Padma awards full list: From cricketer Virat Kohli to politician Sharad Pawar

Senior political leaders Sharad Pawar and Murli Manohar Joshi were among the seven people awarded the Padma Vibushan this year.

Seven sportspersons, including Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and Olympian Sakshi Malik were among the Padma Shri recipients announced on Wednesday. Senior political leaders Sharad Pawar and Murli Manohar Joshi will be conferred the Padma Vibushan this year while Grammy-winning classical musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt was named for the Padma Bhushan.

File photo of Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and NCP leader Sharad Pawar. (Agencies)

Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma also became the first person from Meghalaya to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan award (posthumously), his family said on Wednesday.

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Seven recipients are selected each for Padma Bhushan and Vibhushan awards, India’s highest honours for civilians. The awards are announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.

The Padma awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/ April every year.

This year, President Pranab Mukherjee approved Padma awards for 89 recipients, according to a government statement.

Here’s a list of the recipients:

PADMA BHUSHAN

NAME	FIELD	STATE/COUNTRY
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Art - music	Rajasthan
Prof/Dr Devi Prasad Dwivedi	Literature and education	Uttar Pradesh
Tehemton Udwadia	Medicine	Maharashtra
Ratna Sundar Maharaj	Others - spiritualism	Gujarat
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati	Others - yoga	Bihar
HRH Princess Maha Chakra Sirindhorn (foreigner)	Literature and education	Thailand
Late Cho Ramaswamy	Literature and education - journalism	Tamil Nadu

PADMA VIBHUSHAN

NAME	FIELD	STATE
KJ Yesudas	Art - music	Kerala
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev	Others - spiritualism	Tamil Nadu
Sharad Pawar	Public affairs	Maharashtra
Murli Manohar Joshi	Public affairs	Uttar Pradesh
Udipi Ramachandra Rao	Science and engineering	Karnataka
Late Sunder Lal Patwa	Public affairs	Madhya Pradesh
Late PA Sangma	Public affairs	Meghalaya

The full list of Padma awards is here: