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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Avabai Bomanji Wadia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_International_Conference_FPA_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Third_International_Conference_FPA_India.jpg/200px-Third_International_Conference_FPA_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="156" 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class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British Ceylon</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">11 July 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">2005-07-12</span>)</span> (aged 91)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Social worker, writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1932–2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_health" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual health">Sexual health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Family_planning" title="Family planning">family planning</a> advocacy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Bomanji Khurshedji Wadia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Dorabji Muncherji<br />Pirojbai Arsiwala Mehta</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Avabai Bomanji Wadia</b> (18 September 1913 – 11 July 2005) was a Ceylonese-born Indian social worker, writer<sup id="cite_ref-OCLC_Classify_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCLC_Classify-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Worldcat_profile_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Worldcat_profile-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the founder of the <a href="/wiki/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation" title="International Planned Parenthood Federation">International Planned Parenthood Federation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Family_Planning_Association_of_India" title="Family Planning Association of India">Family Planning Association of India</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Non_governmental_organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Non governmental organisation">non governmental organisations</a> working to promote <a href="/wiki/Sexual_health" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual health">sexual health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Family_planning" title="Family planning">family planning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Woman`s_Lifelong_Cause_Is_Global_Family_Planning_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman`s_Lifelong_Cause_Is_Global_Family_Planning-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was honoured by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> in 1971 with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Shri_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Shri-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Avabai was born on 18 September 1913 in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British Ceylon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>), into an affluent and highly westernized <a href="/wiki/Parsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsi">Parsi</a> family with roots in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Her father, Dorabji Muncherji, was a well placed shipping officer,<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and her mother, Pirojbai Arsiwala Mehta, a home-maker. After initial schooling in Colombo, Avabai moved to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in 1928 (aged 15) and completed her schooling at <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Community_School" title="Queens Park Community School">Brondesbury</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kilburn_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kilburn High School (page does not exist)">Kilburn High School</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Choosing a career in law, she joined the <a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court" title="Inns of Court">Inns of Court</a> in 1932 and enrolled as a lawyer in 1934, becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to succeed in the bar examinations<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which she passed with honours. She practiced at the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a>, London for one year (1936–37). As a law student, she had been a part of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Countries_League" title="Commonwealth Countries League">Commonwealth Countries League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Alliance_of_Women" title="International Alliance of Women">International Alliance of Women</a>, and had participated in several rallies and picketing events. She had also met and mingled with various leaders of the Indian freedom movement, including <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhammed_Ali_Jinnah" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammed Ali Jinnah">Muhammed Ali Jinnah</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, when they visited England.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These associations were held against her when she applied to any law firm for a post as junior lawyer. After two years in England, she decided to return home to Colombo in 1939, enrolled at the Supreme Court, and practiced law <sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1939 to 1941. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contraception_activism">Contraception activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contraception activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:21em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><i>Surely, this amounts to a subtle coercion of women to keep on having babies because they do not know of or cannot exercise other options,</i> says Avabai Wadia, about the unwanted pregnancies happening to over 500 million women in the developing world.<sup id="cite_ref-Woman`s_Lifelong_Cause_Is_Global_Family_Planning_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woman`s_Lifelong_Cause_Is_Global_Family_Planning-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg/220px-MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg/330px-MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg/440px-MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1071" data-file-height="1359" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger" title="Margaret Sanger">Margaret Sanger</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1941, Avabai's father retired from his job and decided to return to his native land. The family moved from Ceylon to India in 1941 and settled in Bombay permanently. Here, Avabai met her future husband, Bomanji Khurshedji Wadia, and they got married on 26 April 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple were soon estranged, but never legally divorced. Avabai did become pregnant in 1952, but suffered a miscarriage, after which the couple made no further effort to stay together.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In Mumbai, Avabai joined the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Women%27s_Conference" title="All India Women's Conference">All India Women's Conference</a> and was a feminist and social activist with a focus on contraception.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having inherited a significant fortune upon the death of her father, she founded the <a href="/wiki/Family_Planning_Association_of_India" title="Family Planning Association of India">Family Planning Association of India</a> (FPAI) in 1949 and became its president, a post she held for 34 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her efforts resulted in the inclusion of "family planning" in the first <a href="/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_India" title="Five-Year Plans of India">five year plan</a>, which was launched in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India's first prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> supported Avabai <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and it was largely due to her personality and connect with Nehru that contraception became accepted as early as 1951.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The following year (1952), backed and funded by the Indian government, Avabai organised the Third International Conference on Planned Parenthood which was held in India and gave the opportunity to all the eight associations working in the field to come together. The conference was attended by renowned women's rights activists including <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger" title="Margaret Sanger">Margaret Sanger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elise_Ottesen-Jensen" title="Elise Ottesen-Jensen">Elise Ottesen-Jensen</a>. At the conference, the delegates unanimously voted for the formation of the <a href="/wiki/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation" title="International Planned Parenthood Federation">International Planned Parenthood Federation</a>, which took shape shortly afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Avabai served on numerous government committees and commissions, combined a rich social life and career, serving as president of the <a href="/wiki/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation" title="International Planned Parenthood Federation">IPPF</a> for two terms from 1983 to 1989. It was during her tenure as president that the IPPF received the UN Population Award<sup id="cite_ref-UN_Population_Award_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_Population_Award-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1985 and the Third World Prize<sup id="cite_ref-The_Third_World_Prize_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Third_World_Prize-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avabai was also appointed Justice of Peace in Bombay in 1957 and the magistrate of Juvenile Court in Bombay in 1958.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Avabai was associated with the <a href="/wiki/Family_Planning_Association_of_India" title="Family Planning Association of India">Family Planning Association of India</a> since its inception in 1949 till her death, as a founder member (1949–1953), as its general secretary (1953–1963), as its president (1963–1997) and served as its president emeritus from there onward till her death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After serving out her second term as the president of IPPF in 1989, she continued as its patron till 2005.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She was also a life member of the Women's Graduate Union, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Vidya_Bhavan" title="Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan">Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan</a> and Maharashtra Women's Council.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She was the vice president of the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Women%27s_Conference" title="All India Women's Conference">All India Women's Conference</a> for two terms (1956–1958 and 1958–1960), a member of the governing council of the Population Foundation of India and the honorary editor of the <i>Journal of Family Welfare</i><sup id="cite_ref-Journal_of_Family_Welfare_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal_of_Family_Welfare-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since 1956.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She wrote extensively on the subjects of sexual health and family planning and some of her publications are: </p> <ul><li>Population Education for the Younger Generation<sup id="cite_ref-Population_Education_for_the_Younger_Generation_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Population_Education_for_the_Younger_Generation-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Promoting Family Planning and Population Policy<sup id="cite_ref-The_Role_of_Voluntary_Organisations_in_Promoting_Family_Planning_and_Population_Policy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Role_of_Voluntary_Organisations_in_Promoting_Family_Planning_and_Population_Policy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Some Careers for Women<sup id="cite_ref-Some_Careers_for_Women_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Some_Careers_for_Women-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Proceedings of the First Dr. C. Chandrasekaran Memorial Lecture, 30 October 2001 on population and development : the changing scenario<sup id="cite_ref-Proceedings_of_the_First_Dr._C._Chandrasekaran_Memorial_Lecture,_October_30,_2001_on_population_and_development_:_the_changing_scenario_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proceedings_of_the_First_Dr._C._Chandrasekaran_Memorial_Lecture,_October_30,_2001_on_population_and_development_:_the_changing_scenario-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Population development and the environment<sup id="cite_ref-Population_development_and_the_environment_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Population_development_and_the_environment-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The light will belong to us all<sup id="cite_ref-The_light_will_belong_to_us_all_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_light_will_belong_to_us_all-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>He memoirs was published in 2001 under the name, <i>The Light is Ours</i> by the <a href="/wiki/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation" title="International Planned Parenthood Federation">International Planned Parenthood Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Light_is_Ours:_Memoirs_&_Movements_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Light_is_Ours:_Memoirs_&_Movements-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkateswara_University" title="Sri Venkateswara University">Sri Venkateswara University</a>, Tirupati honoured Avabai Bomanji Wadia with the degree, Doctor of Law (honoris causa)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> awarded her the civilian honour of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Shri_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Shri-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died on 11 July 2005 at the age of 91, her husband preceding her in death in February 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary:_Avabai_Wadia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She bequeathed a part of her personal wealth to The Research Centre for Women's Studies<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which manages the <i>Dr. Avabai and Dr. Bomanji Khurshedji Wadia Archive for Women</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IAWS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAWS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A trust, <i>Avabai Wadia Memorial Trust</i>, has been established which is involved in family planning programmes in association with other non governmental bodies and medical institutions<sup id="cite_ref-The_MOGS-FPAI_Avabai_Wadia_Memorial_Workshop_Inauguration_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_MOGS-FPAI_Avabai_Wadia_Memorial_Workshop_Inauguration-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and conducts regular endowment lectures on the subject.<sup id="cite_ref-K._R._Cama_Oriental_Institute_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K._R._Cama_Oriental_Institute-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Planned_Parenthood_Federation" title="International Planned Parenthood Federation">International Planned Parenthood Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Planning_Association_of_India" title="Family Planning Association of India">Family Planning Association of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger" title="Margaret Sanger">Margaret Sanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elise_Ottesen-Jensen" title="Elise Ottesen-Jensen">Elise Ottesen-Jensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_women_lawyers_around_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="First women lawyers around the world">First women lawyers around the world</a></li></ul> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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Chandrasekaran Memorial Lecture, October 30, 2001 on population and development : the changing scenario</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/7210728">7210728</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Proceedings+of+the+First+Dr.+C.+Chandrasekaran+Memorial+Lecture%2C+October+30%2C+2001+on+population+and+development+%3A+the+changing+scenario&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F7210728&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclassify.oclc.org%2Fclassify2%2FClassifyDemo%3Fwi%3D51456073&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Population_development_and_the_environment-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Population_development_and_the_environment_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia2018" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (6 October 2018). <i>Population development and the environment</i>. Radio Canada International. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/8746399">8746399</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Population+development+and+the+environment&rft.pub=Radio+Canada+International&rft.date=2018-10-06&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F8746399&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_light_will_belong_to_us_all-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_light_will_belong_to_us_all_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia1988" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1988). <i>The light will belong to us all</i>. London: Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies. p. 8. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/716106672">716106672</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+light+will+belong+to+us+all&rft.place=London&rft.pages=8&rft.pub=Third+World+Foundation+for+Social+and+Economic+Studies&rft.date=1988&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F716106672&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Light_is_Ours:_Memoirs_&_Movements-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Light_is_Ours:_Memoirs_&_Movements_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia2001" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hhzxAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Light is Ours: Memoirs & Movements</i></a>. International Planned Parenthood Federation. p. 706. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780860891253" title="Special:BookSources/9780860891253"><bdi>9780860891253</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Light+is+Ours%3A+Memoirs+%26+Movements&rft.pages=706&rft.pub=International+Planned+Parenthood+Federation&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780860891253&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhhzxAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rcwssndt.org/">"Research Centre for Women's Studies"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Research+Centre+for+Women%27s+Studies&rft.pub=Research+Centre+for+Women%27s+Studies&rft.date=2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rcwssndt.org%2Fawa.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IAWS-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IAWS_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://iaws.org/wp-content/themes/pdf/regional/Feminist%20Archiving,%20SNDT%20University%20Mumbai,%2013-14%20December%202012.pdf">"IAWS"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. IAWS. 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IAWS&rft.pub=IAWS&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fiaws.org%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Fpdf%2Fregional%2FFeminist%2520Archiving%2C%2520SNDT%2520University%2520Mumbai%2C%252013-14%2520December%25202012.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_MOGS-FPAI_Avabai_Wadia_Memorial_Workshop_Inauguration-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_MOGS-FPAI_Avabai_Wadia_Memorial_Workshop_Inauguration_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xap7ls_the-mogs-fpai-avabai-wadia-memorial_tech">"The MOGS-FPAI Avabai Wadia Memorial Workshop Inauguration"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 May</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=K.+R.+Cama+Oriental+Institute&rft.pub=K.+R.+Cama+Oriental+Institute&rft.date=2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.krcamaorientalinstitute.org%2Faboutus.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avabai_Bomanji_Wadia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia2001" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (2001). <i>The Light is Ours: Memoirs & Movements</i>. International Planned Parenthood Federation. p. 706. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780860891253" title="Special:BookSources/9780860891253"><bdi>9780860891253</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Light+is+Ours%3A+Memoirs+%26+Movements&rft.pages=706&rft.pub=International+Planned+Parenthood+Federation&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780860891253&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia1981" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1981). <i>Population Education for the Younger Generation</i>. Family planning association of India. p. 138. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/108274674">108274674</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Population+Education+for+the+Younger+Generation&rft.pages=138&rft.pub=Family+planning+association+of+India&rft.date=1981&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F108274674&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia1979" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1979). <i>The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Promoting Family Planning and Population Policy</i>. Family Planning Association of India. p. 37. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/31820781">31820781</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Role+of+Voluntary+Organisations+in+Promoting+Family+Planning+and+Population+Policy&rft.pages=37&rft.pub=Family+Planning+Association+of+India&rft.date=1979&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F31820781&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia1947" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1947). <i>Some Careers for Women</i>. Thacker. p. 39. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1987653">1987653</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Some+Careers+for+Women&rft.pages=39&rft.pub=Thacker&rft.date=1947&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1987653&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia2001" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (2001). <i>Proceedings of the First Dr. C. Chandrasekaran Memorial Lecture, October 30, 2001 on population and development : the changing scenario</i>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/7210728">7210728</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Proceedings+of+the+First+Dr.+C.+Chandrasekaran+Memorial+Lecture%2C+October+30%2C+2001+on+population+and+development+%3A+the+changing+scenario&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F7210728&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia. <i>Population development and the environment</i>. Radio Canada International. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/8746399">8746399</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Population+development+and+the+environment&rft.pub=Radio+Canada+International&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F8746399&rft.au=Avabai+Bomanji+Wadia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvabai+Bomanji+Wadia" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvabai_Bomanji_Wadia1988" class="citation book cs1">Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1988). <i>The light will belong to us all</i>. 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S. Subbalakshmi">R. S. Subbalakshmi</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailabala_Das" title="Sailabala Das">Sailabala Das</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Singh_Jangpangi" title="Lakshman Singh Jangpangi">Lakshman Singh Jangpangi</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</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/Nanabhai_Bhatt_(educationist)" title="Nanabhai Bhatt (educationist)">Nanabhai Bhatt</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bina_Das" title="Bina Das">Bina Das</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Wadia" title="Sophia Wadia">Sophia Wadia</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamalabai_Hospet" title="Kamalabai Hospet">Kamalabai Hospet</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithuben_Petit" title="Mithuben Petit">Mithuben Petit</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Ramaswami_Ayyar" title="N. Ramaswami Ayyar">N. Ramaswami Ayyar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brij_Krishna_Chandiwala" title="Brij Krishna Chandiwala">Brij Krishna Chandiwala</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Sumant_Moolgaokar" title="Leela Sumant Moolgaokar">Leela Sumant Moolgaokar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Sumant_Moolgaokar" title="Leela Sumant Moolgaokar">Leela Sumant Moolgaokar</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambujammal" title="Ambujammal">Ambujammal</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mona_Chandravati_Gupta" title="Mona Chandravati Gupta">Mona Chandravati Gupta</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Mazumdar" title="Lakshmi Mazumdar">Lakshmi Mazumdar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordhandas_Bhagwandas_Narottamdas" title="Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas">Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Richardson_(Bishop_of_Car_Nicobar)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Richardson (Bishop of Car Nicobar)">John Richardson</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manibhai_Desai" title="Manibhai Desai">Manibhai Desai</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaurao_Gaikwad" title="Bhaurao Gaikwad">Bhaurao Gaikwad</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shalini_Moghe" title="Shalini Moghe">Shalini Moghe</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sis_Ram_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Sis Ram Ola">Sis Ram Ola</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh_Gupta" title="Kalyan Singh Gupta">Kalyan Singh Gupta</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangru_Ganu_Uikey" title="Mangru Ganu Uikey">Mangru Ganu Uikey</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</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/Indumati_Chimanlal_Sheth" title="Indumati Chimanlal Sheth">Indumati Chimanlal Sheth</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maniben_Kara" title="Maniben Kara">Maniben Kara</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Banerjee" title="Robin Banerjee">Robin Banerjee</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Ramkumar_Bhargava" title="Lila Ramkumar Bhargava">Lila Ramkumar Bhargava</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savita_Behen" title="Savita Behen">Savita Behen</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Dharmaji_Jadhav" title="Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav">Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yudhvir_Singh" title="Yudhvir Singh">Yudhvir Singh</a> (1971)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Avabai Bomanji Wadia</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Prasad_Bajoria" title="Badri Prasad Bajoria">Badri Prasad Bajoria</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanta_Saroop_Krishen" title="Kanta Saroop Krishen">Kanta Saroop Krishen</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iyyanki_Venkata_Ramanayya" title="Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya">Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandraprabha_Saikiani" title="Chandraprabha Saikiani">Chandraprabha Saikiani</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queenie_H._C._Captain" title="Queenie H. C. Captain">Queenie H. C. Captain</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Kijungluba_Ao" title="L. Kijungluba Ao">L. 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P. Nachimuthu">M. P. Nachimuthu</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omem_Moyong_Deori" title="Omem Moyong Deori">Omem Moyong Deori</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zainulabedin_Gulamhusain_Rangoonwala" title="Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala">Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Bhatt" title="Ela Bhatt">Ela Bhatt</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnappa_Kumbhar" title="Ratnappa Kumbhar">Ratnappa Kumbhar</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anutai_Wagh" title="Anutai Wagh">Anutai Wagh</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandi_Prasad_Bhatt" title="Chandi Prasad Bhatt">Chandi Prasad Bhatt</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Dev_Dewan" title="Krishan Dev Dewan">Krishan Dev Dewan</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tushar_Kanjilal" title="Tushar Kanjilal">Tushar Kanjilal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avdhash_Kaushal" title="Avdhash Kaushal">Avdhash Kaushal</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Singh_Manaklao" title="Narayan Singh Manaklao">Narayan Singh Manaklao</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Roy" title="Bunker Roy">Bunker Roy</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Zaffar_Ali" title="Begum Zaffar Ali">Begum Zaffar Ali</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Arunachalam" title="Jaya Arunachalam">Jaya Arunachalam</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darshan_Singh_Vohra" title="Darshan Singh Vohra">Darshan Singh Vohra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithu_Alur" title="Mithu Alur">Mithu Alur</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedaratnam_Appakutti" title="Vedaratnam Appakutti">Vedaratnam Appakutti</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajmohini_Devi" title="Rajmohini Devi">Rajmohini Devi</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnammal_Jagannathan" title="Krishnammal Jagannathan">Krishnammal Jagannathan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mag_Raj_Jain" title="Mag Raj Jain">Mag Raj Jain</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Kutchat" title="Edward Kutchat">Edward Kutchat</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</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/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renana_Jhabvala" title="Renana Jhabvala">Renana Jhabvala</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverine_Swer" title="Silverine Swer">Silverine Swer</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverine_Swer" title="Silverine Swer">Silverine Swer</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimla_Dang" title="Vimla Dang">Vimla Dang</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._G._K._Menon" title="T. G. K. Menon">T. G. K. Menon</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Kashibhai_Patel" title="Jagdish Kashibhai Patel">Jagdish Kashibhai Patel</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Y._Patil" title="D. Y. Patil">D. Y. Patil</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundaram_Ramakrishnan_(social_activist)" title="Sundaram Ramakrishnan (social activist)">Sundaram Ramakrishnan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanthi_Ranganathan" title="Shanthi Ranganathan">Shanthi Ranganathan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidyaben_Shah" title="Vidyaben Shah">Vidyaben Shah</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonarda_Angela_Casiraghi" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonarda Angela Casiraghi">Leonarda Angela Casiraghi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_Padiyara" title="Antony Padiyara">Antony Padiyara</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Sinha" title="Shantha Sinha">Shantha Sinha</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanta_Tyagi" title="Kanta Tyagi">Kanta Tyagi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Ramamurti" title="Acharya Ramamurti">Acharya Ramamurti</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sailo" title="T. Sailo">T. Sailo</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natwar_Thakkar" title="Natwar Thakkar">Natwar Thakkar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</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/Neidonuo_Angami" title="Neidonuo Angami">Neidonuo Angami</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagan_Nath_Kaul" title="Jagan Nath Kaul">Jagan Nath Kaul</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Mukhim" title="Patricia Mukhim">Patricia Mukhim</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaky_Athi_Nahappan" title="Janaky Athi Nahappan">Janaky Athi Nahappan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanumappa_Sudarshan" title="Hanumappa Sudarshan">Hanumappa Sudarshan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nath_Upadhyay" title="Rabindra Nath Upadhyay">Rabindra Nath Upadhyay</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulasi_Munda" title="Tulasi Munda">Tulasi Munda</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Alvares" title="Norma Alvares">Norma Alvares</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Amte" title="Prakash Amte">Prakash Amte</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Martin" title="Kiran Martin">Kiran Martin</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prema_Narendra_Purao" title="Prema Narendra Purao">Prema Narendra Purao</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Rajaram" title="Sivananda Rajaram">Sivananda Rajaram</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verna_Elizabeth_Watre_Ingty" title="Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty">Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queenie_Rynjah" title="Queenie Rynjah">Queenie Rynjah</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Bharali" title="Hema Bharali">Hema Bharali</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nana_Chudasama" title="Nana Chudasama">Nana Chudasama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalsawma" title="Lalsawma">Lalsawma</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theilin_Phanbuh" title="Theilin Phanbuh">Theilin Phanbuh</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Staines" title="Gladys Staines">Gladys Staines</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwalal_Bafna" title="Suwalal Bafna">Suwalal Bafna</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Prakash_Joshi" title="Anil Prakash Joshi">Anil Prakash Joshi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Murty" title="Sudha Murty">Sudha Murty</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Varghese" title="Sudha Varghese">Sudha Varghese</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melhupra_Vero" class="mw-redirect" title="Melhupra Vero">Melhupra Vero</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runa_Banerjee" title="Runa Banerjee">Runa Banerjee</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Cyril" title="S. M. Cyril">S. M. Cyril</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Yusuff_Ali" title="M. A. Yusuff Ali">M. A. Yusuff Ali</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheela_Borthakur" title="Sheela Borthakur">Sheela Borthakur</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karuna_Mary_Braganza" title="Karuna Mary Braganza">Karuna Mary Braganza</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Gowrishankar" title="V. R. Gowrishankar">V. R. Gowrishankar</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshama_Metre" title="Kshama Metre">Kshama Metre</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutikuppala_Surya_Rao" title="Kutikuppala Surya Rao">Kutikuppala Surya Rao</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Sabharwal" title="Madan Mohan Sabharwal">Madan Mohan Sabharwal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikramjit_Singh_Sahney" title="Vikramjit Singh Sahney">Vikramjit Singh Sahney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilkees_Latif" title="Bilkees Latif">Bilkees Latif</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keepu_Tsering_Lepcha" title="Keepu Tsering Lepcha">Keepu Tsering Lepcha</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Menon" title="C. K. Menon">C. K. Menon</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Pereira" title="Joseph H. Pereira">Joseph H. Pereira</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kanti_Roy" title="Sunil Kanti Roy">Sunil Kanti Roy</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitraniketan_Viswanathan" title="Mitraniketan Viswanathan">Mitraniketan Viswanathan</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</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/Anu_Aga" title="Anu Aga">Anu Aga</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Gangaramani" title="J. R. Gangaramani">J. R. Gangaramani</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Joshi" title="Deep Joshi">Deep Joshi</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Kaul" title="Sudha Kaul">Sudha Kaul</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayekpam_Tomba_Meetei" title="Ayekpam Tomba Meetei">Ayekpam Tomba Meetei</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurian_John_Melamparambil" title="Kurian John Melamparambil">Kurian John Melamparambil</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_M._Parikh" title="Sudhir M. Parikh">Sudhir M. Parikh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kranti_Shah" title="Kranti Shah">Kranti Shah</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Sewa_Singh" title="Baba Sewa Singh">Baba Sewa Singh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamraj_Agrawal" title="Mamraj Agrawal">Mamraj Agrawal</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jockin_Arputham" title="Jockin Arputham">Jockin Arputham</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomita_Chandy" title="Nomita Chandy">Nomita Chandy</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Chen" title="Martha Chen">Martha Chen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Moopen" title="Azad Moopen">Azad Moopen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheela_Patel" title="Sheela Patel">Sheela Patel</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Reddy" title="Anita Reddy">Anita Reddy</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanubhai_Hasmukhbhai_Tailor" title="Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor">Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshad_Begum_(social_worker)" title="Shamshad Begum (social worker)">Shamshad Begum</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reeta_Devi" title="Reeta Devi">Reeta Devi</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Gopal" title="P. K. Gopal">P. K. Gopal</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Muniratnam" title="G. Muniratnam">G. Muniratnam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Pranshankar_Pandya" title="Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya">Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Tuli" title="Uma Tuli">Uma Tuli</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Varma" title="S. P. Varma">S. P. Varma</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoolbasan_Bai_Yadav" title="Phoolbasan Bai Yadav">Phoolbasan Bai Yadav</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binny_Yanga" title="Binny Yanga">Binny Yanga</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharna_Dhara_Chowdhury" title="Jharna Dhara Chowdhury">Jharna Dhara Chowdhury</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._M._Maeilanandhan" title="S. K. M. Maeilanandhan">S. K. M. Maeilanandhan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileema_Mishra" title="Nileema Mishra">Nileema Mishra</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reema_Nanavati" class="mw-redirect" title="Reema Nanavati">Reema Nanavati</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manju_Bharat_Ram" title="Manju Bharat Ram">Manju Bharat Ram</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Dabholkar" title="Narendra Dabholkar">Narendra Dabholkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Chandra_Goswami" title="Mukul Chandra Goswami">Mukul Chandra Goswami</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Jain" title="Durga Jain">Durga Jain</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._L._Kaul" title="J. L. Kaul">J. L. Kaul</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathur_Savani" title="Mathur Savani">Mathur Savani</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Bhagat" title="Ashok Bhagat">Ashok Bhagat</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janak_Palta_McGilligan" title="Janak Palta McGilligan">Janak Palta McGilligan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meetha_Lal_Mehta" title="Meetha Lal Mehta">Meetha Lal Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Raj_Mehta" title="Veerendra Raj Mehta">Veerendra Raj Mehta</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimla_Poddar" title="Bimla Poddar">Bimla Poddar</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Herman_de_Blic" title="Madeleine Herman de Blic">Madeleine Herman de Blic</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Pandit_Dasa" title="Madhu Pandit Dasa">Madhu Pandit Dasa</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Kumar_Dutta" title="Ajoy Kumar Dutta">Ajoy Kumar Dutta</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damal_Kandalai_Srinivasan" title="Damal Kandalai Srinivasan">Damal Kandalai Srinivasan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunitha_Krishnan" title="Sunitha Krishnan">Sunitha Krishnan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundar_Menon" title="Sundar Menon">Sundar Menon</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachalam_Muruganantham" title="Arunachalam Muruganantham">Arunachalam Muruganantham</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Gopinathan_Nair" title="P. Gopinathan Nair">P. Gopinathan Nair</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudharak_Olwe" title="Sudharak Olwe">Sudharak Olwe</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Bharadwaj" title="Girish Bharadwaj">Girish Bharadwaj</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appasaheb_Dharmadhikari" title="Appasaheb Dharmadhikari">Appasaheb Dharmadhikari</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Ganatra" title="Bipin Ganatra">Bipin Ganatra</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimul_Haque" title="Karimul Haque">Karimul Haque</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradha_Koirala" title="Anuradha Koirala">Anuradha Koirala</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhas_Vitthal_Mapuskar" title="Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar">Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daripalli_Ramaiah" title="Daripalli Ramaiah">Daripalli Ramaiah</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbir_Singh_Seechewal" title="Balbir Singh Seechewal">Balbir Singh Seechewal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Ganesh_Bapat" title="Damodar Ganesh Bapat">Damodar Ganesh Bapat</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitavva_Joddati" title="Sitavva Joddati">Sitavva Joddati</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhasini_Mistry" title="Subhasini Mistry">Subhasini Mistry</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulagitti_Narasamma" title="Sulagitti Narasamma">Sulagitti Narasamma</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Bin_Othman" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdullah Bin Othman">Abdullah Bin Othman</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampat_Ramteke" title="Sampat Ramteke">Sampat Ramteke</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Ghimiray" title="Draupadi Ghimiray">Draupadi Ghimiray</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulu_Imam" title="Bulu Imam">Bulu Imam</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friederike_Irina_Bruning" title="Friederike Irina Bruning">Friederike Irina Bruning</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinna_Pillai" title="Chinna Pillai">Chinna Pillai</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabbir_Sayyad" title="Shabbir Sayyad">Shabbir Sayyad</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyoti_Kumar_Sinha" title="Jyoti Kumar Sinha">Jyoti Kumar Sinha</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saalumarada_Thimmakka" title="Saalumarada Thimmakka">Saalumarada Thimmakka</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_Tudu" title="Jamuna Tudu">Jamuna Tudu</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muktaben_Pankajkumar_Dagli" title="Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli">Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</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/Jagdish_Lal_Ahuja" title="Jagdish Lal Ahuja">Jagdish Lal Ahuja</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popatrao_Baguji_Pawar" title="Popatrao Baguji Pawar">Popatrao Baguji Pawar</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Chaumar" title="Usha Chaumar">Usha Chaumar</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lia_Diskin" title="Lia Diskin">Lia Diskin</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangkhumi_Bualchhuak" title="Sangkhumi Bualchhuak">Sangkhumi Bualchhuak</a> (2020</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsi_Gowda" title="Tulsi Gowda">Tulsi Gowda</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harekala_Hajabba" title="Harekala Hajabba">Harekala Hajabba</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsu_Nakamura" title="Tetsu Nakamura">Tetsu Nakamura</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramakrishnan_(activist)" title="S. Ramakrishnan (activist)">S. Ramakrishnan</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayed_Mehboob_Shah_Qadri" title="Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri">Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Sharif_(social_worker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Sharif (social worker)">Mohammed Sharif</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramjee_Singh" title="Ramjee Singh">Ramjee Singh</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agus_Indra_Udayana" title="Agus Indra Udayana">Agus Indra Udayana</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundaram_Verma" title="Sundaram Verma">Sundaram Verma</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhutai_Sapkal" title="Sindhutai Sapkal">Sindhutai Sapkal</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Prabhune" title="Girish Prabhune">Girish Prabhune</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhaben_Shah" title="Prabhaben Shah">Prabhaben Shah</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savji_Dholakia" title="Savji Dholakia">Savaji Bhai Dholakia</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamit_Ramilaben_Raysingbhai" title="Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai">Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Gandhi" title="Om Prakash Gandhi">Om Prakash Gandhi</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K_V_Rabiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K V Rabiya (page does not exist)">K V Rabiya</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Balia" title="Baba Balia">Srimad Baba Balia</a> (2022)</li> <li>Prem Singh (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baba_Iqbal_Singh_Ji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baba Iqbal Singh Ji (page does not exist)">Baba Iqbal Singh Ji</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_Damodaran_(social_worker)" title="S Damodaran (social worker)">S Damodaran</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a> (2022)</li> <li>Bhiku Ramji Idate (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Bahadur_Jamatia" title="Bikram Bahadur Jamatia">Bikram Bahadur Jamatia</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramkuiwangbe_Jeme_Newme" title="Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme">Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme</a> (2023)</li> <li>Hirabai Lobi (2023)</li> <li>Moolchand Lodha (2023)</li> <li>Gajanan Jagannath Mane (2023)</li> <li>Uma Shankar Pandey (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._P._Appukutta_Poduval" title="V. P. Appukutta Poduval">V. P. Appukutta Poduval</a> (2023)</li> <li>Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankurathri_Foundation" title="Sankurathri Foundation">Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar</a> (2023)</li> <li>Laxman Singh (2023)</li> <li>Palam Kalyana Sundaram (2023)</li> <li>Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangthankima" title="Sangthankima">Sangthankima</a> (2024)</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="Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980–1989)" 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:Padma_Bhushan_Award_Recipients_1980%E2%80%931989" title="Template:Padma Bhushan Award Recipients 1980–1989"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Padma_Bhushan_Award_Recipients_1980%E2%80%931989" title="Template talk:Padma Bhushan Award Recipients 1980–1989"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Padma_Bhushan_Award_Recipients_1980%E2%80%931989" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Padma Bhushan Award Recipients 1980–1989"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980–1989)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> award recipients (1980–1989)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980</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/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Sunil Gavaskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</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/Vainu_Bappu" title="Vainu Bappu">Vainu Bappu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prafulla_Desai" title="Prafulla Desai">Prafulla Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Mohanty" title="Gopinath Mohanty">Gopinath Mohanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhat_Kumar_Mukhopadhyaya" title="Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya">Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amritlal_Nagar" title="Amritlal Nagar">Amritlal Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Avabai Bomanji Wadia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</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/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Balachander" title="S. Balachander">S. Balachander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gottipati_Brahmayya" title="Gottipati Brahmayya">Gottipati Brahmayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rani_Gaidinliu" title="Rani Gaidinliu">Rani Gaidinliu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khadim_Hussain_Khan" title="Khadim Hussain Khan">Khadim Hussain Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stella_Kramrisch" title="Stella Kramrisch">Stella Kramrisch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jal_Minocher_Mehta" title="Jal Minocher Mehta">Jal Minocher Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Morley" title="Grace Morley">Grace Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Zahoor_Qasim" title="Syed Zahoor Qasim">Syed Zahoor Qasim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Ranadive" title="Kamal Ranadive">Kamal Ranadive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Pattabhirama_Sastri" title="P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri">P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhabarmal_Sharma" title="Jhabarmal Sharma">Jhabarmal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Ram_Verma" title="Ajit Ram Verma">Ajit Ram Verma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</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/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doraiswamy_Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="Doraiswamy Iyengar">Doraiswamy Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._G._Jog" title="V. G. Jog">V. G. Jog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Sankaran_Nair" title="K. Sankaran Nair">K. Sankaran Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Nazir" title="Prem Nazir">Prem Nazir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swraj_Paul,_Baron_Paul" title="Swraj Paul, Baron Paul">Swraj Paul, Baron Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Ramanathan" title="K. G. Ramanathan">K. G. Ramanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kershasp_Tehmurasp_Satarawala" title="Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala">Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Chandra_Sengupta" title="Subodh Chandra Sengupta">Subodh Chandra Sengupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_M._Sethna" title="Adi M. Sethna">Adi M. Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Kumar_Sharma" title="Arun Kumar Sharma">Arun Kumar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benudhar_Sharma" title="Benudhar Sharma">Benudhar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalindra_Singh" title="Bhalindra Singh">Bhalindra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umrao_Singh" title="Umrao Singh">Umrao Singh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</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/Horace_Alexander" title="Horace Alexander">Horace Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferreira" title="Michael Ferreira">Michael Ferreira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnan_Prakash_Ghosh" title="Jnan Prakash Ghosh">Jnan Prakash Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosur_Narasimhaiah" title="Hosur Narasimhaiah">Hosur Narasimhaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sripada_Pinakapani" title="Sripada Pinakapani">Sripada Pinakapani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishwari_Prasad" title="Ishwari Prasad">Ishwari Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._C._Sanyal" title="B. C. Sanyal">B. C. Sanyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Seton" title="Marie Seton">Marie Seton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archana_Sharma_(botanist)" title="Archana Sharma (botanist)">Archana Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obaid_Siddiqi" title="Obaid Siddiqi">Obaid Siddiqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natwar_Singh" title="Natwar Singh">Natwar Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganda_Singh_(historian)" title="Ganda Singh (historian)">Ganda Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldev_Upadhyaya" title="Baldev Upadhyaya">Baldev Upadhyaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1985</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/Durga_Das_Basu" title="Durga Das Basu">Durga Das Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiba_P._Chatterjee" title="Shiba P. Chatterjee">Shiba P. Chatterjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eknath_Vasant_Chitnis" title="Eknath Vasant Chitnis">Eknath Vasant Chitnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virender_Lal_Chopra" title="Virender Lal Chopra">Virender Lal Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbaksh_Singh_Dhillon" title="Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon">Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santidev_Ghosh" title="Santidev Ghosh">Santidev Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvandas_Luhar" title="Tribhuvandas Luhar">Tribhuvandas Luhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadat_Abul_Masud" title="Sadat Abul Masud">Sadat Abul Masud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalanidhi_Narayanan" title="Kalanidhi Narayanan">Kalanidhi Narayanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Peters" title="Bernard Peters">Bernard Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopala_Ramanujam" title="Gopala Ramanujam">Gopala Ramanujam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramaseshan" title="S. Ramaseshan">S. Ramaseshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuppuluri_Ganapathi_Sastry" title="Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry">Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry</a></li> <li>Amarjit Singh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbachan_Singh_Talib" title="Gurbachan Singh Talib">Gurbachan Singh Talib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Udgaonkar" title="Bhalchandra Udgaonkar">Bhalchandra Udgaonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasan_Varadarajan" title="Srinivasan Varadarajan">Srinivasan Varadarajan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</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/Pushpa_Mittra_Bhargava" title="Pushpa Mittra Bhargava">Pushpa Mittra Bhargava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Bhatt" title="Ela Bhatt">Ela Bhatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Lal_Chibber" title="Manohar Lal Chibber">Manohar Lal Chibber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Aminuddin_Dagar" title="Nasir Aminuddin Dagar">Nasir Aminuddin Dagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Riboud" title="Jean Riboud">Jean Riboud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Dillon_Ripley" title="Sidney Dillon Ripley">Sidney Dillon Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Sethi" title="Rajeev Sethi">Rajeev Sethi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martand_Singh" title="Martand Singh">Martand Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Venkataraman_Sundaram" title="C. Venkataraman Sundaram">C. Venkataraman Sundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Nath_Tandon" title="Badri Nath Tandon">Badri Nath Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulshan_Lal_Tandon" title="Gulshan Lal Tandon">Gulshan Lal Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Trivedi" title="R. K. Trivedi">R. K. Trivedi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</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/Balamani_Amma" title="Balamani Amma">Balamani Amma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_Banerjee" title="Nikhil Banerjee">Nikhil Banerjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._D._Pradhan" title="R. D. Pradhan">R. D. Pradhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annada_Shankar_Ray" title="Annada Shankar Ray">Annada Shankar Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Ribeiro_(police_officer)" title="Julio Ribeiro (police officer)">Julio Ribeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Sharma" title="Man Mohan Sharma">Man Mohan Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Prasad_Sihare" title="Laxmi Prasad Sihare">Laxmi Prasad Sihare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farokh_Udwadia" title="Farokh Udwadia">Farokh Udwadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Yunus_(diplomat)" title="Mohammad Yunus (diplomat)">Mohammad Yunus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</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/19th_Kushok_Bakula_Rinpoche" title="19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche">19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Bambah" title="Ram Prakash Bambah">Ram Prakash Bambah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartar_Singh_Duggal" title="Kartar Singh Duggal">Kartar Singh Duggal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Sekhar_Ganguly" title="Ashok Sekhar Ganguly">Ashok Sekhar Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abid_Hussain" title="Abid Hussain">Abid Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreyans_Prasad_Jain" title="Shreyans Prasad Jain">Shreyans Prasad Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratury_Trirumala_Rao" title="Pratury Trirumala Rao">Pratury Trirumala Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renuka_Ray" title="Renuka Ray">Renuka Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Sreekantan" title="B. V. Sreekantan">B. V. Sreekantan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Pal_Wahi" title="Satya Pal Wahi">Satya Pal Wahi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</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/Fenner_Brockway,_Baron_Brockway" class="mw-redirect" title="Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway">Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banoo_Jehangir_Coyaji" title="Banoo Jehangir Coyaji">Banoo Jehangir Coyaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Hebbar" title="K. K. Hebbar">K. K. Hebbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girilal_Jain" title="Girilal Jain">Girilal Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Rajam_Malhotra" title="Anna Rajam Malhotra">Anna Rajam Malhotra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._V._Mathur" title="M. V. Mathur">M. V. Mathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashesh_Prosad_Mitra" title="Ashesh Prosad Mitra">Ashesh Prosad Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russi_Mody" title="Russi Mody">Russi Mody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Shankar_Nadkarni" title="Suresh Shankar Nadkarni">Suresh Shankar Nadkarni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Randhawa" title="Narinder Singh Randhawa">Narinder Singh Randhawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Sakurauchi" title="Yoshio Sakurauchi">Yoshio Sakurauchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Singh_(Scouting)" title="Lakshman Singh (Scouting)">Lakshman Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></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 authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20054119#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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