Government announces Padma Awards for 119 people
On the eve of 72nd
Republic Day, the Government announced the Padma Awards this evening.
Seven persons will get Padma Vibhushan. They include former Japan Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo and Islamic scholar
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Eminent Singer late S P Balasubramaniam will be
awarded the 2nd highest civilian award posthumously.
Ten persons will get Padma Bhushan. They include former Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Singer K S Chithra, prominent poet
Chandrashekhara Kambara and retired Civil Servant Nripendra Misra.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister late Keshubhai Patel , Former Assam Chief
Minister late Tarun Gogoi and Former Union Minister late Ram Vilas
Paswan will be honoured with Padma Bhushan posthumously.
102 persons will get Padma Shri. They include Social Worker Sindutai
Sapkal, Musician Bombay Jayashri, British film director Peter Brook and
Greek Indologist Nicholas Kazanas. Former Governor of Goa late Mridula
Sinha, Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest and author late Father Vallés will
be given the award posthumously.
The list includes many unsung heroes of the country.
Congratulating the Padma Awardees, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, we
are proud of all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. In a
tweet, Mr Modi said, India cherishes their contribution to the nation
and humanity at large. He said, these exceptional individuals from
different walks of life have brought qualitative changes in the lives of
others.
Seven persons across different fields have been nominated for the Padma
Awards from West Bengal. On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, the names of
the Padma Shri awardees were announced for the year 2021.
Novelist Namdeo.C.Kamble hailing from Washim district in Vidarbha
is awarded Padmashri for his contribution to the field of literature.
Earlier, he had received the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel
'Raghavvel'. He has written 8 novels, 2 collections of stories, 4
collections of poems, 2 collections of ideological books. He has
recently written a book on Gandhi-Ambedkar ideological writing.
(With input from news agency language)
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