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1983 Padma Bhushan Awardees
1983 Padma Bhushan Awardees are always greatly honoured throughout the country.

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The Government of India has been presenting the Padma Bhushan Award on a regular basis, since the year 1954, with a view to recognise extraordinary talents in various fields. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented in India and brings a lot of honour to the recipients. The Government of India actually recognises and appreciates the extraordinary talents of Indians and foreigners in various fields, through this award. A total 17 people won the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1983.

An elaborated list of the 1983 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:




















Name Field State Country
Singanallur Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj Rajkumar Arts Karnataka India
V. Doraswamy Iyengar Arts Karnataka India
Pt Vishnu Govind Jog Arts West Bengal India
Prem Nazir Arts Kerala India
Sir Richard Samuel Attenborough Arts - United Kingdom
Adi M. Sethna Civil Service Delhi India
Suraj Parkash Malhotra Civil Service Delhi India
K. Sankaran Nair Civil Service Kerala India
Kershap Tehmurasp Satarawala Civil Service Goa India
Umrao Singh Civil Service Punjab India
Nagendra Literature & Education Delhi India
K. Gopalaiyer Ramanathan Literature & Education Maharashtra India
Subodh Chandra Sengupta Literature & Education West Bengal India
Benudhar Sharma Literature & Education Assam India
Arun Kumar Sharma Science & Engineering Delhi India
Swraj Paul Social Work - United Kingdom
Raja Bhalendra Singh Sports Delhi India



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