Mary Kom To Be Conferred With Padma Vibhushan, PV Sindhu Gets Padma Bhushan

The names were announced by the government on the eve of the Republic Day.

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PV Sindhu and Mary Kom.( Photo Credit : File)

Celebrated boxer MC Mary Kom will be conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian award, while world champion shuttler P V Sindhu will get the Padma Bhushan among eight sportspersons named for the prestigious honours on Saturday.

The names of the awardees were announced by the government on the eve of the country's 71st Republic Day.

The 36-year-old Mary Kom, also a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics while also being crowned as world champion six times in an illustrious career.

She is one of seven eminent personalities to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan this year.

The Manipuri boxer, who was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2013 and Padma Shri in 2006, is only the fourth sportsperson in the country to be given the Padma Vibhushan after chess wizard Viswanathan Anand, mountaineer Edmund Hillary and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar who all got the coveted award in 2008.

Tendulkar was later conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, in 2014.

The 24-year-old Sindhu is among 16 persons named for the Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian award. She is a silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is the only Indian world champion in badminton.

Sindhu has also won four other World Championships medals -- 2 silver and 2 bronze -- besides the gold she won last year. She won the Padma Shri in 2015.

Cricketer Zaheer Khan, current Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal, former men's hockey skipper M P Ganesh, ace shooter Jitu Rai, former Indian women's football team captain Oinam Bembem Devi and archer Tarundeep Rai were among the six other sportspersons who figured in the list of the 118 Padma Shri awardees.

The 41-year-old Zaheer is one of the country's finest fast bowlers and is only behind the legendary Kapil Dev in terms of wickets among Indian pacers in the traditional Test format. He also won the 2011 World Cup with the Indian team.

The 25-year-old Rani Rampal has played more than 200 matches for India and she recently helped the country secure a Tokyo Olympics berth by beating the United States in the qualification match.

Padma Vibhushan
SNNameFieldState/Country
1.Shri George Fernandes
(Posthumous)
Public AffairsBihar
2.Shri Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous)
Public AffairsDelhi
3.Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSKPublic AffairsMauritius
4.Smt. M. C. Mary KomSportsManipur
5.Shri Chhannulal MishraArtUttar Pradesh
6.Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous)
Public AffairsDelhi
7.Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara      Adhokhaja      Matha Udupi  (Posthumous)
Others-SpiritualismKarnataka
Padma Bhushan 
SNNameFieldState/Country
8.Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M)Others-SpiritualismKerala
9.Shri Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous)
Public AffairsBangladesh
10.Shri Muzaffar Hussain BaigPublic AffairsJammu               and
Kashmir
11.Shri Ajoy ChakravortyArtWest Bengal
12.Shri Manoj DasLiterature                  and
Education
Puducherry
13.Shri Balkrishna DoshiOthers-ArchitectureGujarat
14.Ms. Krishnammal JagannathanSocial WorkTamil Nadu
15.Shri S. C. JamirPublic AffairsNagaland
16.Shri Anil Prakash JoshiSocial WorkUttarakhand
17.Dr. Tsering LandolMedicineLadakh
18.Shri Anand MahindraTrade and IndustryMaharashtra
19.Shri    Neelakanta    Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous)
Public AffairsKerala
20.Shri     Manohar     Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)
Public AffairsGoa
21.Prof. Jagdish ShethLiterature                  and
Education
USA
22.Ms. P. V. SindhuSportsTelangana
23.Shri Venu SrinivasanTrade and IndustryTamil Nadu
Padma Shri
SNNameFieldState/Country
24.Guru Shashadhar AcharyaArtJharkhand
25.Dr. Yogi AeronMedicineUttarakhand
26.Shri Jai Prakash AgarwalTrade and IndustryDelhi
27.Shri Jagdish Lal AhujaSocial WorkPunjab
28.Kazi Masum AkhtarLiterature and EducationWest Bengal
29.Ms. Gloria ArieiraLiterature and EducationBrazil
30.Khan Zaheerkhan BakhtiyarkhanSportsMaharashtra
31.Dr. Padmavathy BandopadhyayMedicineUttar Pradesh
32.Dr. Sushovan BanerjeeMedicineWest Bengal
33.Dr. Digambar BeheraMedicineChandigarh
34.Dr. Damayanti BeshraLiterature and EducationOdisha
35.Shri Pawar Popatrao BhagujiSocial WorkMaharashtra
36.Shri Himmata Ram BhambhuSocial WorkRajasthan
37.Shri Sanjeev BikhchandaniTrade and IndustryUttar Pradesh
38.Shri Gafurbhai M. BilakhiaTrade and IndustryGujarat
39.Shri Bob BlackmanPublic AffairsUnited Kingdom
40.Ms. Indira P. P. BoraArtAssam
41.Shri Madan Singh ChauhanArtChhattisgarh
42.Ms. Usha ChaumarSocial WorkRajasthan
43.Shri Lil Bahadur ChettriLiterature and EducationAssam
44.Ms.    Lalitha    &    Ms.    Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)*
ArtTamil Nadu
45.Dr. Vajira ChitrasenaArtSri Lanka
46.Dr. Purushottam DadheechArtMadhya Pradesh
47.Shri Utsav Charan DasArtOdisha
48.Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous)
Literature and EducationSri Lanka
49.Shri H. M. DesaiLiterature and EducationGujarat
50.Shri Manohar DevadossArtTamil Nadu
51.Ms. Oinam Bembem DeviSportsManipur
52.Ms. Lia DiskinSocial WorkBrazil
53.Shri M. P. GaneshSportsKarnataka
54.Dr. Bangalore GangadharMedicineKarnataka
55.Dr. Raman GangakhedkarScience and EngineeringMaharashtra
56.Shri Barry GardinerPublic AffairsUnited Kingdom
57.Shri Chewang Motup GobaTrade and IndustryLadakh
58.Shri Bharat GoenkaTrade and IndustryKarnataka
59.Shri Yadla GopalaraoArtAndhra Pradesh
60.Shri Mitrabhanu GountiaArtOdisha
61.Ms. Tulasi GowdaSocial WorkKarnataka
62.Shri Sujoy K. GuhaScience and EngineeringBihar
63.Ms. Harekala HajabbaSocial WorkKarnataka
64.Shri Enamul HaqueOthers-ArchaeologyBangladesh
65.Shri Madhu Mansuri HasmukhArtJharkhand
66.Shri Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous)
Social WorkMadhya Pradesh
67.Shri Bimal Kumar JainSocial WorkBihar
68.Ms. Meenakshi JainLiterature and EducationDelhi
69.Shri Nemnath JainTrade and IndustryMadhya Pradesh
70.Ms. Shanti JainArtBihar
71.Shri Sudhir JainScience and EngineeringGujarat
72.Shri Benichandra JamatiaLiterature and EducationTripura
73.Shri  K.  V.  Sampath  Kumar  & Ms.   Vidushi   Jayalakshmi   K.S.
(Duo)*
Literature                  and Education-JournalismKarnataka
74.Shri Karan JoharArtMaharashtra
75.Dr. Leela JoshiMedicineMadhya Pradesh
76.Ms. Sarita JoshiArtMaharashtra
77.Shri C. KamlovaLiterature and EducationMizoram
78.Dr. Ravi Kannan R.MedicineAssam
79.Ms. Ekta KapoorArtMaharashtra
80.Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan KaranjiaArtGujarat
81.Shri Narayan J. Joshi KarayalLiterature and EducationGujarat
82.Dr. Narindar Nath KhannaMedicineUttar Pradesh
83.Shri Naveen KhannaScience and EngineeringDelhi
84.Shri S. P. KothariLiterature and EducationUSA
85.Shri       V.       K.       Munusamy
Krishnapakthar
ArtPuducherry
86.Shri M. K. KunjolSocial WorkKerala
87.Shri Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous)
ArtOdisha
88.Ustad Anwar Khan MangniyarArtRajasthan
89.Shri    Kattungal    Subramaniam
Manilal
Science and EngineeringKerala
90.Shri Munna MasterArtRajasthan
91.Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra MishraLiterature and EducationHimachal Pradesh
92.Ms. Binapani MohantyLiterature and EducationOdisha
93.Dr. Arunoday MondalMedicineWest Bengal
94.Dr. Prithwindra MukherjeeLiterature and EducationFrance
95.Shri Sathyanarayan MundayoorSocial WorkArunachal Pradesh
96.Shri Manilal NagArtWest Bengal
97.Shri N. Chandrasekharan NairLiterature and EducationKerala
98.Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous)
Social WorkAfghanistan
99.Shri Shiv Datt NirmohiLiterature and EducationJammu               and
Kashmir
100.Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga PachuauLiterature                  and
Education-Journalism
Mizoram
101.Ms. Moozhikkal PankajakshiArtKerala
102.Dr. Prasanta Kumar PattanaikLiterature and EducationUSA
103.Shri Jogendra Nath PhukanLiterature and EducationAssam
104.Ms. Rahibai Soma PopereOthers-AgricultureMaharashtra
105.Shri Yogesh PraveenLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh
106.Shri Jitu RaiSportsUttar Pradesh
107.Shri Tarundeep RaiSportsSikkim
108.Shri S. RamakrishnanSocial WorkTamil Nadu
109.Ms. Rani RampalSportsHaryana
110.Ms. Kangana RanautArtMaharashtra
111.Shri Dalavai Chalapathi RaoArtAndhra Pradesh
112.Shri Shahbuddin RathodLiterature and EducationGujarat
113.Shri Kalyan Singh RawatSocial WorkUttarakhand
114.Shri Chintala Venkat ReddyOthers-AgricultureTelangana
115.Smt. (Dr.) Shanti RoyMedicineBihar
116.Shri    Radhammohan    &    Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)*
Others-AgricultureOdisha
117.Shri Batakrushna SahooOthers-Animal
Husbandry
Odisha
118.Ms. Trinity SaiooOthers-AgricultureMeghalaya
119.Shri Adnan SamiArtMaharashtra
120.Shri Vijay SankeshwarTrade and IndustryKarnataka
121.Dr. Kushal Konwar SarmaMedicineAssam
122.Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai
Social WorkMaharashtra
123.Shri Mohammed SharifSocial WorkUttar Pradesh
124.Shri Shyam Sunder SharmaArtBihar
125.Dr. Gurdip SinghMedicineGujarat
126.Shri Ramjee SinghSocial WorkBihar
127.Shri  Vashishtha  Narayan  Singh
(Posthumous)
Science and EngineeringBihar
128.Shri Daya Prakash SinhaArtUttar Pradesh
129.Dr. Sandra Desa SouzaMedicineMaharashtra
130.Shri Vijayasarathi SribhashyamLiterature and EducationTelangana
131.Smt.  Kalee  Shabi  Mahaboob  & Shri   Sheik   Mahaboob   Subani
(Duo)*
ArtTamil Nadu
132.Shri Javed Ahmad TakSocial WorkJammu               and
Kashmir
133.Shri Pradeep ThalappilScience and EngineeringTamil Nadu
134.Shri Yeshe Dorjee ThongchiLiterature and EducationArunachal Pradesh
135.Shri Robert ThurmanLiterature and EducationUSA
136.Shri Agus Indra UdayanaSocial WorkIndonesia
137.Shri Harish Chandra VermaScience and EngineeringUttar Pradesh
138.Shri Sundaram VermaSocial WorkRajasthan
139.Dr.          Romesh          Tekchand
Wadhwani
Trade and IndustryUSA
140.Shri Suresh WadkarArtMaharashtra
141.Shri Prem WatsaTrade and IndustryCanada
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