President Mukherjee honours 39 stalwarts with Padma awards

Political stalwarts Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi and the late Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal were among the 89 people who were conferred this year’s Padma awards on Thursday. Joshi, Pawar, Sangma (posthumous) and former Chairman of ISRO Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao were conferred Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a special function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

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Arshi Aggarwal
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