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Padma Award 2026 Announced: 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, 113 Padma Shri

New Delhi – Like every year, the highest civilian awards were announced on the eve of the 77th Republic Day. 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards were announced. The posthumous recipients of the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, include film actor Dharmendra and former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.

Honourable recipients of the second highest civilian award ‘Padma Vibhushan’

1. Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
2. V.S. Achuthanandan (posthumously)
3. Former Chief Justice K.T. Thomas
4. Violinist N. Rajam
5. Writer P. Narayanan

Some dignitaries who received the third highest civilian award ‘Padma Bhushan’

1. Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari
2. Singer Alka Yagnik
3. Actor Mammootty
4. Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank
5. Founder of ‘Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’ Shibu Soren (Posthumous)
6. BJP leader V.K. Malhotra (posthumously)

Some dignitaries who received the fourth highest civilian award ‘Padma Shri’

1. Cricketer Rohit Sharma
2. Woman cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur
3. Actor R. Madhavan
4. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee

‘Padma Shri’ recipients from Maharashtra

1. Folk theatre artist Raghuveer Khedkar
2. Armida Fernandez for her remarkable achievements in the field of medicine
3. Shrirang Lad, a farmer from Parbhani, who is doing special research to increase the yield of cotton
4. Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda

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