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The Padma Bhushan Award is a prestigious and honourable civilian award presented by the Government of India. The award is given to the Indian citizens who have excelled in their respective fields, with a view to recognise their excellence. The year 1955 was the second year for the Padma Bhushan award to be presented and a total of 12 people from different fields receive the award in 1955.
A detailed list of the 1955 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
| Lalit Mohan Banerjee |
Medicine |
West Bengal |
India |
| Pran Krishna Parija |
Literature & Education |
Orissa |
India |
| Suniti Kumar Chatterjee |
Literature & Education |
West Bengal |
India |
| Vasant Ramji Khanolkar |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
India |
| Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
| Attur Rangaswami Venkatachari |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
India |
| Fatah Chand Badhwar |
Civil Service |
Punjab |
India |
| Madapati Hanumantha Rao |
Social Work |
Andhra Pradesh |
India |
| Sunder Das Khungar |
Civil Service |
Punjab |
India |
| Surinder Kumar Dey |
Civil Service |
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United States |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
Social Work |
West Bengal |
India |
| Rameshwari Nehru |
Social Work |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
(Last Updated on : 25-02-2009)
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