Sharad Pawar, Virat Kohli, Kailash Kher among Padma awardees

25 January,2017 06:35 PM IST |   |  mid-day online correspondent

The list of recipients who will be getting Padma awards this year is out. Here is the list


Sharad Pawar

The list of recipients who will be getting Padma awards this year is out. Here is the list.

Padma Vibhushan

Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma
Sunder Lal Patwa
Sharad Pawar
Murli Manohar Joshi

Padma Bhushan

Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and Cho Ramaswamy (posthumous)

Virat Kohli

Padma Shri

Singer Kailash Kher
Gymnast Deepa Karmakar,
Disc thrower Vikas Gouda
Paralympic gold medallist Thangavellu Mariyappan.
Hockey player PR Sreejesh
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli
Wrestler Sakshi Malik
Writer Eli Ahmed
Social activist Anuradha Koirala
Ex-foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal
Journalist HR Shah
Journalist Bhawana Somaaya
Hindi writer Narendra Kohli
Singer Anuradha Paudwal
Retired civil servant TK Vishwanathan
Actor Sadhu Mehar
Prof Harkishan Singh from Chandigarh
Dancer Basanti Bisht
Malayalam poet P Kunhiraman Nair
Sanitation activist Dr SV Mapuskar
Miniature painting artiste Tilak Gitai
Madhubani painter Baoa Devi
Musician L Birendra Kumar Singh
Sitar player Ustad Imrat Khan
Folk singer Sukri Bomma Gowda
Folk singer and dancer Mukund Nayak
Malayalam poet Akkitham (Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri)

-to be updated

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