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List of Padma awards 2018 | Padma Vibhushan for Ilaiyaraaja, Padma Bhushan for Dhoni
Padma awards 2018: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the coveted Padma awards for the achievers who have contributed to diverse fields such as social welfare, arts, traditional medicine, entertainment, and healing. This year, the government announces 85 Padma awardees which include three Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan, and 73 Padma Shri.
The few well-known names among the 85 Padma awardees include maestro Ilaiyaraaja (Padma Vibhushan), Hindustani classical music exponent Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Padma Vibhushan) and for the literature Shri Parameshwaran Parameshwaran (Padma Vibhushan).
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Padma Bhushan for cricketer MS Dhoni, Bhojpuri singer Sharda Sinha, painter Laxman Pai, snooker player Pankaj Advani. Actor Manoj Joshi (Padma Shri) and tennis player Somdev Devvarman (Padma Shri), a ‘father of palliative care in India’ M R Rajagopal (Padma Shri), Murlikant Petkar, India’s first para-Olympic gold medalist has also been honored with a Padma Shri. Tamil Nadu’s Rajagopalan Vasudevan, known as the plastic road-maker of India is another winner.
World Cup-winning former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni received Padma Bhushan Award on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi by President of India Ram Nath Kovind. He was conferred with the honorary Lt Colonel rank by the Territorial Army in 2011, months after he had led India to World Cup glory at home. MS Dhoni is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to receive this honor.
Cueist Pankaj Advani, a multiple world-champion also conferred with Padma Bhushan Award. Both Dhoni and Advani exchange greetings each other at the award ceremony. Dhoni’s wife Sakshi was also present there.
Tamil folk singers Dr. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan was conferred with the Padma Shri Awards. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan is a Tamil Musician, Singer, Composer, Author, and Professor who is a renowned exponent of the folk art.
List of Padma awards 2018
PADMA VIBHUSHAN | PADMA BHUSHAN | PADMA SHRI |
Illaiyaraja
Ghulam Mustafa Khan Parameswaran |
Pankaj AdvaniPhilipose Mar Chrysostom
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) R. Nagaswamy Ved Prakash Nanda (Overseas Citizen of India) Laxman Pai Arvind Parikh Sharda Sinha |
Abhay and Rani BangDamodar Ganesh Bapat
Prafulla Govinda Baruah Mohan Swaroop Bhatia Sudhanshu Biswas Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi Somdev Devvarman Yeshi Dhoden Arup Kumar Dutta Doddarange Gowda Arvind Gupta Digamber Hansda Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) Piyong Temjen Jamir Sitavva Joddati Malti Joshi Manoj Joshi Rameshwarlal Kabra Pran Kishore Kaul Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) Vijay Kichlu Tommy Koh (Foreigner) Lakshmikutty Joyshree Goswami Mahanta Narayan Das Maharaj Pravakara Maharana Hun Many (Foreigner) Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) Zaverilal Mehta Krishna Bihari Mishra Sisir Purushottam Mishra Subhasini Mistry Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Thant Myint – U (Foreigner) V Nanammal Sulagitti Narasamma Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) Gobaradhan Panika Bhabani Charan Pattanaik Murlikant Petkar Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) M R Rajagopal Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) Chandra Sekhar Rath S S Rathore Amitava Roy Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) R Sathyanarayana Pankaj M Shah Bhajju Shyam Maharao Raghuveer Singh Kidambi Srikanth Ibrahim Sutar Siddeshwara Swamiji Lentina Ao Thakkar Vikram Chandra Thakur Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan Nguyen Tien Thien Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Rajagopalan Vasudevan Manas Bihari Verma Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji Romulus Whitaker Baba Yogendra A Zakia |
Padma awards 2018 Tweets
Twitterati were reacted on Dhoni’s achievement and posted several comments praising MS Dhoni.
125 crore Indians are proud of the achievements of all those who have been conferred the #PeoplesPadma. Their unique achievements will inspire generations to come. pic.twitter.com/P0NtL8I9e8
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 2, 2018
Proper Legend. It's earned not demanded. God bless, Ravi #PadmaBhushan #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/TJV0FcgnDc
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 2, 2018
These are not just pictures, these are special memories. Any idea what they are? Find out more on my app #100MB. #WorldCup2011 https://t.co/jIoKVw6rUp pic.twitter.com/wo83MZjxxg
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 2, 2018
2011 में हमने मिट्टी को गले लगा कर नए आसमान खोजे थे। अब, 2019 करवटें ले रहा है, मिट्टी फिर बाँहें फैलाय खड़ी है और नए आसमान चि़ढ़ा रहे हैं। #WorldCup2011 pic.twitter.com/ESANjxygid
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 2, 2018
7 years ago, 15 Indians and a South African did it for a Billion people. #WorldCup2011👌✌️ pic.twitter.com/0wS1H0TkRB
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 2, 2018
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