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data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954-1959_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="1954-1959 तक पद्म भूषण पुरस्कार प्राप्तकर्ताओं की सूची – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="1954-1959 तक पद्म भूषण पुरस्कार प्राप्तकर्ताओं की सूची" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a 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.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 vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Padma Bhushan</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Bhushan_India_IIe_Klasse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Padma Bhushan medal suspended from its riband" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Padma_Bhushan_India_IIe_Klasse.jpg/100px-Padma_Bhushan_India_IIe_Klasse.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Padma_Bhushan_India_IIe_Klasse.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="129" data-file-height="319" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">National Civilian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State Emblem of India"><img alt="State Emblem of India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/30px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/45px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/60px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Ribbon</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Padma Bhushan riband"><img alt="Padma Bhushan riband" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/100px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/150px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg/200px-Padma_Bhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Obverse</th><td class="infobox-data">A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Reverse</th><td class="infobox-data">A platinum <a href="/wiki/State_Emblem_of_India" title="State Emblem of India">State Emblem of India</a> placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "<a href="/wiki/Satyameva_Jayate" title="Satyameva Jayate">Satyameva Jayate</a>" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">94</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/">http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7123817?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (higher)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Padma Vibhushan riband"><img alt="Padma Vibhushan riband" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/55px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/84px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg/109px-Padma_Vibhushan_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Padma Shri riband"><img alt="Padma Shri riband" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/55px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/84px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg/109px-Padma_Shri_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> "Dusra Varg" (Class II)</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> is the third-highest <a href="/wiki/Indian_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian honours system">civilian award</a> of the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Republic of India</a>.<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> Instituted on 2<span class="nowrap"> </span>January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.<sup id="cite_ref-award1954_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award1954-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The recipients receive a <i>Sanad</i>, a certificate signed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year on <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a> (26<span class="nowrap"> </span>January) and registered in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gazette_of_India" title="The Gazette of India">The Gazette of India</a></i>—a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Ministry of Urban Development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the <i>Gazette</i>. The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register;<sup id="cite_ref-award1955_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award1955-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1954–1959 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">state and the union territory governments</a>, as well as from <a href="/wiki/Union_Government_ministries_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Government ministries of India">Ministries of the Government of India</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Vibhushan_award_recipients" title="List of Padma Vibhushan award recipients">Padma Vibhushan awardees</a>, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian chief ministers">Chief Ministers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_governors" title="List of current Indian governors">Governors of State</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Members of Parliament</a> including private individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tier <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. The original specification of the award was a circle made of standard silver <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inches (35 mm) in diameter, with rims on both the sides. A centrally located lotus flower was embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma Vibhushan" written in <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> script was inscribed above the lotus along the upper edge of the medal. A floral wreath was embossed along the lower edge and a lotus wreath at the top along the upper edge. The <a href="/wiki/State_Emblem_of_India" title="State Emblem of India">State Emblem of India</a> was placed in the centre of the reverse side with the text "Desh Seva" in Devanagari Script on the lower edge. The medal was suspended by a pink riband <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inches (32 mm) in width divided into three equal segments by two white vertical lines.<sup id="cite_ref-award1954_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award1954-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15<span class="nowrap"> </span>January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>. The criteria includes "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the <a href="/wiki/Public_sector_undertakings_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Public sector undertakings in India">Public sector undertakings</a> with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The design was also modified to the form that is currently in use. The current design is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inches (44 mm) in diameter and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inches (27 mm) is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus. The <a href="/wiki/State_Emblem_of_India" title="State Emblem of India">Emblem of India</a> is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto of India, "<a href="/wiki/Satyameva_Jayate" title="Satyameva Jayate">Satyameva Jayate</a>" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inches (32 mm) in width with a broad white stripe in the middle.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-award1955_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award1955-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations of <a href="/wiki/Indian_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian honours system">the Indian civilian and military awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of twenty-three awards were conferred in 1954 followed by twelve in 1955; thirteen in 1956; sixteen in 1957; sixteen again in 1958, and fourteen in 1959, giving a total of 94 recipients in the first six years—including one foreign recipient awarded in 1955. Till 1959, individuals from nine different fields were awarded which includes twenty-six from literature and education, seventeen from civil service, twelve artists, ten from science and engineering, ten from social work, eight from public affairs, six from medicine, four sportspersons, and one from trade and industry. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Homi Jehangir Bhabha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg/170px-Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg/255px-Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg/340px-Homi_Jehangir_Bhabha_1960s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha" title="Homi J. Bhabha">Homi J. Bhabha</a> (awarded in 1954), the "father of the Indian bomb",<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a nuclear physicist and the founding director of <a href="/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Fundamental_Research" title="Tata Institute of Fundamental Research">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</a> (TIFR) and the <a href="/wiki/Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre" title="Bhabha Atomic Research Centre">Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment</a> (later named after him).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhyan_Chand_closeup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dhyan Chand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Dhyan_Chand_closeup.jpg/170px-Dhyan_Chand_closeup.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Dhyan_Chand_closeup.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="211" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand" title="Dhyan Chand">Dhyan Chand</a> (awarded in 1956) was a field hockey player and scored more than 1000 goals during his career spanned over 20 years from 1926 to 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rukmini_Devi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rukmini Devi Arundale" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rukmini_Devi.jpg/170px-Rukmini_Devi.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rukmini_Devi.jpg/255px-Rukmini_Devi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Rukmini_Devi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rukmini_Devi_Arundale" title="Rukmini Devi Arundale">Rukmini Devi Arundale</a> (awarded in 1956) was a <a href="/wiki/Theosophy_(Blavatskian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theosophy (Blavatskian)">theosophist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bharata_Natyam" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharata Natyam">Bharata Natyam</a> dancer.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G.S.Sardesai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="G. S. Sardesai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/G.S.Sardesai.jpg/170px-G.S.Sardesai.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/G.S.Sardesai.jpg/255px-G.S.Sardesai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/G.S.Sardesai.jpg/340px-G.S.Sardesai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>"Riyasatkar" historian <a href="/wiki/Govind_Sakharam_Sardesai" title="Govind Sakharam Sardesai">Govind Sakharam Sardesai</a> (awarded in 1957) wrote eight volumes of "Marathi Riyasat", three volumes of "Musalmani Riyasat", and two volumes of "British Riyasat".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salim_ali_mns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Salim Ali" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/170px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/255px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salim_ali_mns.jpg/340px-Salim_ali_mns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="572" /></a><figcaption>The "Birdman of India" <a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a> (awarded in 1958) was an ornithologist, naturalist, and was one of the founding members of <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Natural_History_Society" title="Bombay Natural History Society">Bombay Natural History Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rao Raja Hanut Singh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg/170px-Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg/255px-Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg/340px-Rao_Raja_Hanut_Singh_of_Jodhpur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="589" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hanut_Singh" title="Hanut Singh">Rao Raja Hanut Singh</a> (awarded in 1958) was an "Honorary Captain" in the British Indian Army and polo player.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A sepia-toned photograph of an old man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar.jpg/170px-Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="284" /></a><figcaption>Often described as "the founding father of modern Tamil theatre", <a href="/wiki/Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar" title="Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar">Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar</a> (awarded in 1959) was a playwright, director, producer, and actor.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Edmund Hillary & Sherpa Tenzing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg/170px-Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg/255px-Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg/340px-Edmund_Hillary_%26_Sherpa_Tenzing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1359" data-file-height="1175" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a> (right, awarded in 1959) was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a>, which he accomplished with <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Edmund Hillary</a> (left) on 29 May 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <table class="plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align:top"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:1px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 12em">Number of recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1954 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:12em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">23</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1955 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:6.3em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">12</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1956 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:6.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">13</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1957 </th> <td><div 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award54-59-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Field </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 12em">Number of recipients </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Arts </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:5.5em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">12</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Civil Service </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:7.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">17</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Literature & Education </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:12em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">26</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Medicine </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">6</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Public Affairs </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:3.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">8</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Science & Engineering </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:4.6em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 12em;"><span class="nowrap">10</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Social Work </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 12em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="#1954">1954</a></li> <li><a href="#1955">1955</a></li> <li><a href="#1956">1956</a></li> <li><a href="#1957">1957</a></li> <li><a href="#1958">1958</a></li> <li><a href="#1959">1959</a></li></ul> </div></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:73%"> <caption>List of Padma Bhushan award recipients, showing the year, field, and state/country<sup id="cite_ref-award54-59_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-award54-59-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:5%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width:30%">Recipient </th> <th scope="col" style="width:23%">Field </th> <th scope="col" style="width:17%">State </th></tr> <tr id="1954"> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhabha, Homi Jehangir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha" title="Homi J. Bhabha">Homi Jehangir Bhabha</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhatnagar, Shanti Swaroop"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Swaroop_Bhatnagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar">Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ganapati, Mahadeva Iyer"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mahadeva_Iyer_Ganapati" title="Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati">Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Odisha </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ghosh, Jnan Chandra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jnan_Chandra_Ghosh" title="Jnan Chandra Ghosh">Jnan Chandra Ghosh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gupta, Radha Krishan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Radha Krishan Gupta</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gupt, Maithili Sharan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maithili_Sharan_Gupt" title="Maithili Sharan Gupt">Maithili Sharan Gupt</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Handa, R. R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">R. R. Handa</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jha, Amarnath"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Amarnath_Jha" title="Amarnath Jha">Amarnath Jha</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Khosla, Ajudhiya Nath"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Krishnan, Kariamanickam Srinivasa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kariamanickam_Srinivasa_Krishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan">Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Madani, Hussain Ahmad"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Husain_Ahmad_Madani" class="mw-redirect" title="Husain Ahmad Madani">Hussain Ahmad Madani</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Malihabadi, Josh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Malihabadi" title="Josh Malihabadi">Josh Malihabadi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mehta, V. L."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vaikunthbhai_Mehta" title="Vaikunthbhai Mehta">V. L. Mehta</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Gujarat </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Menon, Vallathol Narayana"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vallathol_Narayana_Menon" title="Vallathol Narayana Menon">Vallathol Narayana Menon</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Kerala </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mudaliar, A. Lakshmanaswami"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Namgyal, Maharaj Kr. Palden T"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Palden_Thondup_Namgyal" title="Palden Thondup Namgyal">Maharaj Kr. Palden T Namgyal</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rao, V. Narahari"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/V._Narahari_Rao" title="V. Narahari Rao">V. Narahari Rao</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Karnataka </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rau, Pandyala Satyanarayana"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Pandyala Satyanarayana Rau</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Roy, Jamini"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jamini_Roy" title="Jamini Roy">Jamini Roy</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sen, Sukumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(civil_servant)" title="Sukumar Sen (civil servant)">Sukumar Sen</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Shastri, Satya Narayana"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayana_Shastri" title="Satya Narayana Shastri">Satya Narayana Shastri</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Subbulakshmi, M. S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Thimayya, Kodandera Subayya"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kodandera_Subayya_Thimayya" title="Kodandera Subayya Thimayya">Kodandera Subayya Thimayya</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Karnataka </td></tr> <tr id="1955"> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Badhwar, Fateh Chand"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Fateh_Chand_Badhwar" title="Fateh Chand Badhwar">Fateh Chand Badhwar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Banerjee, Lalit Mohan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Mohan_Banerjee" title="Lalit Mohan Banerjee">Lalit Mohan Banerjee</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chatterji, Suniti Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dey, Surender Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/S._K._Dey" title="S. K. Dey">Surender Kumar Dey</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Khanolkar, Vasant Ramji"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/V._R._Khanolkar" title="V. R. Khanolkar">Vasant Ramji Khanolkar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Khungar, Sunder Das"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Das_Khungar" title="Sunder Das Khungar">Sunder Das Khungar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Nehru, Rameshwari"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rameshwari_Nehru" title="Rameshwari Nehru">Rameshwari Nehru</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Parija, Prana Krushna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Prana_Krushna_Parija" title="Prana Krushna Parija">Prana Krushna Parija</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Odisha </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rao, Madapati"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Madapati_Hanumantha_Rao" title="Madapati Hanumantha Rao">Madapati Rao</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Thacker, Maneklal Sankalchand"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maneklal_Sankalchand_Thacker" title="Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker">Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Venkatachari, Attur Rangaswami"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Attur Rangaswami Venkatachari</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr id="1956"> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Arundale, Rukmini Devi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rukmini_Devi_Arundale" title="Rukmini Devi Arundale">Rukmini Devi Arundale</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Basu, Rajshekhar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rajshekhar_Basu" title="Rajshekhar Basu">Rajshekhar Basu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chand, Dhyan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand" title="Dhyan Chand">Dhyan Chand</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Sports</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Iyengar, Malur Srinivasa Thirumale"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Malur Srinivasa Thirumale Iyengar</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jung, Nawab Zain Yar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Zain_Yar_Jung" title="Zain Yar Jung">Nawab Zain Yar Jung</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Telangana </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mehta, Pushpavati Janardanrai"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pushpaben_Mehta" title="Pushpaben Mehta">Pushpavati Janardanrai Mehta</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Nayudu, Cottari Kankaiyah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/C._K._Nayudu" title="C. K. Nayudu">Cottari Kankaiyah Nayudu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Sports</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Reddi, Muthulakshmi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Muthulakshmi_Reddi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muthulakshmi Reddi">Muthulakshmi Reddi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sain, Kanwar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kanwar_Sen" title="Kanwar Sen">Kanwar Sain</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Rajasthan </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Vir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vir_Singh_(writer)" title="Vir Singh (writer)">Vir Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Srinivasan, Kasturi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/K._Srinivasan" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Srinivasan">Kasturi Srinivasan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Punjab </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Varma, Mahadevi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Venkataraman, Tiruvadi Sambasiva"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tiruvadi_Sambasiva_Venkataraman" title="Tiruvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman">Tiruvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr id="1957"> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Atreya, Bhikham Lal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bhikham_Lal_Atreya" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhikham Lal Atreya">Bhikham Lal Atreya</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Balasaraswati, T."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chettiar, Alagappa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alagappa_Chettiar" title="Alagappa Chettiar">Alagappa Chettiar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dwivedi, Hazari Prasad"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hazari_Prasad_Dwivedi" title="Hazari Prasad Dwivedi">Hazari Prasad Dwivedi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Hussain, Abid"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Abid Hussain</span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Khan, Mushtaq Hussain"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mushtaq_Hussain_Khan" title="Mushtaq Hussain Khan">Mushtaq Hussain Khan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Menon, Lakshmi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_N._Menon" title="Lakshmi N. Menon">Lakshmi Menon</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Kerala </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mukherjee, Radha Kumud"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Radha_Kumud_Mukherjee" title="Radha Kumud Mukherjee">Radha Kumud Mukherjee</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Raja, K. Covilagam Kutti Ettan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">K. Covilagam Kutti Ettan Raja</span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Kerala </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rao, Andal Venkatasubba"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andal_Venkatasubba_Rao" title="Andal Venkatasubba Rao">Andal Venkatasubba Rao</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ratanjankar, Shrikrishna N."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shrikrishna_Narayan_Ratanjankar" title="Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar">Shrikrishna N. Ratanjankar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sahay, Shyam Nandan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Nandan_Sahay" title="Shyam Nandan Sahay">Shyam Nandan Sahay</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Bihar </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sardesai, Govind Sakharam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Govind_Sakharam_Sardesai" title="Govind Sakharam Sardesai">Govind Sakharam Sardesai</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/K._A._Nilakanta_Sastri" title="K. A. Nilakanta Sastri">K. A. Nilakanta Sastri</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sen, Boshi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Basiswar_Sen" title="Basiswar Sen">Boshi Sen</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Varma, Siddheshwar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwar_Varma" title="Siddheshwar Varma">Siddheshwar Varma</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Chandigarh </td></tr> <tr id="1958"> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ali, Salim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Anand, Vijaya"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maharajkumar_of_Vizianagram" title="Maharajkumar of Vizianagram">Vijaya Anand</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Sports</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Roy Choudhury, D. P."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/D._P._Roy_Choudhury" title="D. P. Roy Choudhury">D. P. Roy Choudhury</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Ghandy, Jeahangir"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeahangir_Ghandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeahangir Ghandy">Jeahangir Ghandy</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Trade & Industry</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Hardikar, Narayan Subarao"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/N._S._Hardikar" title="N. S. Hardikar">Narayan Subarao Hardikar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Karnataka </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Iyengar, Ariyakudi Ramanuja"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ariyakudi_Ramanuja_Iyengar" title="Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar">Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Khan, Allauddin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Menon, Kumar Padma Siva Shankara"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/K._P._S._Menon_(senior)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. P. S. Menon (senior)">Kumar Padma Siva Shankara Menon</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Kerala </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Nambiar, Arathil C. Narayanan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/A._C._N._Nambiar" title="A. C. N. Nambiar">Arathil C. Narayanan Nambiar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Kerala </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Puttappa, Kuppali Venkatappagowda"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Karnataka </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Raju, Poola Tirupati"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Poola_Tirupati_Raju" title="Poola Tirupati Raju">Poola Tirupati Raju</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Rajasthan </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Shah, Kamalendumati"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kamalendumati_Shah" title="Kamalendumati Shah">Kamalendumati Shah</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Delhi </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Rao Raja Hanut"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hanut_Singh" title="Hanut Singh">Rao Raja Hanut Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Rajasthan </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Vakil, Rustom Jal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rustom_Jal_Vakil" title="Rustom Jal Vakil">Rustom Jal Vakil</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Vyas, Surya Narayan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Surya_Narayan_Vyas" title="Surya Narayan Vyas">Surya Narayan Vyas</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Wadia, Darashaw Nosherwan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Darashaw_Nosherwan_Wadia" title="Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia">Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr id="1959"> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhaduri, Sisir Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sisir_Bhaduri" title="Sisir Bhaduri">Sisir Kumar Bhaduri</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh Dinkar, Ramdhari"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ramdhari_Singh_Dinkar" title="Ramdhari Singh Dinkar">Ramdhari Singh Dinkar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Bihar </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jung, Ali Yavar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Civil Service</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mehta, Hansa Jivraj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hansa_Jivraj_Mehta" title="Hansa Jivraj Mehta">Hansa Jivraj Mehta</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mudaliar, Pammal Sambandha"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar" title="Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar">Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Murti, Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur_R._Venkatachala_Murti" title="Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murti">Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murti</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Norgay, Tenzing"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Sports</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Patil, Bhaurao"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bhaurao_Patil" title="Bhaurao Patil">Bhaurao Patil</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Paymaster, Jal Cawashaw"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn">Jal Cawashaw Paymaster</span></span></span> </th> <td>Medicine</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rau, Dhanvanthi Rama"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dhanvanthi_Rama_Rau" title="Dhanvanthi Rama Rau">Dhanvanthi Rama Rau</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Social Work</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sidhanta, Nirmal Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Kumar_Sidhanta" title="Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta">Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Literature & Education</td> <td>West Bengal </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Vasudevachary, Kankanhalli"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mysore_Vasudevachar" title="Mysore Vasudevachar">Kankanhalli Vasudevachary</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Arts</td> <td>Karnataka </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Varerkar, Bhargavaram Viththal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bhargavaram_Viththal_Varerkar" title="Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar">Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Public Affairs</td> <td>Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Yazdani, Ghulam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Yazdani" title="Ghulam Yazdani">Ghulam Yazdani</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>Science & Engineering</td> <td>Telangana </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The order of precedence is: <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Param_Vir_Chakra" title="Param Vir Chakra">Param Vir Chakra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> and Padma Bhushan.<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></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sisir Kumar Bhaduri refused the award.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span 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Bhabha">Homi J. Bhabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Swaroop_Bhatnagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar">Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadeva_Iyer_Ganapati" title="Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati">Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnan_Chandra_Ghosh" title="Jnan Chandra Ghosh">Jnan Chandra Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithili_Sharan_Gupt" title="Maithili Sharan Gupt">Maithili Sharan Gupt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarnath_Jha" title="Amarnath Jha">Amarnath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kariamanickam_Srinivasa_Krishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan">Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hussain_Ahmed_Madani" title="Hussain Ahmed Madani">Hussain Ahmed Madani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Malihabadi" title="Josh Malihabadi">Josh Malihabadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikunthbhai_Mehta" title="Vaikunthbhai Mehta">Vaikunthbhai Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallathol_Narayana_Menon" title="Vallathol Narayana Menon">Vallathol Narayana Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palden_Thondup_Namgyal" title="Palden Thondup Namgyal">Palden Thondup Namgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Narahari_Rao" title="V. Narahari Rao">V. Narahari Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamini_Roy" title="Jamini Roy">Jamini Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Sen_(civil_servant)" title="Sukumar Sen (civil servant)">Sukumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodandera_Subayya_Thimayya" title="Kodandera Subayya Thimayya">Kodandera Subayya Thimayya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955</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/Fateh_Chand_Badhwar" title="Fateh Chand Badhwar">Fateh Chand Badhwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Mohan_Banerjee" title="Lalit Mohan Banerjee">Lalit Mohan Banerjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Khanolkar" title="V. R. Khanolkar">V. R. Khanolkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Das_Khungar" title="Sunder Das Khungar">Sunder Das Khungar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rameshwari_Nehru" title="Rameshwari Nehru">Rameshwari Nehru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prana_Krushna_Parija" title="Prana Krushna Parija">Prana Krushna Parija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madapati_Hanumantha_Rao" title="Madapati Hanumantha Rao">Madapati Hanumantha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneklal_Sankalchand_Thacker" title="Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker">Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1956</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/Rukmini_Devi_Arundale" title="Rukmini Devi Arundale">Rukmini Devi Arundale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajshekhar_Basu" title="Rajshekhar Basu">Rajshekhar Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand" title="Dhyan Chand">Dhyan Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zain_Yar_Jung" title="Zain Yar Jung">Zain Yar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Nayudu" title="C. K. Nayudu">C. K. Nayudu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthulakshmi_Reddi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muthulakshmi Reddi">Muthulakshmi Reddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanwar_Sen" title="Kanwar Sen">Kanwar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vir_Singh_(writer)" title="Vir Singh (writer)">Vir Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Srinivasan" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Srinivasan">K. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1957</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/Bhikhan_Lal_Atreya" title="Bhikhan Lal Atreya">Bhikhan Lal Atreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">Balasaraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alagappa_Chettiar" title="Alagappa Chettiar">Alagappa Chettiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazari_Prasad_Dwivedi" title="Hazari Prasad Dwivedi">Hazari Prasad Dwivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abid_Hussain" title="Abid Hussain">Abid Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushtaq_Hussain_Khan" title="Mushtaq Hussain Khan">Mushtaq Hussain Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_N._Menon" title="Lakshmi N. Menon">Lakshmi N. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha_Kumud_Mukherjee" title="Radha Kumud Mukherjee">Radha Kumud Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andal_Venkatasubba_Rao" title="Andal Venkatasubba Rao">Andal Venkatasubba Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrikrishna_Narayan_Ratanjankar" title="Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar">Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Nandan_Sahay" title="Shyam Nandan Sahay">Shyam Nandan Sahay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Sakharam_Sardesai" title="Govind Sakharam Sardesai">Govind Sakharam Sardesai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._A._Nilakanta_Sastri" title="K. A. Nilakanta Sastri">K. A. Nilakanta Sastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basiswar_Sen" title="Basiswar Sen">Basiswar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwar_Varma" title="Siddheshwar Varma">Siddheshwar Varma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1958</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/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharajkumar_of_Vizianagram" title="Maharajkumar of Vizianagram">Vijaya Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Roy_Choudhury" title="D. P. Roy Choudhury">D. P. Roy Choudhury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeahangir_Ghandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeahangir Ghandy">Jeahangir Ghandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Hardikar" title="N. S. Hardikar">N. S. Hardikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariyakudi_Ramanuja_Iyengar" title="Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar">Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._S._Menon_(senior)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. P. S. Menon (senior)">K. P. S. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._N._Nambiar" title="A. C. N. Nambiar">A. C. N. Nambiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poola_Tirupati_Raju" title="Poola Tirupati Raju">Poola Tirupati Raju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamalendumati_Shah" title="Kamalendumati Shah">Kamalendumati Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanut_Singh" title="Hanut Singh">Rao Raja Hanut Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustom_Jal_Vakil" title="Rustom Jal Vakil">Rustom Jal Vakil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya_Narayan_Vyas" title="Surya Narayan Vyas">Surya Narayan Vyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darashaw_Nosherwan_Wadia" title="Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia">Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1959</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/Sisir_Bhaduri" title="Sisir Bhaduri">Sisir Bhaduri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramdhari_Singh_Dinkar" title="Ramdhari Singh Dinkar">Ramdhari Singh Dinkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansa_Jivraj_Mehta" title="Hansa Jivraj Mehta">Hansa Jivraj Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pammal_Sambandha_Mudaliar" title="Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar">Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiruppattur_R._Venkatachala_Murthi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi">Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaurao_Patil" title="Bhaurao Patil">Bhaurao Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanvanthi_Rama_Rau" title="Dhanvanthi Rama Rau">Dhanvanthi Rama Rau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Kumar_Sidhanta" title="Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta">Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_Vasudevachar" title="Mysore Vasudevachar">Mysore Vasudevachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhargavaram_Viththal_Varerkar" title="Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar">Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Yazdani" title="Ghulam Yazdani">Ghulam Yazdani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Bravery_Award" title="National Bravery Award">National Bravery Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradhan_Mantri_Rashtriya_Bal_Puraskar" title="Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar">Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Bal_Shree_Honour" title="National Bal Shree Honour">National Bal Shree Honour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nari_Shakti_Puraskar" title="Nari Shakti Puraskar">Nari Shakti Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Police</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a 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Bharti Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Puraskar" title="Rashtriya Puraskar">Rashtriya Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By field</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/32px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/48px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/64px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak" title="Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak">Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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C. Roy Award">Dr. B. C. Roy Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Disaster_Management_Authority_(India)" title="National Disaster Management Authority (India)">National<br />Disaster Management</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose_Aapda_Prabandhan_Puraskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar">Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Awards" title="National Sports Awards">Sports and<br />adventure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_Dhyan_Chand_Khel_Ratna" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna">Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dronacharya_Award" title="Dronacharya Award">Dronacharya Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand_Award" title="Dhyan Chand Award">Dhyan Chand Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Trophy" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Khel_Protsahan_Puraskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar">Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay_National_Adventure_Award" title="Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award">Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science and<br />technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Swarup_Bhatnagar_Prize_for_Science_and_Technology" title="Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology">Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_Prize" title="Kalinga Prize">Kalinga Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryabhata_Award" title="Aryabhata Award">Aryabhata Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/37px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/55px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/73px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="243" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman">Pravasi Bharatiya Samman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Peace_Prize" title="Gandhi Peace Prize">Gandhi Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Prize" title="Indira Gandhi Prize">Indira Gandhi Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagore_Award" title="Tagore Award">Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Award" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Award">Jawaharlal Nehru Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalluvar_Award" title="Thiruvalluvar Award">Thiruvalluvar Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/50px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/75px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/100px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wartime</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><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/37px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/55px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/73px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vir_Chakra" title="Param Vir Chakra">Param Vir Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/37px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/55px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/73px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vir_Chakra" title="Vir Chakra">Vir Chakra</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peacetime</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><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">Kirti Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shaurya_Chakra" title="Shaurya Chakra">Shaurya Chakra</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Distinguished<br />service and gallantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sena_Medal" title="Sena Medal">Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">Nau Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vayu_Sena_Medal" title="Vayu Sena Medal">Vayu Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wartime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal">Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Uttam Yudh Seva Medal">Uttam Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Yudh Seva Medal">Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peacetime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">Param Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">Ati Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Service and<br />campaign medals</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><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wound_Medal-India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/37px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/55px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/73px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wound_Medal_(India)" title="Wound Medal (India)">Wound Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/37px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/55px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/73px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/General_Service_Medal_(India)" title="General Service Medal (India)">General Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/37px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/55px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/73px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Samanya_Seva_Medal" title="Samanya Seva Medal">Samanya Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Special_Service_Medal_(India)" title="Special Service Medal (India)">Special Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Samar_Seva_Star" title="Samar Seva Star">Samar Seva Star</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/High_Altitude_Medal" title="High Altitude Medal">High Altitude Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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