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Pranab Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh awarded Bharat Ratna

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· Jan 31, 2018 · 12:42 pm

Music composer Ilaiyaraaja, sportsmen Pankaj Advani, MS Dhoni among 2018 Padma award winners

This year, there are three Padma Vibhushan awardees, nine Padma Bhushan recipients and 73 Padma Shri winners.

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· Jan 25, 2018 · 10:25 pm
Sharad Pawar, Virat Kohli, Dipa Karmakar among 2017 Padma award winners

NRIs, including AIDS researcher late Suniti Solomon, artist Imrat Khan and Nepal-based social worker Anuradha Koirala are among the Padma Shri awardees.

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· Jan 25, 2017 · 03:31 pm
Dilip Kumar receives Padma Vibhushan

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