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href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">19 January 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-01-19)</span> (aged 89)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Indian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Poet, academic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Symbolism_(movement)" title="Symbolism (movement)">Symbolism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nilmani Phookan</b> (10 September 1933 – 19 January 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Indian poet in the <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese language</a> and an academic. His work, replete with <a href="/wiki/Symbolism_(movement)" title="Symbolism (movement)">symbolism</a>, is inspired by <a href="/wiki/Symbolism_(movement)" title="Symbolism (movement)">French symbolism</a> and is representative of the genre in <a href="/wiki/Assamese_poetry" title="Assamese poetry">Assamese poetry</a>. His notable works include <i>Surya Henu Nami Ahe Ei Nodiyedi</i>, <i>Gulapi Jamur Lagna</i>, and <i>Kobita</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phookan has won the 56th <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanpith Award</a>, India's highest literary award, for the year 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also awarded the 1981 <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> in <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> for his poetry collection, <i>Kavita</i> (Kobita).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> by <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sahitya Akademi fellows">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a>, the highest literary honor in India, given by <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi">Sahitya Akademi</a>, India's National Academy of Letters in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nilmani_Phookan_Jr&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phookan was born in <a href="/wiki/Dergaon" title="Dergaon">Dergaon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Golaghat_district" title="Golaghat district">Golaghat district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>. He received his Master's degree in History from <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_University" title="Gauhati University">Gauhati University</a> in 1961. Although he had started writing poetry in the early 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-ni_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nilmani_Phookan_Jr&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phookan started his career as a lecturer at <a href="/wiki/Arya_Vidyapeeth_College" title="Arya Vidyapeeth College">Arya Vidyapeeth College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a> in 1964, where he worked until his retirement in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-ni_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also translated Japanese and European poetry into Assamese. </p><p>Phookan won the 56th <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanpith Award</a>, India's highest literary award, for the year 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also awarded the <a href="/wiki/Assam_Valley_Literary_Award" title="Assam Valley Literary Award">Assam Valley Literary Award</a> in 1997,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2002 he received the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sahitya Akademi fellows">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a>, the highest literary honor in India, given by <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi">Sahitya Akademi</a>, India's National Academy of Letters, reserved for "the immortals of literature".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/D.Lit." class="mw-redirect" title="D.Lit.">D.Lit.</a> by <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_University" title="Dibrugarh University">Dibrugarh University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nilmani_Phookan_Jr&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Surya Heno Nami Ahe Ei Nadiyedi</i> ("The sun is said to come descending by this river"), 1963.</li> <li><i>Manas-pratima</i>. Guwahati Book Stall, 1971.</li> <li><i>Phuli Thaka Suryamukhi Phultor Phale</i> ("Towards the Blooming Sunflower"), 1971.</li> <li><i>Kabita</i>. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2001. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-260-1058-4" title="Special:BookSources/81-260-1058-4">81-260-1058-4</a>.</li> <li><i>Selected Poems Of Nilmani Phookan</i>. tr. by Krishna Dulal Barua. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-260-2433-X" title="Special:BookSources/81-260-2433-X">81-260-2433-X</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nilmani_Phookan_Jr&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In December 2021, the prolific poet and writer Nilmani Phookan received the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanpith Award</a> for his lifetime contribution in literature.<sup id="cite_ref-pratidintime.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pratidintime.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1997, Phookan was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Assam_Valley_Literary_Award" title="Assam Valley Literary Award">Assam Valley Literary Award</a>.</li> <li>He was awarded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita)<sup id="cite_ref-pratidintime.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pratidintime.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> by <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> in 1990.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nilmani_Phookan_Jr&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-assamese-poet-nilmani-phookan-passes-away.html">Noted Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan passes away</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#Ak">Akademi, p. 462</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since he shares his name another Assamese poet, Nilamani Phukan (1879–1978), he is often referred as Nilamani Phookan(Jr). 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Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handique" title="Krishna Kanta Handique">Krishna Kanta Handique</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya_Kumar_Bhuyan" title="Surya Kumar Bhuyan">Surya Kumar Bhuyan</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Pande" title="Sukhdev Pande">Sukhdev Pande</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalini_Bala_Devi" title="Nalini Bala Devi">Nalini Bala Devi</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan" title="S. R. Ranganathan">S. R. Ranganathan</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_Chandra_Varma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram Chandra Varma (page does not exist)">Ram Chandra Varma</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Magan_Lal_Tribhuvandas_Vyas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas (page does not exist)">Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chandrasekharan" title="K. S. Chandrasekharan">K. S. Chandrasekharan</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1960–1969)">1960s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Kesavan" title="B. S. Kesavan">B. S. Kesavan</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artaballabha_Mohanty" title="Artaballabha Mohanty">Artaballabha Mohanty</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._Sundaravadivelu" title="N. D. Sundaravadivelu">N. D. Sundaravadivelu</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishnukant_Jha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vishnukant Jha (page does not exist)">Vishnukant Jha</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinvijay" title="Jinvijay">Jinvijay</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evengeline_Lazarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evengeline Lazarus (page does not exist)">Evengeline Lazarus</a> (1961)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1970–1979)">1970s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Chandra_Barua" title="Ananda Chandra Barua">Ananda Chandra Barua</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulabha_Panandikar" title="Sulabha Panandikar">Sulabha Panandikar</a> (1971)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1980–1989)">1980s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj (1981)</li> <li>Abid Ali Khan (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Punjwani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Punjwani">Ram Punjwani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._V._Pandit" title="R. V. Pandit">R. V. Pandit</a> (1982)</li> <li>Sher Singh Sher (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura_Pant_Shivani" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura Pant Shivani">Gaura Pant Shivani</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahalya_Chari" title="Ahalya Chari">Ahalya Chari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Amitabha Chaudhuri (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saliha_Abid_Hussain" title="Saliha Abid Hussain">Saliha Abid Hussain</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a> (1983)</li> <li>Hundraj Lial Ram Dukhayal Manik (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuvir_Sharan_Mitra" title="Raghuvir Sharan Mitra">Raghuvir Sharan Mitra</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attar_Singh" title="Attar Singh">Attar Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayangnokcha_Ao" title="Mayangnokcha Ao">Mayangnokcha Ao</a> (1984)</li> <li>Kshem Suman Chandra (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Kumari_Chundawat" title="Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat">Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Gandhi" title="Shanta Gandhi">Shanta Gandhi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu_Singh_Hamdard" title="Sadhu Singh Hamdard">Sadhu Singh Hamdard</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganpatrao_Jadhav" title="Ganpatrao Jadhav">Ganpatrao Jadhav</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Malik" title="Syed Abdul Malik">Syed Abdul Malik</a> (1984)</li> <li>John Arthur King Martyn (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooranad_Kunjan_Pillai" title="Sooranad Kunjan Pillai">Sooranad Kunjan Pillai</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Hasan_Askari" title="Syed Hasan Askari">Syed Hasan Askari</a> (1985)</li> <li>Jamesh Dokhuma (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Hathrasi" title="Kaka Hathrasi">Kaka Hathrasi</a> (1985)</li> <li>Bharat Mishra (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishankar_Parsai" title="Harishankar Parsai">Harishankar Parsai</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashangbam_Minaketan_Singh" title="Ashangbam Minaketan Singh">Ashangbam Minaketan Singh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)" title="Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)">Anil Agarwal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binod_Kanungo" title="Binod Kanungo">Binod Kanungo</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Naik" title="Chitra Naik">Chitra Naik</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahman_(science_policy_analyst)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdur Rahman (science policy analyst) (page does not exist)">Abdur Rahman</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuchhungi_Renthlei" title="Nuchhungi Renthlei">Nuchhungi Renthlei</a> (1986)</li> <li>Raghunath Sharma (1986)</li> <li>Abdul Sattar (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazir_Ahmed_(scholar)" title="Nazir Ahmed (scholar)">Nazir Ahmed</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaja_Iyengar" title="Vanaja Iyengar">Vanaja Iyengar</a> (1987)</li> <li>Khawlkungi (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Narayan" title="Badri Narayan">Badri Narayan</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debi_Prasanna_Pattanayak" title="Debi Prasanna Pattanayak">Debi Prasanna Pattanayak</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Singh_Sekhon" title="Sant Singh Sekhon">Sant Singh Sekhon</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Khelchandra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Khelchandra Singh">N. Khelchandra Singh</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaram_Brahma" title="Madaram Brahma">Madaram Brahma</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissim_Ezekiel" title="Nissim Ezekiel">Nissim Ezekiel</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._George_(writer)" title="K. M. George (writer)">K. M. George</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Niwas_Mishra" title="Vidya Niwas Mishra">Vidya Niwas Mishra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Jawad_Zaidi" title="Ali Jawad Zaidi">Ali Jawad Zaidi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalim_Aajiz" title="Kalim Aajiz">Kalim Aajiz</a> (1989)</li> <li>Barsane Lal Chaturvedi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a> (1989)</li> <li>Moti Lal Saqi (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongbong_Terang" title="Rongbong Terang">Rongbong Terang</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Venkatachalam" title="V. Venkatachalam">V. Venkatachalam</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)">1990s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._Aram" title="M. Aram">M. Aram</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Chopra" title="Vijay Kumar Chopra">Vijay Kumar Chopra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behram_Contractor" title="Behram Contractor">Behram Contractor</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Gadanayak" title="Radha Mohan Gadanayak">Radha Mohan Gadanayak</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Yeshwant_Gadkari" title="Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari">Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashpal_Jain" title="Yashpal Jain">Yashpal Jain</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Joshi" title="Sharad Joshi">Sharad Joshi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhiyalal_Prabhakar_Mishra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra">Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagdu_Maruti_Pawar" title="Dagdu Maruti Pawar">Dagdu Maruti Pawar</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nilmani Phookan Jr</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Singh_Shashi" title="Shyam Singh Shashi">Shyam Singh Shashi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Shastri" title="Ram Nath Shastri">Ram Nath Shastri</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhushan_(yogi)" title="Bharat Bhushan (yogi)">Bharat Bhushan (yogi)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Deva_Dvivedi" title="Kapil Deva Dvivedi">Kapil Deva Dvivedi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Chandra_Kakati" title="Satish Chandra Kakati">Satish Chandra Kakati</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Bhikaji_Kolte" title="Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte">Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Madhu" title="Madan Lal Madhu">Madan Lal Madhu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhondo_Mahanor" title="Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor">Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Malik" title="Keshav Malik">Keshav Malik</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Mohanty" title="Surendra Mohanty">Surendra Mohanty</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._T._Narasimhachar" title="P. T. Narasimhachar">P. T. Narasimhachar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Bhide" title="V. G. Bhide">V. G. Bhide</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulabdas_Broker" title="Gulabdas Broker">Gulabdas Broker</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Chaithanya" title="Krishna Chaithanya">Krishna Chaithanya</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajammal_P._Devadas" title="Rajammal P. Devadas">Rajammal P. Devadas</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Shankar_Kanetkar" title="Vasant Shankar Kanetkar">Vasant Shankar Kanetkar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._C._Kulandaiswamy" title="V. C. Kulandaiswamy">V. C. Kulandaiswamy</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Lugani" title="R. S. Lugani">R. S. Lugani</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shovana_Narayan" title="Shovana Narayan">Shovana Narayan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisith_Ranjan_Ray" title="Nisith Ranjan Ray">Nisith Ranjan Ray</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Kirti_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Kirti Singh">M. Kirti Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Thapar" title="B. K. Thapar">B. K. Thapar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalsangzuali_Sailo" title="Lalsangzuali Sailo">Lalsangzuali Sailo</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh" title="Gurdial Singh">Gurdial Singh</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Gangaram_Surve" title="Narayan Gangaram Surve">Narayan Gangaram Surve</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._P._Chopra" title="G. P. Chopra">G. P. Chopra</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Dhasal" title="Namdeo Dhasal">Namdeo Dhasal</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiya_Lal_Nandan" title="Kanhaiya Lal Nandan">Kanhaiya Lal Nandan</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Vrat_Shastri" title="Satya Vrat Shastri">Satya Vrat Shastri</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Jhalajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh">Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–2009)">2000s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Lvovitch_Bondarevsky" title="Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky">Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Chawngthu" title="P. S. Chawngthu">P. S. Chawngthu</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piloo_Nowshir_Jungalwalla" title="Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla">Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandan_Mishra" title="Mandan Mishra">Mandan Mishra</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehman_Rahi" title="Rehman Rahi">Rehman Rahi</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Saxena" title="K. P. Saxena">K. P. Saxena</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabaneeta_Dev_Sen" title="Nabaneeta Dev Sen">Nabaneeta Dev Sen</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elangbam_Nilakanta_Singh" title="Elangbam Nilakanta Singh">Elangbam Nilakanta Singh</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_V._Balachandran" title="Bala V. Balachandran">Bala V. Balachandran</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeelani_Bano" title="Jeelani Bano">Jeelani Bano</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Das" title="Manoj Das">Manoj Das</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javare_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="Javare Gowda">Javare Gowda</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnanananda_Kavi" title="Gnanananda Kavi">Gnanananda Kavi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ketkar" title="Kumar Ketkar">Kumar Ketkar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kumar_(political_scientist)" title="Ravindra Kumar (political scientist)">Ravindra Kumar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidas_Gupta_Riza" title="Kalidas Gupta Riza">Kalidas Gupta Riza</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Sachdev" title="Padma Sachdev">Padma Sachdev</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vachnesh_Tripathi" title="Vachnesh Tripathi">Vachnesh Tripathi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munirathna_Anandakrishnan" title="Munirathna Anandakrishnan">Munirathna Anandakrishnan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Chhotray" title="Gopal Chhotray">Gopal Chhotray</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chand_Jain" title="Gyan Chand Jain">Gyan Chand Jain</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Mangesh_Karnik" title="Madhu Mangesh Karnik">Madhu Mangesh Karnik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Ramchandra_Kelkar" title="Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar">Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Madhavan_Kutty" title="V. K. Madhavan Kutty">V. K. Madhavan Kutty</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turlapaty_Kutumba_Rao" title="Turlapaty Kutumba Rao">Turlapaty Kutumba Rao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yang-shik" title="Kim Yang-shik">Kim Yang-shik</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzoor_Ahtesham" title="Manzoor Ahtesham">Manzoor Ahtesham</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Chaturvedi_(writer)" title="Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer)">Jagdish Chaturvedi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motilal_Jotwani" title="Motilal Jotwani">Motilal Jotwani</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarlagadda_Lakshmi_Prasad" title="Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad">Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekkatte_Narayan_Shanbhag" title="Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag">Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailendra_Nath_Shrivastava" title="Shailendra Nath Shrivastava">Shailendra Nath Shrivastava</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pritam_Singh_(Uttarakhand_politician)" title="Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)">Pritam Singh</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairamuthu" title="Vairamuthu">Vairamuthu</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_Bareh" title="Hamlet Bareh">Hamlet Bareh</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarpal_Desai" title="Kumarpal Desai">Kumarpal Desai</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatyana_Elizarenkova" title="Tatyana Elizarenkova">Tatyana Elizarenkova</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gupta" title="Anil Kumar Gupta">Anil Kumar Gupta</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gowri_Ishwaran" title="Gowri Ishwaran">Gowri Ishwaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeladhar_Jagudi" title="Leeladhar Jagudi">Leeladhar Jagudi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Jain" title="Sunita Jain">Sunita Jain</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_Nath_Kaula" title="Prithvi Nath Kaula">Prithvi Nath Kaula</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyappa_Paniker" title="Ayyappa Paniker">Ayyappa Paniker</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Samant" title="Bal Samant">Bal Samant</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaiyalal_Sethia" title="Kanhaiyalal Sethia">Kanhaiyalal Sethia</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Chandra_Shah" title="Ramesh Chandra Shah">Ramesh Chandra Shah</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Stietencron" title="Heinrich von Stietencron">Heinrich von Stietencron</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_Tailang" title="Sudhir Tailang">Sudhir Tailang</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalip_Kaur_Tiwana" title="Dalip Kaur Tiwana">Dalip Kaur Tiwana</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiya_Kumar_Bagchi" title="Amiya Kumar Bagchi">Amiya Kumar Bagchi</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobhana_Bhartia" title="Shobhana Bhartia">Shobhana Bhartia</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manas_Chaudhuri" title="Manas Chaudhuri">Manas Chaudhuri</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darchhawna" title="Darchhawna">Darchhawna</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Grewal" title="J. S. Grewal">J. S. Grewal</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amin_Kamil" title="Amin Kamil">Amin Kamil</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadul_Singh_Lama" title="Gadul Singh Lama">Gadul Singh Lama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammen_Mathew" title="Mammen Mathew">Mammen Mathew</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Mujumdar" title="S. B. Mujumdar">S. B. Mujumdar</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilat_Paswan_Vihangam" title="Bilat Paswan Vihangam">Bilat Paswan Vihangam</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajeet_Cour" title="Ajeet Cour">Ajeet Cour</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucheta_Dalal" title="Sucheta Dalal">Sucheta Dalal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laltluangliana_Khiangte" title="Laltluangliana Khiangte">Laltluangliana Khiangte</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothar_Lutze" title="Lothar Lutze">Lothar Lutze</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Pande" title="Mrinal Pande">Mrinal Pande</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugathakumari" title="Sugathakumari">Sugathakumari</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tems%C3%BCla_Ao" title="Temsüla Ao">Temsüla Ao</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaydan_Detha" title="Vijaydan Detha">Vijaydan Detha</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakul_Harshadrai_Dholakia" title="Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia">Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Gopinath" title="Meenakshi Gopinath">Meenakshi Gopinath</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giriraj_Kishore_(writer)" title="Giriraj Kishore (writer)">Giriraj Kishore</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Pathak" title="Shekhar Pathak">Shekhar Pathak</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostislav_Rybakov" title="Rostislav Rybakov">Rostislav Rybakov</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaali_(poet)" title="Vaali (poet)">Vaali</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivanthi_Adithan" title="Sivanthi Adithan">Sivanthi Adithan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bina_Agarwal" title="Bina Agarwal">Bina Agarwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellayani_Arjunan" title="Vellayani Arjunan">Vellayani Arjunan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirupam_Bajpai" title="Nirupam Bajpai">Nirupam Bajpai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjya_Kanta_Hazarika" title="Surjya Kanta Hazarika">Surjya Kanta Hazarika</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Dua" title="Vinod Dua">Vinod Dua</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Leelavathy" title="M. Leelavathy">M. Leelavathy</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Mattoo" title="Amitabh Mattoo">Amitabh Mattoo</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai" title="Rajdeep Sardesai">Rajdeep Sardesai</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhadeo_Thorat" title="Sukhadeo Thorat">Sukhadeo Thorat</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinibash_Udgata" title="Srinibash Udgata">Srinibash Udgata</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Gundu_Amonkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Gundu Amonkar">Suresh Gundu Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhay_Chhajlani" title="Abhay Chhajlani">Abhay Chhajlani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birendra_Nath_Datta" title="Birendra Nath Datta">Birendra Nath Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannanje_Govindacharya" title="Bannanje Govindacharya">Bannanje Govindacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchapakesa_Jayaraman" title="Panchapakesa Jayaraman">Panchapakesa Jayaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathoor_Krishnamurty" title="Mathoor Krishnamurty">Mathoor Krishnamurty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Mahapatra" title="Jayanta Mahapatra">Jayanta Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Mane" title="Laxman Mane">Laxman Mane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ralston_Marr" title="John Ralston Marr">John Ralston Marr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Mehta" title="Alok Mehta">Alok Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sankara_Reddy" title="A. Sankara Reddy">A. Sankara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalthangfala_Sailo" title="Lalthangfala Sailo">Lalthangfala Sailo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngawang_Samten" title="Ngawang Samten">Ngawang Samten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Chander_Sobti" title="Ranbir Chander Sobti">Ranbir Chander Sobti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Shankar_Tripathi" title="Ram Shankar Tripathi">Ram Shankar Tripathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)">2010s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalzuia_Colney" title="Lalzuia Colney">Lalzuia Colney</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Aurora_Couto" title="Maria Aurora Couto">Maria Aurora Couto</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romuald_D%27Souza" title="Romuald D'Souza">Romuald D'Souza</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Gyndykes_Dkhar" title="Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar">Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Dubey" title="Surendra Dubey">Surendra Dubey</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq-ur-Rahman_Kidwai" title="Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai">Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Kulke" title="Hermann Kulke">Hermann Kulke</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaranjan_Mukherji" title="Ramaranjan Mukherji">Ramaranjan Mukherji</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Chandra_Pande" title="Govind Chandra Pande">Govind Chandra Pande</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs_YGP" title="Mrs YGP">Mrs YGP</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Pollock" title="Sheldon Pollock">Sheldon Pollock</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sarma" title="Arun Sarma">Arun Sarma</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Udhampuri" title="Jitendra Udhampuri">Jitendra Udhampuri</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Austin" title="Granville Austin">Granville Austin</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Bora" title="Mahim Bora">Mahim Bora</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urvashi_Butalia" title="Urvashi Butalia">Urvashi Butalia</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullella_Sriramachandrudu" title="Pullella Sriramachandrudu">Pullella Sriramachandrudu</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamang_Dai" title="Mamang Dai">Mamang Dai</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravin_Darji" title="Pravin Darji">Pravin Darji</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prakash_Deval" title="Chandra Prakash Deval">Chandra Prakash Deval</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deviprasad_Dwivedi" title="Deviprasad Dwivedi">Deviprasad Dwivedi</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Komal" title="Balraj Komal">Balraj Komal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kumar_(educationist)" title="Krishna Kumar (educationist)">Krishna Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajni_Kumar" title="Rajni Kumar">Rajni Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devanur_Mahadeva" title="Devanur Mahadeva">Devanur Mahadeva</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barun_Mazumder" title="Barun Mazumder">Barun Mazumder</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Menon" title="Ritu Menon">Ritu Menon</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avvai_Natarajan" title="Avvai Natarajan">Avvai Natarajan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Nemade" title="Bhalchandra Nemade">Bhalchandra Nemade</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Harrington_Potter" title="Karl Harrington Potter">Karl Harrington Potter</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneru_Ramakrishna_Rao" title="Koneru Ramakrishna Rao">Koneru Ramakrishna Rao</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Dutt_Sharma" title="Devi Dutt Sharma">Devi Dutt Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilamber_Dev_Sharma" title="Nilamber Dev Sharma">Nilamber Dev Sharma</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Dharmarajan" title="Geeta Dharmarajan">Geeta Dharmarajan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Fischer_(art_historian)" title="Eberhard Fischer (art historian)">Eberhard Fischer</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Gurung" title="Kedar Gurung">Kedar Gurung</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Patar" title="Surjit Patar">Surjit Patar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachchidanand_Sahai" title="Sachchidanand Sahai">Sachchidanand Sahai</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepita_Seth" title="Pepita Seth">Pepita Seth</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Dutt_Shridhar" title="Vijay Dutt Shridhar">Vijay Dutt Shridhar</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_L._Thanmawia" title="Ralte L. Thanmawia">Ralte L. Thanmawia</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anvita_Abbi" title="Anvita Abbi">Anvita Abbi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nida_Fazli" title="Nida Fazli">Nida Fazli</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhika_Herzberger" title="Radhika Herzberger">Radhika Herzberger</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Karashima" title="Noboru Karashima">Noboru Karashima</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salik_Lucknawi" title="Salik Lucknawi">Salik Lucknawi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Malsawma" title="J. Malsawma">J. Malsawma</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Patel" title="Devendra Patel">Devendra Patel</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Pinney" title="Christopher Pinney">Christopher Pinney</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Sharaf-e-Alam" title="Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam">Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Kant_Shukla" title="Rama Kant Shukla">Rama Kant Shukla</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Prasad_Singh" title="Jagdish Prasad Singh">Jagdish Prasad Singh</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhtarul_Wasey" title="Akhtarul Wasey">Akhtarul Wasey</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naheed_Abidi" title="Naheed Abidi">Naheed Abidi</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Chakradhar" title="Ashok Chakradhar">Ashok Chakradhar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keki_N._Daruwalla" title="Keki N. Daruwalla">Keki N. Daruwalla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. N. Devy">G. N. Devy</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolakaluri_Enoch" title="Kolakaluri Enoch">Kolakaluri Enoch</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ved_Kumari_Ghai" title="Ved Kumari Ghai">Ved Kumari Ghai</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorama_Jafa" title="Manorama Jafa">Manorama Jafa</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehana_Khatoon" title="Rehana Khatoon">Rehana Khatoon</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Kilemsungla" title="P. Kilemsungla">P. Kilemsungla</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengaku_Mayeda" title="Sengaku Mayeda">Sengaku Mayeda</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waikhom_Gojen_Meitei" title="Waikhom Gojen Meitei">Waikhom Gojen Meitei</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnunarayanan_Namboothiri" title="Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri">Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(academic)" title="Dinesh Singh (academic)">Dinesh Singh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Baosheng" title="Huang Baosheng">Huang Baosheng</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettina_B%C3%A4umer" title="Bettina Bäumer">Bettina Bäumer</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Nandan_Bora" title="Lakshmi Nandan Bora">Lakshmi Nandan Bora</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyan_Chaturvedi" title="Gyan Chaturvedi">Gyan Chaturvedi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Chetty" title="Raj Chetty">Raj Chetty</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibek_Debroy" title="Bibek Debroy">Bibek Debroy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Gulati" title="Ashok Gulati">Ashok Gulati</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_L._Hart" title="George L. Hart">George L. Hart</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Jogi" title="Sunil Jogi">Sunil Jogi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Kiran_Khan" title="Usha Kiran Khan">Usha Kiran Khan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayana_Purushothama_Mallaya" title="Narayana Purushothama Mallaya">Narayana Purushothama Mallaya</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Mascarenhas" title="Lambert Mascarenhas">Lambert Mascarenhas</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taarak_Mehta" class="mw-redirect" title="Taarak Mehta">Taarak Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Rai" title="Ram Bahadur Rai">Ram Bahadur Rai</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Rajput" title="J. S. Rajput">J. S. Rajput</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Kumar_Roy" title="Bimal Kumar Roy">Bimal Kumar Roy</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annette_Schmiedchen" title="Annette Schmiedchen">Annette Schmiedchen</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunvant_Shah" title="Gunvant Shah">Gunvant Shah</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmdev_Sharma" title="Brahmdev Sharma">Brahmdev Sharma</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhirendra_Nath_Bezbaruah" title="Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah">Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Bhyrappa" title="S. L. Bhyrappa">S. L. Bhyrappa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameshwar_Brahma" title="Kameshwar Brahma">Kameshwar Brahma</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Lal_Kaul" title="Jawahar Lal Kaul">Jawahar Lal Kaul</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Khan" title="Sal Khan">Sal Khan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Malik" title="Ashok Malik">Ashok Malik</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldhar_Nag" title="Haldhar Nag">Haldhar Nag</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpesh_Pant" title="Pushpesh Pant">Pushpesh Pant</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahyabhai_Shastri" title="Dahyabhai Shastri">Dahyabhai Shastri</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prahlad_Chandra_Tasa" title="Prahlad Chandra Tasa">Prahlad Chandra Tasa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Agarwal" title="Anant Agarwal">Anant Agarwal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Ahmed" title="Eli Ahmed">Eli Ahmed</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Danino" title="Michel Danino">Michel Danino</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Kohli" title="Narendra Kohli">Narendra Kohli</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri" title="Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Pandita" title="K. N. Pandita">Kashi Nath Pandita</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Pandya" title="Vishnu Pandya">Vishnu Pandya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Patel" title="V. G. Patel">V. G. Patel</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H.R._Shah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H.R. Shah (page does not exist)">H.R. Shah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamu_Krishna_Shastry" title="Chamu Krishna Shastry">Chamu Krishna Shastry</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhawana_Somaaya" title="Bhawana Somaaya">Bhawana Somaaya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punam_Suri" title="Punam Suri">Punam Suri</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harihar_Kripalu_Tripathi" title="Harihar Kripalu Tripathi">Harihar Kripalu Tripathi</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Venkatasubbiah" title="G. Venkatasubbiah">G. Venkatasubbiah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prafulla_Govinda_Baruah" title="Prafulla Govinda Baruah">Prafulla Govinda Baruah</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyamlal_Chaturvedi" title="Shyamlal Chaturvedi">Shyamlal Chaturvedi</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arup_Kumar_Dutta" title="Arup Kumar Dutta">Arup Kumar Dutta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Gupta" title="Arvind Gupta">Arvind Gupta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digamber_Hansda" title="Digamber Hansda">Digamber Hansda</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_Jalalpuri" title="Anwar Jalalpuri">Anwar Jalalpuri</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyong_Temjen_Jamir" title="Piyong Temjen Jamir">Piyong Temjen Jamir</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyasree_Goswami_Mahanta" title="Joyasree Goswami Mahanta">Joyasree Goswami Mahanta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaverilal_Mehta" title="Zaverilal Mehta">Zaverilal Mehta</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomio_Mizokami" title="Tomio Mizokami">Tomio Mizokami</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habibullo_Rajabov" title="Habibullo Rajabov">Habibullo Rajabov</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagish_Shastri" title="Vagish Shastri">Vagish Shastri</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharao_Raghuveer_Singh" title="Maharao Raghuveer Singh">Maharao Raghuveer Singh</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Zakia" class="mw-redirect" title="A Zakia">A Zakia</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narsingh_Dev_Jamwal" title="Narsingh Dev Jamwal">Narsingh Dev Jamwal</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagindas_Sanghavi" title="Nagindas Sanghavi">Nagindas Sanghavi</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Hanif_Khan_Shastri" title="Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri">Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Swarup" title="Devendra Swarup">Devendra Swarup</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Shri_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)">2020s</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhiraj_Rajendra_Mishra" title="Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra">Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binapani_Mohanty" title="Binapani Mohanty">Binapani Mohanty</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damayanti_Beshra" title="Damayanti Beshra">Damayanti Beshra</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._M._Desai" title="H. M. Desai">H. M. Desai</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lil_Bahadur_Chettri" title="Lil Bahadur Chettri">Lil Bahadur Chettri</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Jain" title="Meenakshi Jain">Meenakshi Jain</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Chandrasekharan_Nair" title="N. Chandrasekharan Nair">N. Chandrasekharan Nair</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Joshi_Karayal" title="Narayan Joshi Karayal">Narayan Joshi Karayal</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithwindra_Mukherjee" title="Prithwindra Mukherjee">Prithwindra Mukherjee</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thurman" title="Robert Thurman">Robert Thurman</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Kothari" title="S. P. Kothari">S. P. Kothari</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahabuddin_Rathod" title="Shahabuddin Rathod">Shahabuddin Rathod</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudharma" title="Sudharma">Sudharma</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayasarathi_Sribhashyam" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam">Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeshe_Dorjee_Thongchi" title="Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi">Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogesh_Praveen" title="Yogesh Praveen">Yogesh Praveen</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benichandra_Jamatia" title="Benichandra Jamatia">Benichandra Jamatia</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_G._Vall%C3%A9s" title="Carlos G. Vallés">Carlos G. Vallés</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadudan_Gadhvi" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadudan Gadhvi">Dadudan Gadhvi</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imran_Shah_(writer)" title="Imran Shah (writer)">Imran Shah</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangal_Singh_Hazowary" title="Mangal Singh Hazowary">Mangal Singh Hazowary</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mridula_Sinha" title="Mridula Sinha">Mridula Sinha</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdeo_Kamble" title="Namdeo Kamble">Namdeo Kamble</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangasami_L._Kashyap" title="Rangasami L. Kashyap">Rangasami L. Kashyap</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikant_Datar" title="Srikant Datar">Srikant Datar</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Pappaiah" title="Solomon Pappaiah">Solomon Pappaiah</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asavadi_Prakasarao" title="Asavadi Prakasarao">Asavadi Prakasarao</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalbiakthanga_Pachuau" title="Lalbiakthanga Pachuau">Lalbiakthanga Pachuau</a> (2021)</li> <li>Najma Akhtar (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_Senka_Ao" class="mw-redirect" title="T Senka Ao">T Senka Ao</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_K_Bajaj" title="J K Bajaj">J K Bajaj</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirpi_Balasubramaniam" title="Sirpi Balasubramaniam">Sirpi Balasubramaniam</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhone_Asgar_Ali_Basharat" title="Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat">Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmohinder_Singh_Bedi" title="Harmohinder Singh Bedi">Harmohinder Singh Bedi</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Christopher_Byrski" title="Maria Christopher Byrski">Maria Christopher Byrski</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Dhantejvi" title="Khalil Dhantejvi">Khalil Dhantejvi</a> (Posthumous) (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaneswar_Engti" title="Dhaneswar Engti">Dhaneswar Engti</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garikapati_Narasimha_Rao" title="Garikapati Narasimha Rao">Narasimha Rao Garikapati</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girdhari_Ram_Gonjhu" title="Girdhari Ram Gonjhu">Girdhari Ram Gonjhu</a> (Posthumous) (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaibal_Gupta" title="Shaibal Gupta">Shaibal Gupta</a> (Posthumous) (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasingha_Prasad_Guru" title="Narasingha Prasad Guru">Narasingha Prasad Guru</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avadh_Kishore_Jadia" title="Avadh Kishore Jadia">Avadh Kishore Jadia</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Jauhar" title="Tara Jauhar">Tara Jauhar</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutger_Kortenhorst" title="Rutger Kortenhorst">Rutger Kortenhorst</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P_Narayana_Kurup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P Narayana Kurup (page does not exist)">P Narayana Kurup</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_L_Nghaka" title="V L Nghaka">V L Nghaka </a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirapat_Prapandavidya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chirapat Prapandavidya">Chirapat Prapandavidya</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyanand_Sarek" title="Vidyanand Sarek">Vidyanand Sarek</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kali_Pada_Saren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kali Pada Saren (page does not exist)">Kali Pada Saren</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dilip_Shahani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dilip Shahani (page does not exist)">Dilip Shahani </a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwamurti_Shastri" title="Vishwamurti Shastri">Vishwamurti Shastri</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatiana_Lvovna_Shaumyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan (page does not exist)">Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddhalingaiah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siddhalingaiah (page does not exist)">Siddhalingaiah</a> (Posthumous) (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Vindu_Singh" title="Vidya Vindu Singh">Vidya Vindu Singh</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuvendra_Tanwar" title="Raghuvendra Tanwar">Raghuvendra Tanwar</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badaplin_War" title="Badaplin War">Badaplin War</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Charan_Gupta" title="Radha Charan Gupta">Radha Charan Gupta</a> (2023)</li> <li>C. I. Issac (2023)</li> <li>Rattan Singh Jaggi (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Kumar" title="Anand Kumar">Anand Kumar</a> (2023)</li> <li>Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande (2023)</li> <li>Antaryami Mishra (2023)</li> <li>Ramesh Patange (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Ramakrishna_Reddy" title="B. Ramakrishna Reddy">B. Ramakrishna Reddy</a> (2023)</li> <li>Mohan Singh (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Sood" title="Prakash Chandra Sood">Prakash Chandra Sood</a> (2023)</li> <li>Janum Singh Soy (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari" title="Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari">Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari</a> (2023)</li> <li>Dhaniram Toto (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Template:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Template talk:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1968–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a> (1968)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/D._R._Bendre" title="D. R. Bendre">D. R. Bendre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarasankar_Bandyopadhyay" title="Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay">Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumitranandan_Pant" title="Sumitranandan Pant">Sumitranandan Pant</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a> (1969)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Firaq_Gorakhpuri" title="Firaq Gorakhpuri">Firaq Gorakhpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Sakharam_Khandekar" title="Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar">Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viswanatha_Satyanarayana" title="Viswanatha Satyanarayana">Viswanatha Satyanarayana</a> (1970)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kaka Kalelkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurbaksh_Singh" title="Gurbaksh Singh">Gurbaksh Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalindi_Charan_Panigrahi" title="Kalindi Charan Panigrahi">Kalindi Charan Panigrahi</a> (1971)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Masti_Venkatesha_Iyengar" title="Masti Venkatesha Iyengar">Masti Venkatesha Iyengar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangharam_Udharam_Malkani" title="Mangharam Udharam Malkani">Mangharam Udharam Malkani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilmoni_Phukan_(Senior)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilmoni Phukan (Senior)">Nilmoni Phukan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasudev_Vishnu_Mirashi" title="Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi">Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(linguist)" title="Sukumar Sen (linguist)">Sukumar Sen</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=V._R._Trivedi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. R. Trivedi (page does not exist)">V. R. Trivedi</a> (1973)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/T._P._Meenakshisundaram" title="T. P. Meenakshisundaram">T. P. Meenakshisundaram</a> (1975)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Atmaram_Ravaji_Deshpande" title="Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande">Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jainendra_Kumar" title="Jainendra Kumar">Jainendra Kumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu'</a>, <a href="/wiki/V._Raghavan" title="V. Raghavan">V. Raghavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a> (1979)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/K._R._Srinivasa_Iyengar" title="K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar">K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar</a>, <a href="/wiki/K._Shivaram_Karanth" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Shivaram Karanth">K. Shivaram Karanth</a> (1985)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mulk_Raj_Anand" title="Mulk Raj Anand">Mulk Raj Anand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laxmanshastri_Balaji_Joshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi">Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amritlal_Nagar" title="Amritlal Nagar">Amritlal Nagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annada_Shankar_Ray" title="Annada Shankar Ray">Annada Shankar Ray</a> (1989)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nagarjun" title="Nagarjun">Nagarjun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balamani_Amma" title="Balamani Amma">Balamani Amma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashapurna_Devi" title="Ashapurna Devi">Ashapurna Devi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Bhikaji_Kolte" title="Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte">Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanhu_Charan_Mohanty" title="Kanhu Charan Mohanty">Kanhu Charan Mohanty</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._T._Narasimhachar" title="P. T. Narasimhachar">P. T. Narasimhachar</a>, <a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harbhajan_Singh_(poet)" title="Harbhajan Singh (poet)">Harbhajan Singh</a> (1994)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jayakanthan" title="Jayakanthan">Jayakanthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinda_Karandikar" title="Vinda Karandikar">Vinda Karandikar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vidya_Niwas_Mishra" title="Vidya Niwas Mishra">Vidya Niwas Mishra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subhash_Mukhopadhyay_(poet)" title="Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)">Subhash Mukhopadhyay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sachidananda_Routray" title="Sachidananda Routray">Sachidananda Routray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Sobti" title="Krishna Sobti">Krishna Sobti</a> (1996)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Syed_Abdul_Malik" title="Syed Abdul Malik">Syed Abdul Malik</a>, <a href="/wiki/K._S._Narasimhaswamy" title="K. S. Narasimhaswamy">K. S. Narasimhaswamy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunturu_Seshendra_Sarma" title="Gunturu Seshendra Sarma">Gunturu Seshendra Sarma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shah_(author)" title="Rajendra Shah (author)">Rajendra Shah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Sharma" title="Ram Vilas Sharma">Ram Vilas Sharma</a>, <a href="/wiki/N._Khelchandra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Khelchandra Singh">N. Khelchandra Singh</a> (1999)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Narayan_Dandekar" title="Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar">Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rehman_Rahi" title="Rehman Rahi">Rehman Rahi</a> (2000)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Shastri" title="Ram Nath Shastri">Ram Nath Shastri</a> (2001)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Govind_Chandra_Pande" title="Govind Chandra Pande">Govind Chandra Pande</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilmani_Phookan_(Junior)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilmani Phookan (Junior)">Nilamani Phookan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhisham_Sahni" title="Bhisham Sahni">Bhisham Sahni</a> (2002)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kovilan" title="Kovilan">Kovilan</a>, <a href="/wiki/U._R._Ananthamurthy" title="U. R. Ananthamurthy">U. R. Ananthamurthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijaydan_Detha" title="Vijaydan Detha">Vijaydan Detha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhadriraju_Krishnamurti" title="Bhadriraju Krishnamurti">Bhadriraju Krishnamurti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shankha_Ghosh" title="Shankha Ghosh">Shankha Ghosh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Verma" title="Nirmal Verma">Nirmal Verma</a> (2004)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Das" title="Manoj Das">Manoj Das</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Prabhakar" title="Vishnu Prabhakar">Vishnu Prabhakar</a> (2006)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kartar_Singh_Duggal" title="Kartar Singh Duggal">Kartar Singh Duggal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a> (2007)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramakanta_Rath" title="Ramakanta Rath">Ramakanta Rath</a> (2009)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chandranath_Mishra_Amar" title="Chandranath Mishra Amar">Chandranath Mishra Amar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kedarnath_Singh" title="Kedarnath Singh">Kedarnath Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a> (2010)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Raghuveer_Chaudhari" title="Raghuveer Chaudhari">Raghuveer Chaudhari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjan_Hasid" title="Arjan Hasid">Arjan Hasid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asit_Rai" title="Asit Rai">Asit Rai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satya_Vrat_Shastri" title="Satya Vrat Shastri">Satya Vrat Shastri</a> (2013)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S._L._Bhyrappa" title="S. L. Bhyrappa">Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._Narayana_Reddy" title="C. Narayana Reddy">C. Narayana Reddy</a> (2014)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nirendranath_Chakravarty" title="Nirendranath Chakravarty">Nirendranath Chakravarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh" title="Gurdial Singh">Gurdial Singh</a> (2016)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Honorary Fellows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor" title="Léopold Sédar Senghor">Léopold Sédar Senghor</a> (1974)</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_C._Dimock,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward C. Dimock, Jr. (page does not exist)">Edward C. Dimock, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._H._Ingalls_Sr." title="Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr.">Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamil_Zvelebil" title="Kamil Zvelebil">Kamil Zvelebil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ji_Xianlin" title="Ji Xianlin">Ji Xianlin</a> (1996)</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vassilis_Vitsaxis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vassilis Vitsaxis (page does not exist)">Vassilis Vitsaxis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Chelyshev" title="Eugene Chelyshev">Eugene Chelyshev</a> (2002)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ronald_E._Asher" title="Ronald E. Asher">Ronald E. Asher</a> (2007)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu_Unnuth" title="Abhimanyu Unnuth">Abhimanyu Unnuth</a> (2013)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premchand Fellowship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Intizar_Hussain" title="Intizar Hussain">Intizar Hussain</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/Kishwar_Naheed" title="Kishwar Naheed">Kishwar Naheed</a> (2016)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Senake_Bandaranayake" title="Senake Bandaranayake">Senake Bandaranayake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chie_Nakane" title="Chie Nakane">Chie Nakane</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Azad_N._Shamatov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azad N. Shamatov (page does not exist)">Azad N. Shamatov</a> (1996)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Jnanpith_Award_recipients" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Jnanpith_Award" title="Template:Jnanpith Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Jnanpith_Award" title="Template talk:Jnanpith Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Jnanpith_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Jnanpith Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Jnanpith_Award_recipients" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanpith Award</a> recipients</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1965–1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G._Sankara_Kurup" title="G. Sankara Kurup">G. Sankara Kurup</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarasankar_Bandyopadhyay" title="Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay">Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitranandan_Pant" title="Sumitranandan Pant">Sumitranandan Pant</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firaq_Gorakhpuri" title="Firaq Gorakhpuri">Firaq Gorakhpuri</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viswanatha_Satyanarayana" title="Viswanatha Satyanarayana">Viswanatha Satyanarayana</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnu_Dey" title="Bishnu Dey">Bishnu Dey</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramdhari_Singh_Dinkar" title="Ramdhari Singh Dinkar">Ramdhari Singh Dinkar</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._R._Bendre" title="D. R. Bendre">D. R. Bendre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Mohanty" title="Gopinath Mohanty">Gopinath Mohanty</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Sakharam_Khandekar" title="Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar">Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akilan" title="Akilan">Akilan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashapurna_Devi" title="Ashapurna Devi">Ashapurna Devi</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaram_Karanth" title="Shivaram Karanth">Shivaram Karanth</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agyeya" title="Agyeya">Sachchidananda Vatsyayan</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birendra_Kumar_Bhattacharya" title="Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya">Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Pottekkatt" title="S. K. Pottekkatt">S. K. Pottekkatt</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masti_Venkatesha_Iyengar" title="Masti Venkatesha Iyengar">Masti Venkatesha Iyengar</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannalal_Patel" title="Pannalal Patel">Pannalal Patel</a> (1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sachidananda_Routray" title="Sachidananda Routray">Sachidananda Routray</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusumagraj" title="Kusumagraj">Kusumagraj</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Narayana_Reddy" title="C. Narayana Reddy">C. Narayana Reddy</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Mukhopadhyay_(poet)" title="Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)">Subhas Mukhopadhyay</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Mehta" title="Naresh Mehta">Naresh Mehta</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._R._Ananthamurthy" title="U. R. Ananthamurthy">U. R. Ananthamurthy</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sardar_Jafri" title="Ali Sardar Jafri">Ali Sardar Jafri</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh" title="Gurdial Singh">Gurdial Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Verma" title="Nirmal Verma">Nirmal Verma</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamoni_Raisom_Goswami" title="Mamoni Raisom Goswami">Mamoni Raisom Goswami</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shah_(author)" title="Rajendra Shah (author)">Rajendra Shah</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayakanthan" title="Jayakanthan">Jayakanthan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinda_Karandikar" title="Vinda Karandikar">Vinda Karandikar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehman_Rahi" title="Rehman Rahi">Rehman Rahi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satya_Vrat_Shastri" title="Satya Vrat Shastri">Satya Vrat Shastri</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaq_Mohammed_Khan" title="Akhlaq Mohammed Khan">Akhlaq Mohammed Khan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarkant" title="Amarkant">Amarkant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shrilal_Shukla" title="Shrilal Shukla">Shrilal Shukla</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravuri_Bharadhwaja" title="Ravuri Bharadhwaja">Ravuri Bharadhwaja</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedarnath_Singh" title="Kedarnath Singh">Kedarnath Singh</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Nemade" title="Bhalchandra Nemade">Bhalchandra Nemade</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuveer_Chaudhari" title="Raghuveer Chaudhari">Raghuveer Chaudhari</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankha_Ghosh" title="Shankha Ghosh">Shankha Ghosh</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Sobti" title="Krishna Sobti">Krishna Sobti</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri" title="Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</a> (2019)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nilmani Phookan</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Mauzo" title="Damodar Mauzo">Damodar Mauzo</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" title="Template:Gangadhar National Award For Poetry"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" title="Template talk:Gangadhar National Award For Poetry"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Gangadhar National Award For Poetry"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Gangadhar_National_Award_For_Poetry" title="Gangadhar National Award For Poetry">Gangadhar National Award For Poetry</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sardar_Jafri" title="Ali Sardar Jafri">Ali Sardar Jafri</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabakanta_Barua" title="Nabakanta Barua">Nabakanta Barua</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti_Chattopadhyay" title="Shakti Chattopadhyay">Shakti Chattopadhyay</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Mahapatra" title="Jayanta Mahapatra">Jayanta Mahapatra</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedarnath_Singh" title="Kedarnath Singh">Kedarnath Singh</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyappa_Paniker" title="Ayyappa Paniker">Ayyappa Paniker</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nirupama_Kaur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nirupama Kaur (page does not exist)">Nirupama Kaur</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinda_Karandikar" title="Vinda Karandikar">Vinda Karandikar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakanta_Rath" title="Ramakanta Rath">Ramakanta Rath</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Satchidanandan" title="K. Satchidanandan">K. Satchidanandan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankha_Ghosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankha Ghosh">Sankha Ghosh</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Chitre" title="Dilip Chitre">Dilip Chitre</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> (2005)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nilmani Phookan Jr</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haraprasad_Das" title="Haraprasad Das">Haraprasad Das</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaq_Mohammed_Khan" title="Akhlaq Mohammed Khan">Akhlaq Mohammed Khan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Patar" title="Surjit Patar">Surjit Patar</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2029</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Kishore_Panda" title="Rajendra Kishore Panda">Rajendra Kishore Panda</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Komal" title="Balraj Komal">Balraj Komal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasdev_Mohi" title="Vasdev Mohi">Vasdev Mohi</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soubhagya_Kumar_Misra" title="Soubhagya Kumar Misra">Soubhagya Kumar Misra</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Sarkar" title="Subodh Sarkar">Subodh Sarkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeladhar_Jagudi" title="Leeladhar Jagudi">Leeladhar Jagudi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Siva_Reddy" title="K. Siva Reddy">K. Siva Reddy</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari" title="Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari">Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheen_Kaaf_Nizam" title="Sheen Kaaf Nizam">Sheen Kaaf Nizam</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Vora" title="Kamal Vora">Kamal Vora</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Sankara_Pillai" title="K. G. Sankara Pillai">K. G. 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