The Government of India has been presenting the Padma Bhushan Award on a regular basis, since the year 1954, with a view to recognise extraordinary talents in various fields. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented in India and brings a lot of honour to the recipients. The Government of India actually recognises and appreciates the extraordinary talents of Indians and foreigners in various fields, through this award. A total 17 people won the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1983.
An elaborated list of the 1983 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
| Singanallur Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj Rajkumar |
Arts |
Karnataka |
India |
| V. Doraswamy Iyengar |
Arts |
Karnataka |
India |
| Pt Vishnu Govind Jog |
Arts |
West Bengal |
India |
| Prem Nazir |
Arts |
Kerala |
India |
| Sir Richard Samuel Attenborough |
Arts |
- |
United Kingdom |
| Adi M. Sethna |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
India |
| Suraj Parkash Malhotra |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
India |
| K. Sankaran Nair |
Civil Service |
Kerala |
India |
| Kershap Tehmurasp Satarawala |
Civil Service |
Goa |
India |
| Umrao Singh |
Civil Service |
Punjab |
India |
| Nagendra |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
| K. Gopalaiyer Ramanathan |
Literature & Education |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Subodh Chandra Sengupta |
Literature & Education |
West Bengal |
India |
| Benudhar Sharma |
Literature & Education |
Assam |
India |
| Arun Kumar Sharma |
Science & Engineering |
Delhi |
India |
| Swraj Paul |
Social Work |
- |
United Kingdom |
| Raja Bhalendra Singh |
Sports |
Delhi |
India |
(Last Updated on : 10/01/2011)