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Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam among Padma Vibhushan recipients

Former CMs Tarun Gogoi and Keshubhai Patel, former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will be awarded the Padma Bhushan.

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New Delhi: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and late singer S P Balasubramaniam were on Monday named for this year’s Padma Vibhushan while former Chief Ministers late Tarun Gogoi and Keshubhai Patel, former Union Minister late Ram Vilas Paswan and former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan have been awarded with Padma Bhushan.

The Union Home Ministry said the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma awards –seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri.

Twenty-nine women are among the Padma awardees and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO AND OCI and one transgender.

Sixteen people have been given the award posthumously.

While sand artist Sudarshan Sahoo has been named for Padma Vibhushan, former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Nripendra Misra, religious leader Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous), and social worker Tarlochan Singh have been named for Padma Bhushan.

Former governor late Mridula Sinha and former union minister Bijoya Bijoya Chakravarty have been named for Padma Shri.


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