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 38 people) - Page 13
Shivajirao Patil
Indian activist
Abhijit Sen
Indian economist
K. T. Thomas
Indian judge
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
Indian vocalist
Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
Former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
Indu Jain
Indian executive
Hafeez Contractor
Indian architect
Dušan Zbavitel
Czech indologist
Belle Monappa Hegde
Author
Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta
Ambassador
K. Srinath Reddy
Indian cardiologist
Syed Mir Qasim
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
N. Gopalaswami
Indian Administrative Service officer
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri
Indian economist
K. P. S. Menon
Diplomat
Martand Singh
Indian conservationist
K. M. George
Political leader
B. B. Lal
Indian writer
Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai
Poet
Sardar Anjum
Indian poet
Joginder Singh Dhillon
Jagat Singh Mehta
Indian Politician
Nilakanta Krishnan
Indian commander
B. Shiva Rao
Indian journalist
Dominique Lapierre
French author
N. R. Madhava Menon
Indian lawyer
R. K. Trivedi
Indian politician
N. H. Wadia
Indian physician
Maharaj Kishan Bhan
President of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
H. D. Shourie
Social activist ‧ Arun Shourie's father
Suseela
Indian playback singer
Bharat Ram
Indian industrialist
Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain
Writer
N. Ram
Indian journalist
T. S. Soundaram
Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
A. C. N. Nambiar
Former Ambassador of India to Germany
Subramanian Ramadorai
Developer
