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1959 Padma Shri Awards
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian honour of India. In 1959, 20 personalities won the Padma Shri Award from the fields of civil service, literature and education, science and engineering, public affairs, social work, sports, medicine, trade and industry.

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Name Field State Country
Shri Balwant Singh Nag Civil Service Punjab India
Shri Mathew Kandathil Mathulla Civil Service Karnataka India
Shri Onkar Srinivasa Murthy Civil Service Tamil Nadu India
Shri Parameswaran Kuttapp Panikkar Civil Service Kerala India
Shri Komaravolu Chandrasekharan Literature & Education Tamil Nadu India
Dr. Shivaji Ganesh Patwardhan Medicine Maharashtra India
Shri Pratapri Girdhari Lal Mehta Public Affairs Maharashtra India
Dr. Badri Nath Uppal Science & Engineering Chandigarh India
Shri Homi Nusserwanji Sethna Science & Engineering Maharashtra India
Shri Om Prakash Mathur Science & Engineering West Bengal India
Shri Surendra Nath Kar Science & Engineering West Bengal India
Dr. (Ms.) Mary Ratnamma Issac Social Work Karnataka India
Kumari Shaila Bala Das Social Work Orissa India
Shri Ganesh Gobind Karkhanis Social Work Karnataka India
Shri Lakshman Singh Jangpangi Social Work Orissa India
Shri Manchar Balvant Diwan Social Work Maharashtra India
Shri Parixitalal Lallu Bhai Majumdar Social Work Gujarat India
Shri Mihir Kumar Sen Sports West Bengal India
Shri Milkha Singh Sports Chandigarh India
Dr. Atma Ram Trade & Industry West Bengal India



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