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2006 Padma Bhushan Awardees
2006 Padma Bhushan Awardees were some of the most successful people in their respective fields.

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The Government of India awarded the Padma Bhushan Award to 35 extremely talented and successful Indian people from different fields in 2006. The Padma Bhushan Award is counted among the most prestigious and honourable awards in India and is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards. Only the Bharat Ratna Award and Padma Vibhushan Award are ranked higher than the Padma Bhushan Award in India. The Government of India recognises and appreciates the achievements of the talented people from different fields through this award. The award is presented to both the Indian citizens and the foreigners.

The list of the 2006 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:






















Name Field State Country
Shanno Khurana Arts Delhi India
Late P. Leela Arts Tamil Nadu India
Sai Paranjpye Arts Maharashtra India
K.G. Subramanyam Arts West Bengal India
Konidala Chiranjeevi Arts Andhra Pradesh India
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Arts Maharashtra India
Ghulam Mustafa Khan Arts Maharashtra India
Sabri Khan Arts Delhi India
P. S. Appu Civil Service Karnataka India
Air Commod Jasjit Singh Defence Services Haryana India
Dinesh Nandini Dalmia Literature & Education Delhi India
Lokesh Chandra Literature & Education Delhi India
M.V. Pylee Literature & Education Kerala India
Vijay Shankar Vyas Literature & Education Rajasthan India
Dusan Zbavitel Literature & Education - Czech Republic
Gregory Bongard-Levin Literature & Education - Russia
Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena Literature & Education Delhi India
Ramakanta Rath Literature & Education Orissa India
Jaiveer Agarwal Medicine Tamil Nadu India
V. Shanta Medicine Tamil Nadu India
Kewal Kishan Talwar Medicine Chandigarh India
Hira Lall Sibal Public Affairs Chandigarh India
P. P. Rao Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India
Shashi Bhushan Public Affairs Delhi India
Madhav Gadgil Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
K. P. P. Nambiar Science & Engineering Karnataka India
Nandan Nilekani Science & Engineering Karnataka India
Devaki Jain Social Work Karnataka India
N.S. Ramaswamy Social Work Karnataka India
Ganga Prasad Birla Social Work West Bengal India
Vijaypat Singhania Sports Maharashtra India
Late Gunter Kruger Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Deepak Parekh Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
S. Ramadorai Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Tarun Das Trade & Industry Haryana India



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