Shinzo Abe, S P Balasubrahmanyam awarded Padma Vibhushan; Full list of Padma awardees here

On Monday, Ministry of Home Affairs anunced a list of 119 personalities who will be conferred Pma Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind this year. se awards cater to various disciplines including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, tre and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service. While 'Pma Shri' is awarded for distinguished service in any field, 'Pma Bhushan' is awarded for distinguished service of high order.

On or hand, 'Pma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service. Among 2021 awardees, 29 are women, one is a trans,10 are foreigners/NRIs/OCI and 16 have passed away. re will be recepient of Bharat Ratna in 2021. Pma Awards shall be formally conferred by President in Rashtrapati Bhawan in March or April. 

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Prominent awardees

In a very significant development, Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who stepped down in 2020 due to health reasons features among 7 Pma Vibhushan awardees. Legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam and scientist Narinder Singh Kapany kwn as 'far of fibre optics' will be awarded Pma Vibhushan posthmously. India's second-highest civilian award shall also be conferred to rewned sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo, cardiologist Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde, Islamic spiritual scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and archaelogist BB Lal. Lal h discovered that re is temple-like structure below Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Meanwhile, a total of 10 persons shall be bestowed with Pma Bhushan.

prominent awardees of country's third-highest civilian award include veteran Congress leer and former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who bread his last in 2020 after contracting COVID-19. Similarly, ex-Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel and LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan who too passed away last year are in this list. Interestingly, late Islamic scholar Maulana Kalbe Siq who served as senior vice-president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board has also been named as a recepient of Pma Bhushan. ditionally, former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, retired bureaucrat Nripendra Misra who functioned as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi till 2019 and rewned singer KS Chithra will also receive Pma Bhushan. Meanwhile, Carnatic singer Bombay Jayashri, former Goa Goverr Mridula Sinha and social activist Sindhutai Sapkal are some of key Pma Shri awardees.

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Here is full list of Pma Awardees:

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