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1973 Padma Bhushan Awardees
1973 Padma Bhushan Awardees were honoured for their great achievements.

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The Padma Bhushan Award is presented by the Government of India since the year 1954 to recognise extraordinary talents in various fields. The award is considered as the third highest civilian awards given in India and is given to those, who have achieved great feats in their respective fields. The award is given to the people from the field like Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Medicine, Sports, Civil Service, Arts, Trade & Industry, Social Work, Public Affairs, etc. The year 1973 saw a total of 17 people winning the award.

A detailed list of the 1973 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:





















Name Field State Country
C. Vaidyanath Bhagavathar Arts Kerala India
Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit Arts Madhya Pradesh India
Maqbool Fida Husain Arts Delhi India
Pitambar Pant Civil Service Uttar Pradesh India
Ramakanth Maheshwar Majumder Civil Service Karnataka India
Sudhir Krishna Mukherjee Civil Service West Bengal India
Banarsi Das Chaturvedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Harindra Nath Chattopadhaya Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh India
Kunjuraman Sukumaran Literature & Education Kerala India
Pothen Joseph Literature & Education Kerala India
Om Prakash Bahal Science & Engineering - United States
Raja Ramanna Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India
N R Malkani Social Work Rajasthan India
Venalakanti Raghavaiah Social Work Andhra Pradesh India
Gosasp Maneckji Sorabji Social Work Maharashtra India
Vinoo Himatlal Mankand Sports Gujarat India
Raja M. Annamalai Muthiah Chettiar Trade & Industry Tamil Nadu India



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