The Padma Bhushan Award is ranked second among the prestigious Padma Awards and is also ranked as the third highest amongst all the civilian awards presented in India. Only the awards like Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan is ranked higher than the Padma Bhushan Award in India. The award is presented by the Government of India to the extremely talented and successful people from different fields. The people from India and abroad can get the award and the Government of India actually recognises and appreciates their achievements through this award. A total of 16 people won the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1977.
An elaborated list of the 1977 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
Name |
Field |
State |
Country |
Kuduvayur Sivaram Narayanaswami |
Arts |
Maharashtra |
India |
Pramasukh J. Pandya |
Arts |
Maharashtra |
India |
Shivputra Sidhram Komakali AliasKumar Gandarva |
Arts |
Madhya Pradesh |
India |
Annapurna Ravi Shankar |
Arts |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
Jagmohan |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
India |
Harish Chandra |
Literature & Education |
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United States |
Thenpattinam Ponnuswamy Meenakshi Sundaram |
Literature & Education |
Tamil Nadu |
India |
Yusuf Husain Khan |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
Kailash Nath Kaul |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
Gopinnath Aman |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
India |
Perugu Siva Reddy |
Medicine |
Andhra Pradesh |
India |
Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
India |
Baba Prithivi Singh Azad |
Public Affairs |
Chandigarh |
India |
Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas |
Science & Engineering |
Karnataka |
India |
Phulrenu Guha |
Social Work |
West Bengal |
India |
Chackkachan Veedu Krishnan Nair |
Social Work |
Delhi |
India |
(Last Updated on : 10-01-2011)
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