Bharat Ratna conferred upon Pranab Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika, Nanaji Deshmukh; 112 get Padma awards 

Team Suno Neta Friday 25th of January 2019 09:02 PM
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From right: Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika.

New Delhi: Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was conferred upon former President Pranab Mukherjee. The award was also posthumously conferred upon Nanaji Deshmukh, one of the tallest leaders of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bhupen Hazarika, the legendary singer-composer from Assam.

Pranab Mukherjee, born on 11 December, 1935 and fondly known as “Pranab Da”, served as the 13th President of India, between 2012 and 2017. He has been a senior leader in the Congress along with several ministerial portfolios and was also the finance minister from 2009-2012 in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet. Before the Bharat Ratna, he was conferred upon the Padma Vibhushan – India’s second-highest civilian award, in 2008.

Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh (October 11, 1916–February 27, 2010) was popularly known as Nanaji Deshmukh. He was the leader of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which later became the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was and also a member of the Rajya Sabha. A Sangh Parivar veteran and social activist, Nanaji played an important role in the Bhoodan Movement started by Vinoba Bhave and was instrumental in carrying out social-restructuring programme in over 500 villages of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Before the Bharat Ratna, Deshmukh was conferred upon the Padma Vibhushan, in 1999.

Bhupen Hazarika (September 8,1926–November 5,2011), popularly known as Sudhakantha, was a legendary singer and filmmaker. Born in Sadiya, Assam, he was known for his flawless baritone and his trademark Nepali cap. He was also known as the “Bard of the Brahmaputra”.

He also received the Padma Vibhushan, in 2012, among other awards.

The Padma Awards in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, were also conferred for the year 2019, on Friday.

The government also named 112 for the Padma awards – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan –  in various fields of activities, including social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, the Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and the Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field.

This year’s recipients are:

Padma Vibhushan

Ms Teejan Bai (Art – Vocals – Folk)

Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Public Affairs), Djibouti

Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade & Industry –Infrastructure)

Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art – Acting – Theatre)

Padma Bhushan

Shri John Chambers (Trade & Industry –Technology)

Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Public Affairs)

Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) for Public Affairs

Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati (Trade & Industry –Food Processing)
Shri Darshan Lal Jain (Social Work)

Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade (Medicine – Affordable Healthcare)

Shri Kariya Munda (Public Affairs)

Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee (Art – Music – Sitar)

Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (Art – Acting – Film)

Shri S Nambi Narayan (Science & Engineering – Space)

Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) for Literature & Education (Journalism)

Ms Bachendri Pal (Sports – Mountaineering)

Shri VK Shunglu (Civil Service)

Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Public Affairs)

Padma Shri

Shri Rajeshwar Acharya (Art – Vocal – Hindustani)

Shri Bangaru Adigalar(Others – Spiritualism)

Shri Illias Ali (Medicine – Surgery)

Shri Manoj Bajpayee (Art – Acting – Films)

Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali (Science & Engineering –Grassroots Innovation)

Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti (Medicine – Rabies)

Shri Pritam Bhartwan (Art – Vocals – Folk)

Shri Jyoti Bhatt (Art – Painting)

Shri Dilip Chakravarty (Others – Archaeology)

Shri Mammen Chandy (Medicine – Hematology)

Shri Swapan Chaudhuri (Art – Music – Tabla)

Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan

Shri Sunil Chhetri (Sports – Football)

Shri Dinyar Contractor (Art-Acting-Theatre)

Ms Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (Social Work – Divyang Welfare)

Shri Babulal Dahiya (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Thanga Darlong (Art-Music-Flute)

Shri Prabhu Deva (Art-Dance)

Ms Rajkumari Devi (Others – Agriculture)

Ms Bhagirathi Devi (Public Affairs)

Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon (Science & Engineering –Agriculture)

Ms Harika Dronavalli (Sports – Chess)

Ms Godawari Dutta (Art – Painting)

Shri Gautam Gambhir (Sports – Cricket)

Ms Draupadi Ghimiray (Social Work – Divyang Welfare)

Ms Rohini Godbole (Science & Engineering – Nuclear)

Shri Sandeep Guleria (Medicine – Surgery)

Shri Pratap Singh Hardia (Medicine – Ophthmology)

Shri Bulu Imam (Social Work – Culture)

Ms Friederike Irina (Foreigner) (Social Work – Animal Welfare)

Shri Joravarsinh Jadav (Art – Dance Folk)

Shri S Jaishankar (Civil Service)

Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal (Literature & Education)

Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan (Art – Craft-Papier Mache)

Shri K G Jayan (Art – Music-Bhakti)

Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) (Science & Engineering –Technology)

Shri Sharath Kamal (Sports – Table Tennis)

Shri Rajani Kant (Social Work)

Shri Sudam Kate (Medicine – Sickle Cell)

Shri Waman Kendre (Art – Acting – Theatre)

Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous – Foreigner) (Art – Acting –Films)

Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri (Art – Painting)

Shri Ravindra Kolhe and Ms Smita Kolhe (Medicine – Affordable Healthcare)

Ms Bombayla Devi Laishram (Sports – Archery)

Shri Kailash Madbaiya (Literature & Education)

Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj (Social Work – Animal Welfare)

Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya (Others –Agriculture)

Ms Gita Mehta (Foreigner) (Literature & Education)

Shri Shadab Mohammad (Medicine – Dentistry)

Shri KK Muhammed (Others – Archaeology)

Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Medicine – Affordable Healthcare)

Shri Daitari Naik (Social Work)

Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan (Art – Vocals – Films)

Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) (Trade & Industry-Technology)

Nartaki Natraj (Art-Dance – Bharatnatyam)

Shri Tsering Norboo (Medicine – Surgery)

Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey (Art – Music)

Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) (Literature & Education)

Shri Bimal Patel (Others – Architecture)

Shri Hukumchand Patidar (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka (Public Affairs)

Ms Madurai Chinna Pillai (Social Work – Microfinance)

Ms Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) (Others – Yoga)

Ms Kamala Pujhari (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Bajrang Punia (Sports – Wrestling)

Shri Jagat Ram (Medicine – Ophthalmology)

Shri RV Ramani (Medicine – Ophthalmology)

Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao (Social Work – Affordable Education)

Shri Anup Sah (Art – Photography)

Ms Milena Salvini (Foreigner) (Art – Dance – Kathakali)

Shri Nagindas Sanghavi (Literature & Education –Journalism)

Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (Art-Lyrics)

Shri Shabbir Sayyad (Social Work-Animal Welfare)

Shri Mahesh Sharma (Social Work-Tribal Welfare)

Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri (Literature & Education)

Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla (Literature & Education)

Shri Narendra Singh (Others – Animal Husbandry)

Ms Prashanti Singh (Sports – Basketball)

Shri Sultan Singh (Others – Animal Husbandry)

Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha (Social Work – Affordable Education)

Shri Anandan Sivamani (Art – Music)

Ms Sharada Srinivasan (Others – Archaeology)

Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) (Literature & Education – Journalism)

Shri Ajay Thakur (Sports – Kabaddi)

Shri Rajeev Tharanath (Art – Music – Sarod)

Ms Saalumarada Thimmakka (Social Work – Environment)

Ms Jamuna Tudu (Social Work – Environment)

Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami (Medicine – Surgery)

Shri Ram Saran Verma (Others – Agriculture)

Shri Swami Vishudhananda (Others – Spiritualism)

Shri Hiralal Yadav (Art – Vocals – Folk)

Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli (Others – Agriculture)


 
 

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