| Padma Bhushan | |
|---|---|
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| Type | National Civilian |
| Country | India |
| Presented by |  Government of India |
| Ribbon |  |
| Obverse | A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus. |
| Reverse | A platinumState Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script |
| Established | 1954 |
| First award | 1954 |
| Total | 200 |
| Website | http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/  |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) |  Padma Vibhushan |
| Next (lower) |  Padma Shri |
← Padma Vibhushan "Dusra Varg" (Class II) | |
ThePadma Bhushan is the third-highestcivilian award of theRepublic of India.[1] Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.[2] The recipients receive aSanad, a certificate signed by thePresident of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year onRepublic Day (26 January) and registered inThe Gazette of India—a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under theMinistry of Urban Development.[3] The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in theGazette. The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register;[4] none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1960–1969 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all thestate and the union territory governments, as well as fromMinistries of the Government of India, theBharat Ratna and thePadma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, theChief Ministers and theGovernors of State, and theMembers of Parliament including private individuals.[3]
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tierPadma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and thePadma Shri.[3] The criteria included "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants", but excluded those working with thepublic sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards; this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute.[4] The design was also changed to the form that is currently in use; it portrays a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm) in diameter and1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of1+3⁄16 inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob carved within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter1+1⁄16 inches (27 mm) is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus written inDevanagari script. TheState Emblem of India is displayed in the centre of the reverse side, together with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari script, which is inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband1+1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width with a broad white stripe in the middle.[3][4] It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations ofthe Indian civilian and military awards.[a]
A total of 200 awards were presented in the 1960s – ten in 1960, followed by thirteen in 1961, twenty-seven in 1962, twelve in 1963, eighteen in 1964, twenty-five in 1965, fourteen in 1966, twenty-four in 1967, twenty-eight in 1968, and twenty-nine in 1969. The Padma Bhushan in the 1960s was also conferred upon five foreign recipients – two from the United States and one each from Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Individuals from nine different fields were awarded, which includes sixty-nine from literature and education, thirty-two from medicine, twenty-two from civil services, seventeen artists, sixteen from public affairs, fifteen from science and engineering, fourteen from social work, ten from trade and industry, and five sportspersons. JournalistManikonda Chalapathi Rau andKannada writerK. Shivaram Karanth returned their 1968 awards, whileSitar playerVilayat Khan refused to accept it, with him stating that "the selection committees were incompetent to judge [his] music".[6][b]
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| Year | Image | Laureates | Field | State / country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  | Haridas Siddhanta Bagish | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 1960 | Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1960 |  | Nilakantha Das | Public Affairs | Orissa |
| 1960 | Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1960 |  | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Literature and Education | West Bengal[A] |
| 1960 |  | Hafiz Ali Khan | Arts | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1960 |  | Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 1960 | Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1960 |  | Acharya Shivpujan Sahay | Literature and Education | Bihar |
| 1960 | Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1961 | Tridib Nath Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1961 | Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1961 | Seth Govind Das | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 1961 |  | Verrier Elwin* | Science and Engineering | United Kingdom |
| 1961 | Niranjan Das Gulhati | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 1961 | L. Venkatakrishna Iyer | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1961 | Rai Krishnadasa | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1961 |  | Sumitranandan Pant | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1961 |  | Svetoslav Roerich* | Arts | Soviet Union |
| 1961 |  | Bhagwan Sahay | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1961 | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | Public Affairs | Bihar | |
| 1961 | K. Venkataraman | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 1961 | Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1962 | Ramaswamy Duraiswamy Ayyar | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 1962 | Gyanesh Chandra Chatterjee | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 1962 | Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1962 | Prem Chandra Dhanda | Medicine | Punjab | |
| 1962 |  | Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 1962 |  | Bade Ghulam Ali Khan | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1962 | Jafar Ali Khan | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1962 |  | Daulat Singh Kothari | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1962 |  | Mithan Jamshed Lam | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 1962 | Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1962 |  | Sisir Kumar Mitra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 1962 |  | Tarabai Modak | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1962 | Radhakamal Mukerjee | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1962 | Sudhindra Nath Mukerjee | Public Affairs | West Bengal | |
| 1962 | Niaz Fatehpuri | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1962 | Jal R. Patel | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1962 | Narayan Sitaram Phadke | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1962 | V. Raghavan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1962 | Dukhan Ram | Medicine | Bihar | |
| 1962 |  | T. S. Soundram | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1962 | Mahankali Seetharama Rao | Medicine | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1962 | Raghunath Saran | Medicine | Bihar | |
| 1962 |  | Moturi Satyanarayana | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu |
| 1962 | Sitaram Seksaria | Social Work | Assam | |
| 1962 | Santosh Kumar Sen | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1962 | Tarlok Singh | Civil Service | Punjab | |
| 1962 | Raja Radhika Raman Sinha | Literature and Education | Bihar | |
| 1963 | Narendra Nath Bery | Medicine | Punjab | |
| 1963 |  | Makhanlal Chaturvedi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1963 |  | Omeo Kumar Das | Social Work | Assam |
| 1963 | Nitish Chandra Laharry | Social Work | West Bengal | |
| 1963 | Badri Nath Prasad | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1963 | Kanuri Lakshmana Rao | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 1963 |  | Rahul Sankrityayan | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1963 | Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
| 1963 | T. R. Seshadri | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1963 | Sardar Harnarain Singh | Civil Service | Punjab | |
| 1963 | M. L. Soni | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 1963 |  | Ramkumar Verma | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1964 | Sheikh Abdullah | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1964 | Nuruddin Ahmed | Public Affairs | Delhi | |
| 1964 |  | Rafiuddin Ahmed | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 1964 | .jpg) | Jacob Chandy | Medicine | Kerala |
| 1964 |  | Kunji Lal Dubey | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1964 |  | Tushar Kanti Ghosh | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 1964 | Anil Bandhu Guha | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
| 1964 | Mohd. Abdul Hai | Medicine | Bihar | |
| 1964 | Dara Nusserwanji Khurody | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 1964 |  | Anukul Chandra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1964 |  | Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| 1964 | Bhola Nath Mullik | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| 1964 |  | R. K. Narayan | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| 1964 | Chintaman Govind Pandit | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1964 | Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel | Social Work | Gujarat | |
| 1964 |  | Bal Gandharva | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1964 | T. Narayanayajwa Ramachandran | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1964 | Khushwant Lal Wig | Medicine | Punjab | |
| 1965 | Krishnaswami Balasubramania Iyer | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1965 | Jogesh Chandra Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1965 | Joginder Singh Dhillon | Civil Service | Punjab | |
| 1965 |  | Appasaheb Patwardhan | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 1965 | Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1965 | Patrick Dunn | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
| 1965 | Narasinh Narayan Godbole | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1965 | _(cropped).jpg) | Nawang Gombu | Sports | West Bengal |
| 1965 | Sonam Gyatso | Sports | Sikkim | |
| 1965 | Kashmir Singh Katoch | Civil Service | Punjab | |
| 1965 |  | Akbar Ali Khan | Public Affairs | Telangana |
| 1965 |  | Shantanu Lakshman Kirloskar | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 1965 | .jpg) | Mohan Singh Kohli | Sports | Delhi |
| 1965 |  | Pratap Chandra Lal | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1965 | Mohammad Mujeeb | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 1965 |  | Jayant Narlikar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1965 |  | Ramaswamy Rajaram | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 1965 |  | K. R. Ramanathan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 1965 | .jpg) | Satyajit Ray | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1965 |  | Triguna Sen | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 1965 | Santu Shahaney | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
| 1965 | Shiv Sharma | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1965 |  | Harbaksh Singh | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1965 |  | Vrindavan Lal Verma | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1965 |  | Manikya Lal Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 1966 | T. S. Ramaswami Aiyer | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1966 | Babubhai Maneklal Chinai | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| 1966 | Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami | Medicine | Delhi | |
| 1966 | .jpg) | Verghese Kurien | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 1966 |  | Zubin Mehta* | Arts | Canada |
| 1966 | .jpg) | K. P. Kesava Menon | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 1966 | Bhabani Charan Mukharji | Civil Service | West Bengal | |
| 1966 |  | Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai | Social Work | Kerala |
| 1966 |  | K. Shankar Pillai | Arts | Delhi |
| 1966 |  | Vikram Sarabhai | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 1966 | Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 1966 | Homi Sethna | Civil Service | Maharashtra | |
| 1966 | Jodh Singh | Literature and Education | Punjab | |
| 1966 |  | Haribhau Upadhyaya | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1967 |  | Mulk Raj Anand | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 1967 | Tara Cherian | Social Work | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1967 | Mulk Raj Chopra | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1967 | Tulsi Das | Medicine | Punjab | |
| 1967 |  | Krishna Kanta Handique | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 1967 | Akshay Kumar Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 1967 | Pupul Jayakar | Social Work | Delhi | |
| 1967 |  | Ali Akbar Khan | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1967 |  | D. P. Kohli | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1967 | Ramanathan Krishnan | Sports | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1967 | C. Kottieth Lakshmanan | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1967 | T. M. Ponnambalam Mahadevan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1967 | Kalyanji Vithalbhai Mehta | Literature and Education | Gujarat | |
| 1967 |  | S. I. Padmavati | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1967 |  | Vasantrao Bandoji Patil | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 1967 | D. C. Pavate | Literature and Education | Karnataka | |
| 1967 |  | Datto Vaman Potdar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 1967 | B. Shiva Rao | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 1967 | Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1967 | Ashok Kumar Sarkar | Literature and Education | West Bengal | |
| 1967 | Mihir Sen | Sports | West Bengal | |
| 1967 |  | Ravi Shankar | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1967 | Kaikhushru Ruttonji Shroff | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
| 1967 |  | M. L. Vasanthakumari | Arts | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1968 | Acharya Vishva Bandhu | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1968 | Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| 1968 | Sudhir Ranjan Sengupta | Literature and Education | West Bengal | |
| 1968 | .jpg) | Mary Clubwala Jadhav | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1968 |  | K. Shivaram Karanth[c] | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| 1968 |  | Bismillah Khan | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1968 |  | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 1968 |  | Sam Manekshaw | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1968 | Mansukhlal Atmaram Master | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
| 1968 | .jpg) | M. G. K. Menon | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1968 | Waman Bapuji Metre | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 1968 |  | Gujarmal Modi | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1968 | Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi | Medicine | Karnataka | |
| 1968 | Gopalan Narasimhan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1968 |  | Benjamin Peary Pal | Science and Engineering | Punjab |
| 1968 | Brahm Prakash | Science and Engineering | Punjab | |
| 1968 | Manikonda Chalapathi Rau[d] | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1968 | .JPG) | C. R. Rao | Science and Engineering | Delhi[B] |
| 1968 |  | Radhanath Rath | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 1968 | Jyotish Chandra Ray | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 1968 | Mariadas Ruthnaswamy | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1968 |  | Raghupati Sahay | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1968 | Shripad Damodar Satwalekar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1968 |  | G. Sankara Kurup | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 1968 | Periyasaamy Thooran | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1968 | Sarda Prasad Varma | Civil Service | Bihar | |
| 1968 | Shamaprasad Rupshanker Vasavada | Social Work | Gujarat | |
| 1968 | Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1969 | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | Literature and Education | West Bengal | |
| 1969 |  | Krishna Chandar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 1969 | Rahim-ud-in Khan Dagar | Arts | Delhi | |
| 1969 | Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Keshav Prasad Goenka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal | |
| 1969 |  | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1969 | Vithalbhai Jhaveri | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 |  | Prithviraj Kapoor | Arts | Punjab |
| 1969 | Kesarbai Kerkar | Arts | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Krishna Ramchand Kriplani | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| 1969 |  | Adinath Lahiri | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| 1969 |  | Gobind Behari Lal* | Literature and Education | United States |
| 1969 |  | Kasturbhai Lalbhai | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 1969 |  | Lata Mangeshkar | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1969 | V. K. Narayana Menon | Science and Engineering | Kerala | |
| 1969 | Raman Madhavan Nair | Literature and Education | Chandigarh | |
| 1969 | Samad Yar Khan Saghar Nizami | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1969 | Nanasaheb Parulekar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Vitthal Laxman Phadke | Social Work | Gujarat | |
| 1969 | Raja Rao* | Literature and Education | United States | |
| 1969 | Niharranjan Ray | Literature and Education | West Bengal | |
| 1969 | P. K. Sen | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Vallabhadas Vithaldas Shah | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| 1969 | Haroon Khan Sherwani | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1969 | Kasturiswami Sreenivasan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| 1969 |  | Naval Tata | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1969 |  | S. S. Vasan | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
The President is pleased to institute an award to be designated 'Padma Vibhushan' in three classes, namely: 'Pahela Varg', 'Dusra Varg' and 'Tisra Varg'
All persons upon whom the decoration of 'Padma Vibhushan' ('Dusra Varg') was conferred under the Regulations issued with Notification No. 2-Pres./54, dated the 2nd January, 1954, shall, for all purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be persons on whom the decoration of Padma Bhushan has been conferred by the President.