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Published 21:56 IST, January 25th 2019

Padma Awards 2019 announced: Mohanlal, Sunil Chhetri, Gautam Gambhir, Kader Khan among awardees; here’s full list

The Government on Friday announced the Padma Awards, as is the norm on the occasion of Republic Day. The list of the winners of the 112 Padma Awards have been announced. 4 persons have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour, 14 have been bestowed with Padma Bhushan, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal one of them and 94 persons have been honoured with Padma Shri, Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Chhetri, late Kader Khan, Manoj Bajpayee.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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The Government on Friday announced the Padma Awards, as is the norm on the occasion of Republic Day.

READ: Congress Takes Great Pride That Contribution Of One Of Our Own Has Been Honoured: Rahul Gandhi Congratulates Pranab Mukherjee On Bharat Ratna

The Padma Awards are bestowed on persons for excellence in the field of art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 

‘Padma Vibhushan', the second-highest civilian honour, is to honour persons for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’, third-highest civilian honour, for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’, fourth-highest civilian honour, for distinguished service in any field, the note read. 

In a press note from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the list of the 112 persons honoured with the Padma Awards was released.

4 persons have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 14 have been bestowed with Padma Bhushan, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal one of them, and 94 persons have been honoured with the fourth-highest civilian honour Padma Shri, including cricketer Gautam Gambhir, footballer Sunil Chhetri, late actor-writer Kader Khan, actor Manoj Bajpayee, singer-musician Shankar Mahadevan, actor-director Prabhu Deva, to name a few.

21 women are among the awardees, 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.

Here's the full list in the format:

S.No, Name
Field
State

PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)


1. Ms. Teejan Bai

Art-Vocals-Folk
Chhattisgarh 


2.  Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner)
Public Affairs 
Djibouti


3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik

Trade & Industry-Infrastructure 
Maharashtra 


4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare

Art-Acting-Theatre
Maharashtra 


PADMA BHUSHAN- (14)

5. Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) 
Trade & Industry-Technology 
USA


6. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

Public Affairs
Punjab 


7. Shri Pravin Gordhan
(Foreigner)

Public Affairs 
South Africa 


8. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati

Trade & Industry-Food Processing 
Delhi 


9. Shri Darshan Lal Jain

Social Work 
Haryana 


10. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade

Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra 


11. Shri Kariya Munda 

Public Affairs 
Jharkhand 


12. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee

Art-Music-Sitar
West Bengal 


13. Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair

Art-Acting-Film
Kerala 


14. Shri S Nambi Narayan

Science & Engineering-Space 
Kerala 


15. Shri Kuldip Nayar

(Posthumous)
Literature & Education (Journalism)
Delhi 


16. Ms. Bachendri Pal

Sports-Mountaineering 
Uttarakhand 


17.  Shri V K Shunglu

Civil Service 
Delhi 


18. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav

Public Affairs 
Bihar 

PADMA SHRI- (94)

19. Shri Rajeshwar Acharya

Art-Vocal-Hindustani
Uttar Pradesh


20. Shri Bangaru Adigalar

Others-Spiritualism 
Tamil Nadu 


21. Shri Illias Ali

Medicine-Surgery 
Assam


22. Shri Manoj Bajpayee

Art-Acting-Films
Maharashtra 


23.  Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali

Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation
Assam 


24. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti

Medicine-Rabies
Himachal Pradesh 


25. Shri Pritam Bhartwan

Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttarakhand 


26. Shri Jyoti Bhatt

Art-Painting 
Gujarat 


27. Shri Dilip Chakravarty

Others-Archaeology
Delhi 


28. Shri Mammen Chandy

Medicine-Hematology
West Bengal 


29. Shri Swapan Chaudhuri

Art-Music-Tabla 
West Bengal 


30. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan

Others-Agriculture 
Haryana 


31. Shri Sunil Chhetri

Sports-Football
Telangana 


32. Shri Dinyar Contractor

Art-Acting-Theatre
Maharashtra 


33. Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli

Social Work-Divyang Welfare 
Gujarat 


34.Shri Babulal Dahiya

Others-Agriculture 
Madhya Pradesh 


35. Shri Thanga Darlong

Art-Music-Flute 
Tripura 


36. Shri Prabhu Deva 

Art-Dance
Karnataka 


37. Ms. Rajkumari Devi 

Others-Agriculture
Bihar


38. Ms. Bhagirathi Devi

Public Affairs 
Bihar 


39. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon

Science & Engineering-Agriculture
Punjab


40. Ms. Harika Dronavalli

Sports-Chess
Andhra Pradesh 


41.Ms. Godawari Dutta

Art-Painting 
Bihar 


42. Shri Gautam Gambhir

Sports-Cricket
Delhi 


43. Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray

Social Work-Divyang Welfare 
Sikkim


44. Ms. Rohini Godbole 

Science & Engineering-Nuclear 
Karnataka 


45.Shri Sandeep Guleria

Medicine-Surgery 
Delhi


46. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia

Medicine- Ophthmology 
Madhya Pradesh 


47. Shri Bulu Imam

Social Work-Culture 
Jharkhand 


48. Ms. Friederike Irina
(Foreigner)

Social Work-Animal Welfare 
Germany 


49. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav

Art-Dance Folk 
Gujarat 


50. Shri S Jaishankar

Civil Service 
Delhi 


51.Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal

Literature & Education 
Jammu & Kashmir 


52. Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan

Art-Craft-Papier Mache
Jammu & Kashmir


53. Shri K G Jayan

Art-Music-Bhakti
Kerala


54. Shri Subhash Kak
(Foreigner)

Science & Engineering-Technology

USA


55.Shri Sharath Kamal

Sports-Table Tennis 
Tamil Nadu 


56. Shri Rajani Kant

Social Work 
Uttar Pradesh 


57. Shri Sudam Kate 

Medicine-Sickle Cell 
Maharashtra 


58.Shri Waman Kendre

Art-Acting-Theatre 
Maharashtra 


59. Shri Kader Khan

(Posthumous-Foreigner)
Art-Acting-Films
Canada


60. Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri

Art-Painting
Gujarat 


61. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)*

Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra 


62. Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)*

Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra 


63.Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram

Sports-Archery
Manipur


64.Shri Kailash Madbaiya

Literature & Education 
Madhya Pradesh 


65. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj

Social Work-Animal Welfare 
Uttar Pradesh 


66.Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya

Others-Agriculture 
Gujarat 


67. Ms. Gita Mehta
(Foreigner)

Literature & Education 
USA


68. Shri Shadab Mohammad

Medicine-Dentistry
Uttar Pradesh


69. Shri K K Muhammed

Others-Archaeology
Kerala 


70.Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Medicine-Affordable Healthcare 
Jharkhand 


71. Shri Daitari Naik

Social Work
Odisha 


72. Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan

Art-Vocals-Films
Maharashtra 


73.Shri Shantanu Narayen
(Foreigner)

Trade & Industry-Technology
USA


74. Nartaki Natraj

Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam
Tamil Nadu


75. Shri Tsering Norboo

Medicine-Surgery
Jammu & Kashmir


76. Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey

Art-Music 
Chhattisgarh 


77. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh

Others-Agriculture
Rajasthan 


78.Shri Ganpatbhai Patel

(Foreigner)
Literature & Education 
USA


79. Shri Bimal Patel

Others-Architecture 
Gujarat 


80. Shri Hukumchand Patidar

Others-Agriculture
Rajasthan 


81. Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka

Public Affairs 
Punjab


82.  Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai

Social Work-Microfinance 
Tamil Nadu 


83. Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch
(Foreigner)

Others-Yoga 

USA


84. Ms. Kamala Pujhari

Others-Agriculture
Odisha 


85. Shri Bajrang Punia

Sports-Wrestling 
Haryana 


86. Shri Jagat Ram

Medicine-Ophthalmology
Chandigarh 


87. Shri R V Ramani

Medicine-Ophthalmology
Tamil Nadu 


88. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao

Social Work-Affordable Education 
Odisha 


89. Shri Anup Sah

Art-Photography
Uttarakhand 


90.Ms. Milena Salvini
(Foreigner)

Art-Dance-Kathakali 

France


91.Shri Nagindas Sanghavi

Literature & Education-Journalism
Maharashtra 


92. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Art-Lyrics
Telangana 


93. Shri Shabbir Sayyad

Social Work-Animal Welfare 
Maharashtra 


94. Shri Mahesh Sharma

Social Work-Tribal Welfare
Madhya Pradesh 


95. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri

Literature & Education
Delhi 


96. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla

Literature & Education 
Uttar Pradesh


97. Shri Narendra Singh

Others-Animal Husbandry
Haryana 


98. Ms. Prashanti Singh

Sports-Basketball 
Uttar Pradesh 


99. Shri Sultan Singh

Others-Animal Husbandry
Haryana 


100. Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha

Social Work-Affordable Education 
Bihar 


101.Shri Anandan Sivamani

Art-Music 
Tamil Nadu 


102. Ms. Sharada Srinivasan

Others-Archaeology 
Karnataka 


103.  Shri Devendra Swarup
(Posthumous)

Literature & Education-Journalism 
Uttar Pradesh 


104. Shri Ajay Thakur

Sports-Kabaddi
Himachal Pradesh 


105.Shri Rajeev Tharanath

Art-Music-Sarod 
Karnataka 


106.Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka

Social Work-Environment 
Karnataka 


107. Ms. Jamuna Tudu

Social Work-Environment
Jharkhand 


108. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi

Others-Agriculture 
Uttar Pradesh 


109. Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami

Medicine-Surgery
Tamil Nadu


110. Shri Ram Saran Verma

Others-Agriculture 
Uttar Pradesh 


111.Shri Swami Vishudhananda

Others-Spiritualism
Kerala 


112. Shri Hiralal Yadav

Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttar Pradesh 


113. Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli

Others-Agriculture 
Andhra Pradesh 

READ: Bhupen Hazarika's Songs And Music Are Admired Across Generations: PM Modi Waxes Lyrical As India's Maestro Is Conferred With Bharat Ratna

The President of India will be honouring the awardees at the ceremonial functions to be held in March or April this year. 

Updated 22:46 IST, January 25th 2019

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