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 3
Arun Shourie
Former Minister for Communications & Information Technology of India
Sisir Kumar Mitra
Indian physicist
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Indian actor
Ebrahim Alkazi
Indian theatre director
Mangesh Padgaonkar
Poet
K. K. Venugopal
Attorney-General for India
Vidya Dehejia
American academic
V. K. Saraswat
Indian scientist
Rakesh Khanna
Chief Executive Officer of Syntel
Yusuf Hamied
Indian scientist
Osamu Suzuki
Japanese artist
Sharda Sinha
Indian singer
Nirmal Verma
Writer
Shankha Ghosh
Indian poet
Sai Paranjpye
Indian movie director
Satpal Singh
Coach
Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
Indian scientist
Devendra Triguna
Indian physician
T. N. Seshagopalan
Singer
Anil Manibhai Naik
Indian industrialist and philanthropist
Sidney Dillon Ripley
American ornithologist
Satya Vrat Shastri
Indian writer
Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
Musician
T. V. Sankaranarayanan
Indian vocalist
Sudha Ragunathan
Indian vocalist
P. Leela
Indian playback singer
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Indian actress
Deepak Dhar
Indian physicist
Girija
Indian actress
K. G. Subramanyan
Indian artist
Arpita Singh
Indian artist
Padma Subrahmanyam
Indian dancer
Raghunath Mohapatra
Architect
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Indian dancer
N. Rajam
Indian Violinist
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Indian dancer
Alarmel Valli
Indian dancer
Sam Manekshaw
Former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
D. Ramanaidu
Former Member of the Lok Sabha
A. Sivathanu Pillai
Indian scientist
K. S. Krishnan
Indian physicist
Satya Paul
Author
C. R. Vyas
Indian singer
Hira Lall Sibal
Indian lawyer
Arogyaswami Paulraj
American electrical engineer
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel
Political leader
K. Shankar
Indian film editor
