Announcement of the 2019 Padma Awards: Mohanlal, Sunil Chhetri, Gautam Gambhir and Kader Khan among the laureates; here is the complete list

The government announced Friday the creation of the Padma Awards, as usual on the occasion of Republic Day.

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The Padma Awards are awarded to individuals rewarding excellence in the fields of art, social work, public business, science and engineering, commerce and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, public service, etc.

'Padma Vibhushan', second highest civilian award, aims to honor outstanding and distinguished personalities discount service; "Padma Bhushan", third highest civilian distinction, for distinguished high-level services, and "Padma Shri", fourth civil distinction, for distinguished service in any field, said the note.

In a press note from the Ministry of the Interior, the list of 112 Padma Award recipients was published.

4 people were rewarded by Padma Vibhushan, 14 by Padma Bhushan, superstar of Malayalam. One of them, Mohanlal, and 94 people were honored with the fourth highest civilian honor, Padma Shri, whose cricket player Gautam Gambhir, footballer Sunil Chhetri, the late actor-writer Kader Khan, the actor Manoj Bajpayee, singer-musician Shankar Mahadevan, the main actor Prabhu Deva, to name a few.

Among the winners were 21 women, 11 VIPs from the Foreign / NRI / PIO / OIC category, 3 posthumous laureates and one transgender person.

This is the complete list in the following format:

S.No, Name
Field
Status

1. Mrs. Teejan Bai

Art-Vocals-Folk
Chhattisgarh

2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner)
Public Affairs
Djibouti

3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik

Trade and Industry-Infrastructure
Maharashtra

4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare

Acting Art Theater
Maharashtra

5. Shri John Chambers (Foreign)
Commerce and Industry-Technology
United States

6. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

Punjab Public Affairs

7. Shri Pravin Gordhan
(Foreign)

Public Affairs
South Africa

8. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati

Trade and Industry-Food Processing
Delhi

9. Shri Darshan Lal Jain

Social Work
Haryana

10. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade

Affordable Health Care in Medicine
Maharashtra

11. Shri Kariya Munda

Public Affairs
of Jharkhand

12. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee

Art-Music-Sitar
West Bengal

13. Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair

Art-Acting-Film
from Kerala

14. Shri S Nambi Narayan

Science and Engineering – Space
Kerala

15. Shri Kuldip Nayar

(Posthumous)
Literature and Education (Journalism)
Delhi

16. Mrs. Bachendri Pal

Mountaineering
Uttarakhand

17. Shri V K Shunglu

Civil Service
Delhi

18. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav

Public Affairs
Bihar

19. Shri Rajeshwar Acharya

Art-Vocal-Hindustani
Uttar Pradesh

20. Shri Bangaru Adigalar

Other-Spiritualism
Tamil Nadu

21. Shri Illias Ali

Surgery Medicine
Assam

22. Shri Manoj Bajpayee

Art-Acting-Films
from Maharashtra

23. Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali

Science and Engineering – Popular Innovation
Assam

24. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti

Medicine-Rage
Himachal Pradesh

25. Shri Pritam Bhartwan

Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttarakhand

26. Shri Jyoti Bhatt

Art-Painting
Gujarat

27. Shri Dilip Chakravarty

Other – Archeology
Delhi

28. Shri Mammen Chandy

Medicine-Hematology
of West Bengal

29. Shri Swapan Chaudhuri

Apron Music
West Bengal

30. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan

Other-Agriculture
Haryana

31. Shri Sunil Chhetri

Sports-Football
Telangana

32. Shri Dinyar Entrepreneur

Art-Acting-Theater
of Maharashtra

33. Mrs. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli

Social Work – Divyang Social Assistance
from Gujarat

34.Shri Babulal Dahiya

Other Agriculture
Madhya Pradesh

35. Shri Thanga Darlong

Flute
Tripura

36. Shri Prabhu Deva

Art-Dance
Karnataka

37. Mrs. Rajkumari Devi

Other-Agriculture
Bihar

38. Mrs. Bhagirathi Devi

Public Affairs
Bihar

39. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon

Punjab Science and Engineering-Agriculture

40. Mrs. Harika Dronavalli

Sports-Chess
Andhra Pradesh

41.Ms. Godawari Dutta

Art-Painting
Bihar

42. Shri Gautam Gambhir

Sports-Cricket
From Delhi

43. Mrs. Draupadi Ghimiray

Social Work – Divyang Social Assistance
Sikkim

44. Mrs. Rohini Godbole

Science and Nuclear Engineering
Karnataka

45.Shri Sandeep Guleria

Surgical Medicine
Delhi

46. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia

Medicine – Ophthmology
Madhya Pradesh

47. Shri Bulu Imam

Social Culture of Work
Jharkhand

48. Mrs. Friederike Irina
(Foreign)

Social Work – Animal Welfare
Germany

49. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav

Folk Art-Dance
Gujarat

50. Shri S Jaishankar

Public Service
Delhi

51. Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal

Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir

52. Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan

Art-Crafts-Papier Mache
Jammu and Kashmir

53. Shri K G Jayan

Art-Music-Bhakti
from Kerala

54. Shri Subhash Kak
(Foreign)

Science and Technology Technology

United States

55.Shri Sharath Kamal

Table tennis sport
Tamil Nadu

56. Shri Rajani Kant

Social Work
Uttar Pradesh

57. Shri Sudam Kate

Sickle Cell Disease
Maharashtra

58.Shri Waman Kendre

Art-Acting Theater
Maharashtra

59. Shri Kader Khan

(Posthumous Stranger)
Art-Acting-Films
Canada

60. Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri

Art-Painting
Gujarat

61. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo) *

Affordable Health Care in Medicine
Maharashtra

62. Mrs. Smita Kolhe (Duo) *

Affordable Health Care in Medicine
Maharashtra

63.Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram

Sports-Archery
Manipur

64.Shri Kailash Madbaiya

Literature and Education
Madhya Pradesh

65. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj

Social Work – Animal Welfare
Uttar Pradesh

66.Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya

Other-Agriculture
Gujarat

67. Mrs. Gita Mehta
(Foreign)

Literature and Education
United States

68. Shri Shadab Mohammad

Dental Medicine
of Uttar Pradesh

69. Shri K K Muhammed

Other-Archeology
Kerala

70. Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Affordable Health Care
Jharkhand

71. Shri Daitari Naik

Social Work
Odisha

72. Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan

Art-Vocals-Movies
Maharashtra

73.Shri Shantanu Narayen
(Foreign Trade)

Trade and Industry-Technology
United States

United States

74. Nartaki Natraj

Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam
Tamil Nadu

75. Shri Tsering Norboo

Medicine-Surgery
of Jammu and Kashmir

Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey

Art-Music

Chhattisgarh

77. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh

Other-Agriculture
Rajasthan

78.Shri Ganpatbhai Patel

(Foreign)
Literature and Education
United States

79. Shri Bimal Patel

Other-Architecture
Gujarat

80. Shri Hukumchand Patidar

Other-Agriculture
Rajasthan

81. Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka

Punjab Public Affairs

82. Mrs. Madurai Chinna Pillai

Social Work – Microfinance
Tamil Nadu

83. Mrs. Tao Porchon-Lynch
(Foreign)

Other-Yoga

United States

84. Mrs. Kamala Pujhari

Other-Agriculture
Odisha

85. Shri Bajrang Punia

Sports Wrestling
Haryana

86. Shri Jagat Ram

Medicine – Ophthalmology
Chandigarh

87. Shri R V Ramani

Medicine – Ophthalmology
Tamil Nadu

88. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao

Social Work – Affordable Education
Odisha

89. Shri Anup Sah

Art-Photography
Uttarakhand

90.Ms. Milena Salvini
(Foreigner)

Art-Dance-Kathakali

France

91.Shri Nagindas Sanghavi

Literature and Education-Journalism
of Maharashtra

92. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Words of Art
Telangana

93. Shri Shabbir Sayyad

Social Work – Animal Welfare
Maharashtra

94. Shri Mahesh Sharma

Social Work – Tribal Welfare
Madhya Pradesh

95. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri

Literature and Education
Delhi

96. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla

Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh

97. Shri Narendra Singh

Other – Animal Husbandry
Haryana

98. Ms. Prashanti Singh

Sports-Basketball
of Uttar Pradesh

99. Shri Sultan Singh

Other – Animal Husbandry
Haryana

100. Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha

Social Work – Affordable Education
Bihar

101. Shri Anandan Sivamani

Art-Music
Tamil Nadu

102. Mrs. Sharada Srinivasan

Other – Archeology
Karnataka

103. Shri Devendra Swarup
(Posthumously)

Literature and Education-Journalism
of Uttar Pradesh

104. Shri Ajay Thakur

Sports-Kabaddi
Himachal Pradesh

105.Shri Rajeev Tharanath

Art-Music-Sarod
Karnataka

106.Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka

Social Work Environment
Karnataka

107. Mrs. Jamuna Tudu

Social environment of work
Jharkhand

108. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi

Other-Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh

109. Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami

Medicine-Surgery
from Tamil Nadu

from 110. Shri Ram Saran Verma

Other-Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh

111.Shri Swami Vishudhananda

Other-Spiritism
Kerala

112. Shri Hiralal Yadav

Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttar Pradesh

113. Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli

Other-Agriculture
Andhra Pradesh

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