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1954 Padma Bhushan Awardees
1954 Padma Bhushan Awardees were the stalwarts in their respective fields.

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The Padma Bhushan Award is counted amongst the most prestigious and honourable civilian awards presented by the Government of India. The award was first incepted in the year 1954 and a total of 23 people received the year in the first year. The Government of India presented the award to them, in order to recognise their distinguished and exceptional service of the highest order to the nation.

The list of the 1954 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:






















Name Field State Country
Ajudhia Nath Khosla Science & Engineering Delhi India
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Literature & Education Tamil Nadu India
Homi Jehangir Bhabha Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
J.C. Ghosh Science & Engineering West Bengal India
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Science & Engineering Uttar Pradesh India
M. S. Subbalakshmi Arts Tamil Nadu India
Maharaj Kr. Palden T Namgyal Public Affairs Punjab India
K. S. Thimayya Civil Service Karnataka India
Amar Nath Jha Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Jamini Roy Arts West Bengal India
K. S. Krishnan Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India
Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati Civil Service Orissa India
Maithili Sharan Gupt Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Malihabadi Josh Literature & Education Delhi India
Moulana Hussain Ahmed Madni Literature & Education Punjab India
Pandyala Satyanarayan Rao Civil Service Andhra Pradesh India
R.R. Handa Civil Service Punjab India
Radha Krishan Gupta Civil Service Delhi India
Satya Narayana Shastri Medicine Uttar Pradesh India
Sukumar Sen Civil Service West Bengal India
V. Narahari Raooo Civil Service Karnataka India
V.L. Mehta Public Affairs Gujarat India
Vallathol Narayana Menon Literature & Education Kerala India



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