New Delhi, March 17: A total of 4501 Indian and Foreign dignitaries have been conferred the prestigious Padma
Awards till date. Of which 45 eminent
dignitaries have been awarded
Bharat Ratna , 303 Padma Vibhushan, 1241
Padma Bhushan and 2912 Padma Shri Awards.
The Padma awards include 774 dignitaries from Maharashtra.
The
inception of these awards commenced from the year 1954. Eminant dignitaries contributing
significantly in the various fields of Art, Science and Technology, Sports,
Trade and Industry, Social Works, Medicine, Literature and Education, Civil
Services are considered for this
highly respectable award.
Bharat Ratna Awarded to 45 Dignitaries
45 eminent dignitaries have been
bestowed with the highest civilian award, ‘Bharat Ratna’. Former President of
South Africa, Nelson Mandela and Frontier
Gandhi , Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
are the Foreign Dignitaries to receive this award. In the year, 1990
Bharat Ratan award was announced for the great architecture of the Indian
Constitution, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, (Posthumously) . In the same year, this award was also announced
for Nelson Mandela. Maharashtra has received a total of 8 Bharat Ratan Awards
so far, of which, legendary singar Lata Mangeshkar is the only woman awardee of
this award. A total of 5 women have been
conferred with this prestigious award across the country.
303 Dignitaries conferred Padma Vibhushan
A total of 303 personalities across the
country have been bestowed with this highest civilian honour. 1241
awardees have received Padma Bhushan and
2912 Personalities have bagged Padma Shri awards till date. These include 550
awards to women, of which 132 women
belong from Maharashtra.
398 Women conferred
Padma Shri Awards
So far, 398 eminent women dignitaries have been bestowed
with Padma Shri Awards. Of which, 96 women belong from Maharashtra. 113 women
have conferred with Padma Bhushan awards which include 28 women from
Maharashtra. 34 Women have been conferred Padma Vibhushan awards , which includes 7 women from Maharashtra.
Maharashtra gets a total of 465 Padma Shri Awards
Maharashtra has bagged 465 Padma Shri,
242 Padma Bhushan , 59 Padma Vibhushan and 8 Bharat Ratna Awards which totals
774 awards till date.
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