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1961 Padma Shri Awards
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, was won in the year 1961 by 26 personalities from the fields of art, civil service, literature and education, medicine, science and engineering, social work, sports etc.

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Name Field State Country
Shri Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar Arts Maharashtra India
Shri Raghunath Krishna Phadke Arts Madhya Pradesh India
Ustad Bismillah Khan Arts Uttar Pradesh India
Shri Agram Krishnamachar Civil Service Karnataka India
Shri Bhagwat Sinha Mehta Civil Service Rajasthan India
Shri Sonam Narboo Civil Service Jammu and Kashmir India
Dr. Parasuram Misra Literature & Education Orissa India
Miss Evengeline Lazarus Literature & Education Karnataka India
Shri Muni Jin Vijayaji Literature & Education Rajasthan India
Shri Nayyadupakkam Duraiswamy Sundaravadivelu Literature & Education Tamil Nadu India
Shri Premendra Mitra Literature & Education West Bengal India
Shri Vinayak Krishna Gokak Literature & Education Karnataka India
Shri Vishnukant Jha Literature & Education Bihar India
Dr. Hilda Mary Lazarus Medicine Andhra Pradesh India
Dr. Brahm Prakash Science & Engineering Punjab India
Prof. M.G.K. Menon Science & Engineering Delhi India
Shri Kartar Singh Dewana Science & Engineering Punjab India
Shri Man Mohan Suri Science & Engineering Punjab India
Baibi Harparkash Kaur Social Work Punjab India
Kum Mithuban Petit Social Work Gujarat India
Shri Amal Shah Social Work Bihar India
Shri Marthhand Ramchandra Jamadar Social Work Gujarat India
Shri Veerangouda Veerbasangouda Patel Social Work Karnataka India
Smt. Kamalbai Hospet Social Work Maharashtra India
Brig. Gyan Singh Sports Uttar Pradesh India
Shri Vithalrao Eknath Rao Vikash Patil Trade & Industry Maharashtra India



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