Dharmendra, Shibu Soren, Rohit Sharma And Harmanpreet Kaur Among 131 Padma Awardees; Check Who Got What

The Central government has announced the names of 131 Padma awardees for 2026, with 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awardees. Padma Awards are the highest civilian Awards of the country and are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

The awardees are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Padma Vibhushan

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Padma Bhushan

Padma Shri

Among prominent names getting Padma Shri are Cricketer Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, R Madhavan, and RVS Mani. A total of 113 individuals will be conferred the third-highest civilian award.

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Other Padma Shri Awardees are: A E Muthunayagam, Anil Kumar Rastogi, Anke Gowda M., Armida Fernandez, Arvind Vaidya, Ashok Khade, Ashok Kumar Singh, Asok Kumar Haldar, Baldev Singh, Bhagwandas Raikwar, Bharat Singh Bharti, Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda, Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous), Brij Lal Bhat, Buddha Rashmi Mani, Budhri Tati, Chandramouli Gaddamanugu, Charan Hembram, Chiranji Lal Yadav, Deepika Reddy, Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya, Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad, Gafruddin Mewati Jogi, Gambir Singh Yonzone, Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous), Gayatri Balasubramanian & Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo), Gopal Ji Trivedi, Guduru Venkat Rao, H V Hande, Hally War, Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous), Haricharan Saikia, Inderjit Singh Sidhu, Janardan Bapurao Bothe, Jogesh Deuri, Juzer Vasi, Jyotish Debnath, K Pajanivel, K Ramasamy, K Vijay Kumar, Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous), Kailash Chandra Pant, Kalamandalam Vimala Menon, Kewal Krishan Thakral, Khem Raj Sundriyal, Kollakal Devaki Amma G, Krishnamurty Balasubramanian, Kumar Bose, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Lars-Christian Koch, Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova, Maganti Murali Mohan, Mahendra Kumar Mishra, Mahendra Nath Roy, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Mangala Kapoor, Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai, Mohan Nagar, Narayan Vyas, Naresh Chandra Dev Varma, Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala, Nuruddin Ahmed, Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan, Padma Gurmet, Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy, Pokhila Lekthepi, Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore, Prateek Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Prem Lal Gautam, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Punniamurthy Natesan, Rabilal Tudu, Raghupat Singh (Posthumous), Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar, Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar, Rajendra Prasad, Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous), Ramamurthy Sreedher, Ramchandra Godbole & Suneeta Godbole (Duo), Ratilal Borisagar, S G Susheelamma, Sangyusang S Pongener, Sant Niranjan Dass, Sarat Kumar Patra, Saroj Mandal, Satish Shah (Posthumous), Satyanarayan Nuwal, Savita Punia, Shafi Shauq, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Shrirang Devaba Lad, Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar, Shyam Sundar, Simanchal Patro, Sivasankari, Suresh Hanagavadi, Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj, T T Jagannathan (Posthumous), Taga Ram Bheel, Tarun Bhattacharya, Techi Gubin, Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam, Tripti Mukherjee, Veezhinathan Kamakoti, Vempaty Kutumba Sastry, Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous), Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)