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1987 Padma Bhushan Awardees
1987 Padma Bhushan Awardees are always considered as the best ones in their respective fields.

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The extremely talented and successful people from India and also from abroad are honoured by the Government of India, through the Padma Bhushan Award. The award is considered as the third highest civilian award in India and is being presented by the Government of India, since 1954. The people from different fields like Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Medicine, Sports, Civil Service, Arts, Trade & Industry, Social Work, Public Affairs, etc. get honoured by this award. They receive this award as recognition of their great achievements in their respective fields. The year 1987 saw a total of 12 people winning the Padma Bhushan Award.

An elaborated list of the 1987 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:




















Name Field State Country
Kishori Ravindra Amonkar Arts Maharashtra India
Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee Arts West Bengal India
Laxmi Prasad Sihare Civil Service Delhi India
Julio Francis Rebeiro Civil Service Maharashtra India
Mohammed Yunus Civil Service Delhi India
Ramachandra Dattatray Pradhan Civil Service Maharashtra India
Srinivasa Anandaram Civil Service Delhi India
Ananda Sankar Ray Literature & Education West Bengal India
Nalapat Balmani Amma Literature & Education Kerala India
Farokh Drach Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra India
Man Mohan Sharma Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
Roddam Narasimha Science & Engineering Karnataka India



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