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1971 Padma Bhushan Awardees
Some great people from different fields became the 1971 Padma Bhushan Awardees.

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The Padma Bhushan Award was incepted in the year 1954 and is considered as one of the most prestigious and honourable civilian awards in India. The award is presented by the Government of India to the highly talented people from different fields like Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Medicine, Sports, Civil Service, Arts, Trade & Industry, Social Work, Public Affairs, etc. The award is presented to recognise their talents and also to appreciate their achievements. A total of 41 people received the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1971.

A detailed list of the 1971 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:




















Name Field State Country
Damal Krishnaswami Pattammal Arts Tamil Nadu India
Gangubai Hangal Arts Karnataka India
J. Bhudhardas Bhojak Arts Gujarat India
Krishna Rao Ganesh Phulambrikar Arts Maharashtra India
Natesaganabadigal Ramaswami Ayyar Arts Tamil Nadu India
Nisar Hussain Khan Arts Uttar Pradesh India
P Thiruvillvmalai Seshan M. Iyer Arts Tamil Nadu India
Pich Sambamootrhy Arts Tamil Nadu India
Poyipilli Kunju Kurup Arts Kerala India
Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman Arts Maharashtra India
Shri Raj Kapoor Arts Punjab India
Ustad Amir Khan Arts Madhya Pradesh India
Kasturi Lal Vij Civil Service Delhi India
Manindra Nath Chakravarti Civil Service West Bengal India
Parmeshari Lal Varma Civil Service Chandigarh India
A. Vithal Alias Dhananjay Keer Literature & Education Maharashtra India
Bhagwati Charan Varma Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Jainendra Kumar Jain Literature & Education Delhi India
Kalindi Charan Panigrahi Literature & Education Orissa India
Kandathil Mammen Cherian Literature & Education Kerala India
Suraj Bhan Literature & Education Chandigarh India
Veni Shankar Jha Literature & Education Madhya Pradesh India
Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai Literature & Education Tamil Nadu India
Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya Medicine Bihar India
Madan Mohan Singh Medicine Delhi India
Santosh Kumar Mukherjee Medicine Madhya Pradesh India
Shantilal Jamnadas Mehta Medicine Maharashtra India
Vulimiri Ramalingeswami Medicine Tamil Nadu India
Pandurang Vasudeva Sukhram Science & Engineering Italy
Satish Dhawan Science & Engineering Karnataka India
Devchand Chhaganlal Shah Social Work Maharashtra India
Gokulbhai Bhatt Social Work Rajasthan India
Mungtu Ram Jaipuria Social Work Delhi India
Palghat T.S. Mani (N. Ganapatigal Ramaswami) Ayyar Social Work Tamil Nadu India
Bhalchandra Digamber Garware Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Jogesh Chandra De Trade & Industry West Bengal India
Kadar Nath Mookerjee Trade & Industry West Bengal India
Manibhai J. Patel Trade & Industry Madhya Pradesh India
Ramarao Madhaorao Deshmukh Trade & Industry Maharashtra India
Suresh Chandra Roy Trade & Industry West Bengal India
Ved Rattan Mohan Trade & Industry Uttar Pradesh India



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