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1981 Padma Bhushan Awardees
1981 Padma Bhushan Awardees are honoured throughout the country for their achievements.

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The year 1981 saw total 9 people from different fields winning the Padma Bhushan Award. The Padma Bhushan Award is ranked third among all the civilian awards presented in India and is presented by the Government of India. The award is mainly presented to those, who have achieved great feats in their respective fields and the Government of India actually recognises and appreciates their achievements through this award.

A detailed list of the 1981 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:




















Name Field State Country
Shri Mrinal Sen Arts West Bengal India
Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee Civil Service West Bengal India
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Civil Service Tamil Nadu India
Amrit Lal Nagar Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh India
Gopi Nath Mohanthy Literature & Education Orissa India
Prafulla B. Ragubhai Desai Medicine Maharashtra India
Manali Vainu Bappu Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India
Makhala Jha Social Work Bihar India
Ababai Bomanji Wadia Social Work Maharashtra India



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