Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order. . . without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex. "
Padma Bhushan People (First 49 people) - Page 12
Satpal Dang
Former Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Author
Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
Indian surgeon
Rameshwari Nehru
Social worker
S. S. Badrinath
Doctor
Palle Rama Rao
Indian scientist
Virendra Dayal
Indian envoy
Dalveer Bhandari
Former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
Akbar Ali Khan
Former Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Benudhar Sharma
Writer
D. C. Pavate
B. C. Sanyal
Indian painter
Narayan Shridhar Bendre
Indian artist
Ali Yavar Jung
Former Governor of Maharashtra
Devendra Jhajharia
Indian javelin thrower
Vani Jairam
Indian playback singer
Gary Ackerman
Former United States Representative
Syed Muazzem Ali
Diplomat
A. Ramachandran
Indian painter
Seth Govind Das
Politician
Dara Nusserwanji Khurody
Entrepreneur
Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
Former Governor of Odisha
Chintaman Govind Pandit
Indian virologist
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan
Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Chinna Jeeyar Swamy
Indian guru
Komal Kothari
Indian folklorist
S. S. Vasan
Indian journalist
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Indian environmentalist
PV Sindhu
Indian badminton player
19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
Lama
Krishna Kanta Handique
Scholar
Gurram Jashuva
Poet
Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen
Indian activist
Tyeb Mehta
Indian painter
Prana Krushna Parija
Indian botanist
Faquir Chand Kohli
Chairman of the College of Engineering, Pune
Anil Kohli
Indian surgeon
Pratibha Ray
Indian writer
Narayan Singh Manaklao
Social worker
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
Painter
Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Chairman of the Tata Group
Ramakanta Rath
Poet
Noshir M. Shroff
Surgery specialist
Shyam Saran
Indian diplomat
Swami Sachchidanand
Indian writer
Ashoke Sen
Indian physicist
Suman Kalyanpur
Indian playback singer
