant Thakur with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri. He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, which he received in 1999. He has also won the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages award thrice, in 1983, 1984 and 1985. The other awards and recognitions are: Sangeet Natak Akademi honoured Balwant Thakur by hosting a retrospective of five of his plays,
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O. N. V. Kurup


Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016), popularly known as O. N. V. Kurup or simply and endearingly O. N. V., was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received the awards Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the Government of India. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of Kerala, Trivandrum. O.
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Bimal Kumar Bachhawat


Award, the highest Indian honor in science and technology and an elected fellow of three major Indian science academies. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1990, for his contributions to science. Bimal Kumar Bachhawat was born on 26 August 1925 as one among five brothers and three sisters in Kolkata, in the Bengal region of British India. His graduate degree in chemistry and master's degree in applied chemistry came from the University of Calcutta after which he pursued his doctoral research in
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Shiv Kumar Sarin


at ILBS campus. He is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award in the science category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine. Born on 20 August 1952, Sarin graduated in medicine (MBBS) from S.M.S.Medical college, University of Rajasthan in 1974 and obtained his post graduate degree (MD) in general medicine from Rajasthan University in 1978 after which he started his career at All India Institute of
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Soumitra Chatterjee


Asia-Pacific Film Festival for his role in Angshumaner Chhobi (2009). In 2012, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in "Rupkatha Noy". & also he won Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South (1994) Actor Soumitra Chatterjee, 82, will be honoured with France's highest civilian award
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Nikhil Tandon


Nikhil Tandon is an Indian endocrinologist, medical academic and the head of the department of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award in 2005 and was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Nikhil Tandon was born on 28 November 1963 in Delhi. He secured his master's degree (MD) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi,
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair


in the screenplay category. He was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, in 1995 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2005, India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan was awarded to him. He has won numerous other awards and recognition including Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Vayalar Award, Vallathol Award, Ezhuthachan Award and Mathrubhumi Literary Award. He was awarded the J.C. Daniel Award for lifetime achievement in Malayalam cinema for the year 2013. He served as the editor of "Mathrubhumi
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Sombhu Mitra


and his production of "Rakta Karabi" based on Rabindranath Tagore's play in 1954 and "Chand Baniker Pala", his most noted play as a playwright. In 1966, the Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution, then in 1970, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, and in 1976 the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, on 22 August 1915, Sombhu Mitra was the sixth
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S. K. Sama


Oration (1991), Dr. K. L. Wig Memorial Oration (2002) and Dr. R. S. Tiwary Oration (2005). Sama, a Fellow of the World Health Organization and the National Academy of Medical Sciences, received Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, from the Medical Council of India in 2004. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2004 and the International Association for Preventive Cardiology honoured him with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He is
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Devendra Triguna


Devendra Triguna is an Indian Ayurvedic physician, known for his expertise in Pulse diagnosis ("Nadi vaidyam" in Ayurvedic terms). He is a former honorary physician to the President of India and the incumbent president of the Association of Manufacturers of Ayurvedic Medicine (AMAM) and the All India Ayurvedic Congress (AIAC). The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 1999, and followed it up, a decade later, with the third-highest honour of the Padma Bhushan
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Arvind Kumar (academic)


Arvind Kumar (born 1943) is an Indian physicist and educationist. He was Centre Director, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, during the period 1994-2008. For his contributions in the field of science education, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2010. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and is the recipient of several other honours and awards, including the TWAS regional award for Science Education. Arvind Kumar was born on 15
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Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi


Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi (1903–1994) was an Indian medical doctor, Gandhian, social worker and the founder of Voluntary Health Services (VHS), a medical facility in Chennai reported to be serving the lower and middle-class people of the society. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1971 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Five years later, the government followed it up by awarding him the third highest civilian award of Padma Bhushan in 1976. Srinivas Sanjivi was born in 1903 at Pudukkottai in
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Kunustoria Area


in his own mind, and thus ended a glorious chapter in the history of Indian mining." "Jaswant Singh Gill was honoured with India's highest civilian gallantry award Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak (SJRP) for saving the lives of 65 miners, by the President of India. Before Shri Gill, no living person had been honoured with this gallantry award. However, many people have received it posthumously. His historic act of bravery on November 16 is celebrated by Coal India Ltd as ‘Rescue Day’." Gill retired
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Anoop Misra


Anoop Misra is an Indian endocrinologist and a former honorary physician to the Prime Minister of India. He is the chairman of "Fortis Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol" (C-DOC) and heads, National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (NDOC). A former Fellow of the World Health Organization at the Royal Free Hospital, UK, Misra is a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of
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Akkineni Nageswara Rao


Saheb Phalke Award, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema. He was also honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for his contribution to the film industry. "Manam" (2014) was the last film of ANR, who died on 22 January 2014 during the film's production phase. The film was a "befitting swansong", as he always famously said that he wanted to die acting. The film was screened at the 45th International Film Festival of India in the "
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Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani


Human Organs Act, 1994" which proposed guidelines on organ donation and imposed strict restrictions on organ trade. Hiranandani was a member of the "American Society of Head and Neck Surgery", the first Indian to be inducted into the society. When he was selected for the "Golden Award" of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, he became the first Indian and the fifth person to receive the award. The Government of India included him the Republic Day Honours list for the third highest civilian honour of
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Bal Raj Nijhawan


Bal Raj Nijhawan, (1915 – 2014) was an Indian metallurgist, author and the first Director of Indian origin of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian science award, which he received in 1964 in the Engineering sciences category. The Government of India honoured him in 1958, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation. Bal Raj Nijhawan was born to
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Sukumar Azhikode


and Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary award of the Government of Kerala. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2007, which he refused citing the award was a discrimination. Sukumar Azhikode, born Sukumaran on May 12, 1926 at Azhikode, a coastal village in Kannur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Vidwan Panankavil Damodharan, a teacher, and his wife, Koloth Thattarathu Madhaviyamma, as the fourth of their six children. His early schooling was at Azhikode South Elementary
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Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani


receive the honour. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to medicine and society. Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, born as Lakhumal Hiranand Khiara, was born in September 1917, in Thatta, the Sindh province of British India (presently in Pakistan) in a family of limited financial means. After his early education in Sindh, he accompanied his family which migrated to Mumbai in 1937, and graduated in medicine in 1942 from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai
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Meenakshi Gopinath


which has jurisdiction over the legislators and government officials of India. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions to Indian educational sector. She is a co-editor of the "International Feminist Journal of Politics", the leading journal of feminist international relations and global politics. Meenakshi Gopinath did her graduate studies (BA honours in political science) at Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), New Delhi, rated by many as one of the
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Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi


Prithviraj Singh "Biki" Oberoi (born 1929) is the Executive Chairman of the EIH Limited (formerly East India Hotels), the flagship company of India’s The Oberoi Group, which runs a chain of luxury hotels, The Trident hotels and Oberoi Hotels & Resorts., the third largest hospitality chain in India. In 2008, the Government of India awarded Oberoi with the Padma Vibushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his exceptional service to the country. Popularly known as "Biki",
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Sanjeev Bagai


Sanjeev Bagai is an Indian paediatrician and medical administrator, known for his proficiency in paediatric nephrology and neonatology. He is the Chairman of Nephron Clinic and was the former Vice Chairman of the Manipal Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, the third largest healthcare network in India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medical sector. Two years later, he received the 2008 Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category.
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Khushwant Lal Wig


Khushwant Lal Wig (1904–1986) was an Indian physician, medical academic, writer and the director of the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1964, for his contributions to the Medical science. Kushwant Lal Wig was born on 30 September 1904 to Mohan Lal
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Tejas Patel


Prof. Dr. Tejas M. Patel (MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI, FESC) is a cardiologist from Ahmedabad, India and chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad. Patel, a recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Tejas Patel was born in the Indian state of Gujarat and did his schooling with a national scholarship. He graduated in medicine (MBBS)
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List of awards and nominations received by Kamal Haasan


the fourth and third highest civilian honours awarded by the Government of India respectively. The CNN IBN television network honoured Haasan with the title "Indian of the Year" in 2010 for completing 50 years in the film industry. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) funds and supports many governmental and non-governmental educational institutions across the country. Kamal Haasan was awarded the Abraham Kovoor National Award by the Bharatheeya Yukthivadi Sangham for his Philanthropic activities. Kamal haasan was honoured with the prestigious MAESTRO AWARD by Whistling Woods
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John Mathai


generally recognized as the architect of India's White Revolution. Dr. John Matthai Centre, Thrissur, located on the large plot of land donated by his family, is named in his honour. His wife, Achamma Mathai was an Indian social worker and a women's rights activist. The Government of India honoured her in 1954 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award, for her contributions to the society, John Mathai was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in
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J. R. D. Tata


the Edward Warner Award of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, Canada in 1986 and the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1988. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1955. The French Legion of Honour was bestowed on him in 1983. In 1992, because of his selfless humanitarian endeavours, JRD Tata was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. In the same year, JRD Tata was also bestowed with the United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavours towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India, much before
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Ashok Panagariya


as a member. Panagaria received the Merit award from the Government of Rajasthan in 1992. The Medical Council of India awarded him the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, in 2002. He was awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2014 by the Government of India. He is also a recipient of the UNESCO Award for medical/social contributions and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Times of India. Panagariya has more than ninety publications in peer reviewed journals such as Elsevier and has
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Jamini Roy


Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, the third highest award a civilian can be given. In 1955, he was made the first Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, Government of India. In 1976, the Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India declared his works among the "Nine Masters" whose work, to be henceforth considered "to be art treasures, having regard to
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Chintamoni Kar


the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He returned to West Bengal in 1956 and was then elected as Principal of the Government College of Art & Craft. In 1974 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India. He was also decorated with France's highest civilian honour in 2000. Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary was named after the sculptor after he and other people from the local area fought for it to receive wildlife sanctuary status. At the 1948 Summer Olympics Kar, entered as a competitor
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T. V. Devarajan


"Cardiological Society of India" and the Chennai chapter of the "Association of Physicians of India". He is also the Editor in Chief in preparation of a textbook of medicine. He is a jury member for selection of Oscar awards in medicine by BMJ. He is an examiner for MBBS, MD and PhD for many Universities. Devarajan was honoured with Dr. B. C. Roy Award, recognizing him as an "eminent teacher", in 2003. In 2013, the Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award
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M. C. Setalvad


Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad (c. 1884 – 1974) was an eminent Indian jurist, who became the first and longest serving Attorney General for India (1950–1963). He also remained the Chairman of the First Law Commission of India (1955–1958), which is mandated for legal reform in the country by Government of India. He became the first Chairman of the Bar Council of India in 1961. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour by Government of India in 1957. The son of noted lawyer Sir
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Omeo Kumar Das


" in the state. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1963, for his contributions to society. India Post honoured Das by issuing a commemorative stamp on him on 15 May 1998. Das was born on 25 May 1895 at Nagaon district in the Northeast Indian state of Assam and his schooling was at Tezpur High School, Tezpur. He did his higher education at Cotton College, Guwahati and City College, Calcutta during which time he was reported to have been attracted to
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Dhondo Keshav Karve


Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. In his honour, Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. The Government of India awarded him with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday." The appellation Maharshi, which the Indian public often assigned to
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Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar


. He gained international notability for writing the eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, titled "Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi". In fact his most noted work is his Gandhi biography which was first published in 1951 with a foreword by the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (third highest civilian honour in the Republic of India) decoration by the then President of India, Rajendra Prasad. He refused the award and asked for (and got) a watch instead. Tendulkar's
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Shanno Khurana


where she continued her singing on All India Radio, Delhi and in concerts and music festivals. She also pursued music education, finally earning her M. Phil. and PhD in music from the Kairagarh University, and has undertakes extensive research on folk music of Rajasthan. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2006, the third highest civilian honour given by Government of India. In 2002, she was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the
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Chandra Prakash Vohra


was successful in camping at the southern tip of the continent. He was the leader of the landing group of the First Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 1981. Vohra is a recipient of the National Mineral Award of the Ministry of Mines (India). The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1965 and he received the Arjuna Award, the second highest Indian sports award from the Sports Authority of India the same year. In 1996, in the golden jubilee year of Indian independence, Vohra was officially
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Jayanta Mahapatra


Jayanta Mahapatra (born 22 October 1928) is a major Indian English poet. He is the first Indian poet to win Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He is the author of popular poems such as Indian Summer and Hunger, which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature. Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009. However, he returned the Padma award to protest against the rising intolerance in India. Besides being one of the popular Indian poets of his generation,
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Kazi Nazrul Islam


of children throughout the country. Nazrul Sanskriti Parishad is a cultural organisation in India that has been promoting the work of Kazi Nazrul Islam since 2000. The Nazrul Endowment provides funding for research into the life and work of Kazi Nazrul Islam in U.S. Universities like California State University, Northridge and Connecticut State University. Nazrul was awarded the Jagattarini Gold Medal in 1945the highest honour for work in Bengali literature by the University of Calcuttaand awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award of India, in 1960. Nazrul's works for
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Bhavarlal Jain


Awards. He was conferred the prestigious UNESCO-West-Net Water Conserver of India award in November 2007 by the Honourable Union Minister of Water Resources, Professor Saif-Ud-Din Soz at a function held in New Delhi attended by eminent delegates from the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, the Central Water Commission and TERI. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India. The North Maharashtra University awarded him with the degree of Doctor of Letters ("
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Reshma


Reshma (; c.1947 – 3 November 2013), was a Pakistani folk singer. Awarded with Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction), the third highest honour and civilian award in Pakistan among other honours, she is remembered for folk songs and her powerful singing voice. Born in Rajasthan, India in a nomadic Banjara household in 1947, her family rehabilitated to Karachi after the Partition of India. Discovered by a local producer at the age of twelve while singing at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh
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Sarvagya Singh Katiyar


Sarvagya Singh Katiyar FRSC popularly known as S. S. Katiyar, was an Indian scientist specializing in enzymology, and the founder Director of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow. He is a former president of the Association of Indian Universities and a former vice chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur and Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology. He was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award, followed by Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award,
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Gurcharan Singh Kalkat


Gurcharan Singh Kalkat (17 June 1926 – 27 January 2018) was an Indian agricultural scientist and the founder chairman of the Punjab State Farmers Commission (PSFC), known for his contributions in bringing the green revolution to Punjab. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1981 and followed it up with the third highest Indian civilian award of Padma Bhushan in 2007. Gurcharan Singh was born on 17 June 1926 in the Indian state of Punjab. He graduated in agriculture from Punjab Agricultural College
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Mohan Kameswaran


to Kameswaran, starting with the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in January, from the Government of India. This was followed by Indo-Australina Award from the Indo-Australian Association and "For the Sake of Honour" from the Chennai chapter of the Rotary International. Honouring his introduction of Cochlear Implant Program in Sri Lanka, the President of the country presented him with the "Award for Excellence of Service" and he also received the "Award for Service" from Arthur C. Clarke. The Government of
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Gubbi Veeranna


Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama, and the highest Indian recognition given to practising artists. The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 1972, for his contributions to arts. Gubbi Veeranna was born in the village Gulaganjihalli, Near Gubbi in the Tumkur district of Karnataka in the year 1891. He started a drama company called "Gubbi Shree Channa Basaveshwara Nataka Company" and started producing plays in which he also acted sometimes. He had four wives
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List of awards and nominations received by Hema Malini


. After her marriage with co-star Dharmendra, she continued to act in various films which included a few art films. Malini's portrayal as an attitudinal wife in "Rihaee" won her a "Filmfare" Best Actress nomination for the tenth time. In 2000, she was presented with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to films. In the same year, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. The Sir Padampat Singhania University conferred an Honorary Doctorate upon Malini in
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Lata Mangeshkar


: Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honours, including Bharat Ratna (India's Highest Civilian Award), Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), Legion of Honour (2007), ANR National Award (2009), three National Film Awards and 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969
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Victoria Cross


The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command although no civilian has received the award since 1879.
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Deepika Kumari


team events, finishing in eighth place in the latter. She was conferred the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award in the year 2012 by President of India Pranab Mukherjee. In February 2014, she was honored with FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. Deepika Kumari was born to Shivnarayan Mahato, an auto-rickshaw driver and Geeta Mahato, a nurse at Ranchi Medical College. Her parents live at Ratu Chati village, 15 km
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Thirumalachari Ramasami


Thirumalachari Ramasami is the former Indian Science and Technology Secretary. He assumed charge in May 2006. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Director of the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India. He is a distinguished researcher and leather scientist. He was awarded India's National Civilian Honour the Padma Shri for excellence in Science and Engineering in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, the highest award for science in India, for notable and outstanding research in Chemical Sciences in
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Ale Ahmad Suroor


Ale Ahmad Suroor was an Urdu poet, critic and professor from India. He is best known for his literary criticism. In 1974 he was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India for his literary critic work, "Nazar aur Nazariya". In 1991 he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. He was awarded a special gold medal by the President of Pakistan on the centenary of the birth of Muhammad Iqbal. Suroor was born in the Badaun city of Uttar Pradesh on
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Chiranjeevi filmography


has starred in 150 feature films. He starred in "Swayam Krushi", which premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival. In 1988, he co-produced "Rudraveena", which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. In a film career spanning thirty five years, He won four state Nandi Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South. In 2006, Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, for his contributions to Indian cinema, and was presented with an
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Rajagopala Chidambaram


. Chidambaram is the recipient a number of awards and honours. The Indian Government acknowledged his contribution to the successful nuclear tests by awarding the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Civilian honour of the nation, in 1975 and the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civilian honour, in 1999. His other prominent awards are the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science (1991), the C.V. Raman Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress Association (1995), the Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year Award of the Materials
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B. N. Goswamy


. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1998 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan in 2008. Goswamy was born on 15 August 1933 at Sargodha of the Punjab province (presently in Pakistan) of British India, to B.L. Goswamy, a District and Sessions Judge. After the early schooling at various schools in the province, he did his intermediate studies at the Hindu College, Amritsar and secured his master's degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh in
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