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Padma Bhushan Awardees
Padma Bhushan Awardees are those people who have received Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India.

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Padma Bhushan AwardeesPadma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India. Padma Bhushan Awardees are those people who have received Padma Bhushan. This award covers various fields. Some of the awardees and their respective fields are mentioned below.

Padma Bhushan Awardees (1954-1959)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from 1954 to1959 are V. L. Mehta (Public Affairs), Homi Jehangir Bhabha (Science and Engineering), Vasant Ramji Khanolkar (Medicine), Dhyan Chand (Sports), T. Balasaraswati (Arts), Alagappa Chettiar (Social Work), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (Literature and Education), Ali Yavar Jung (Civil Service) and Jeahangir Ghandy (Trade and Industry).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (1960-1969)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from the decade 1960 to1969 are Zubin Mehta (Arts), Sisir Kumar Mitra (Literature and Education), Nilakantha Das (Public Affairs), Vikram Sarabhai (Science and Engineering), D. P. Kohli (Civil Service), Mihir Sen (Sports), Prafulla Kumar Sen (Medicine), Kasturbhai Lalbhai (Trade and Industry) and Pupul Jayakar (Social Work).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (1970-1979)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from the decade 1970 to1979 are Raj Kapoor (Arts), Yashpal (Literature and Education), Vulimiri Ramalingaswami (Medicine), Nilakanta Krishnan (Civil Service), Vinoo Mankad (Sports), Asima Chatterjee (Science and Engineering), Yudhvir Singh (Social Work), Bhagwantrao Mandloi (Public Affairs) and Bharat Ram (Trade and Industry).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (1980-1989)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from the decade 1980 to1989 are Swraj Paul (Social Work), Sunil Gavaskar (Sports), Sivaji Ganesan (Arts), Sivaraj Ramseshan (Science and Engineering), Girilal Jain (Literature and Education), Russi Mody (Trade and Industry), Lakshman Singh (Public Affairs), Farokh Udwadia (Medicine) and Julio Ribeiro (Civil Service).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (1990-1999)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from the decade 1990 to1999 are Nikhil Ghosh (Arts), Rajanikant Arole (Social Work), Hirendranath Mukherjee (Literature and Education), Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (Science and Engineering), Hemlata Gupta (Medicine), Sumant Moolgaokar (Trade and Industry), Lala Amarnath (Sports), R. N. Malhotra (Civil Service) and Manubhai Pancholi (Public Affairs).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (2000-2009)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from the decade 2000 to 2009 are Ratan Tata (Trade and Industry), Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Ela Gandhi (Public Affairs), Rajinder Kumar (Science and Engineering), Nirmal Verma (Literature and Education), Natesan Rangabashyam (Medicine), Jagjit Singh (Arts), V. Ramachandran (Civil Service) and Abhinav Bindra (Sports).

Padma Bhushan Awardees (2010-2019)
Some of the Padma Bhushan Awardees from 2010 to 2017 are Satya Paul Agarwal (Medicine), Shashi Kapoor (Arts), Rajendra Singh Pawar (Trade and Industry), M. S. Raghunathan (Science and Engineering), Vijayendra Nath Kaul (Civil Service), Ravindra Chandra Bhargava (Public Affairs), Barjinder Singh Hamdard (Literature and Education), Balagangadharanatha Swamiji (Social Work), Leander Paes (Sports).


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