The year 1970 saw total 28 people winning the third most prestigious and honourable civilian award in India, the Padma Bhushan Award. The award was incepted in the year 1954 by the Government of India and the government to recognise their talents presents it to the highly talented and exceptional people from different fields. The people from various fields, who have achieved great feats in their respective fields, receive the award.
A detailed list of the 1970 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Ahmed Jan Thirkwa Khan | Arts | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Ramkinkar Baiz | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Sombhu Mitra | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Hirabai Badodekar | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| Kamala | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Prem Nath Wahi | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Gainedi Narasimha Rao | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| M.R. Brahman | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| N.M. Wagle | Civil Service | Maharashtra | India |
| Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Amiya Chakravarty | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Birender Nath Ganguli | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Purusthottam Kashinath Kelkar | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| Syed Abdul Latif | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Buddhadeva Bose | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Gurram Jashuva | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Ratan Lal Joshi | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| T.S. Avinashilingam Chettair | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Vivekananda Mukhopadhya | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Yash Pal | Literature & Education | Punjab | India |
| Mahesh Prasad Mehray | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Bhagwantrao Annabhau Mandloi | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh | India |
| Hans Raj Gupta | Public Affairs | Haryana | India |
| Krishna Swamy Ramaiah | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Maharajapuram Sitaram Krishnan | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Kumari Surender Saini | Social Work | Delhi | India |
| Anantrao Wasudeo Sahasrabudhe | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
| Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar | Social Work | Maharashtra | India |
