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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs
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The list Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs includes
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal, Nuruddin Ahmed, Renuka Ray, Moturi Satyanarayana and 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche.
The list consists of 83 members.
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Moturi Satyanarayana
Satyanarayana Moturi was an Indian freedom fighter, associate of Mohandas Gandhi, member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian Constitution, and a member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House in the Indian government). He was instrum
Overview: Satyanarayana Moturi (2 February 1902 – 6 March 1995) was an Indian independence activist alongside Mohandas Gandhi until 1947 and then a member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian ...Date of birth: 1 September 1902Date of death: 1 March 1995Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Activist
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Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
Sr. Adv. Supreme Court of India
Overview: Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 1931), known generally as K. K. Venugopal (personal name is Venugopal) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. On 30 June ... 0
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Nuruddin Ahmed
Indian lawyer and politicianOverview: Nuruddin Ahmed (1904–1975) was an Indian lawyer and three-time mayor of Delhi. Born in 1904 in Delhi in a wealthy family to Mushtaq Ahmed Zahidi, an Indian Economic Service officer, he did his early e ...Date of birth: 1904Date of death: 1975Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Barrister 0
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Mithan Jamshed Lam
Indian lawyer and womens rights activistOverview: Mithan Jamshed Lam (1898–1981) was an Indian lawyer, social activist and the Sheriff of Mumbai. She was the first Indian woman barrister and the first Indian woman lawyer at the Bombay High Court. She ...Date of birth: 2 March 1898Date of death: 1981Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: BarristerGender: Female 0
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Renuka Ray
Indian politicianOverview: Renuka Ray (1904–1997) was a noted freedom-fighter, social activist and politician of India.Date of birth: 1904Date of death: 1997Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoliticianGender: Female 0
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Pavani Parameswara Rao
Indian lawyerOverview: Pavani Parameswara Rao (P. P. Rao; 5 August 1933 – 13 September 2017) was a Senior Advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India. Widely considered a doyen of Constitutional Law, he had argued a number ...Date of birth: 1933Date of death: 13 September 2017Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Attorney 0
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19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
Indian diplomat
Overview: Ngawang Lobzang Thupstan Chognor (Tibetan: ངག་དབང་བློ་བཟང་ཐུབ་བསྟན་མཆོག་ནོར, Wylie: ngag dbang blo bzang thub bstan mchog nor), commonly known as 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche (19 May 1918 – ...Date of birth: 21 May 1917Date of death: 4 November 2003Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Diplomat 0
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Vavilala Gopalakrishnayya
Indian politicianOverview: Vavilala Gopala Krishna (1906 – 29 April 2003) was a legislator in the 1950s and 1960s and religiously followed the Gandhian philosophy.Date of birth: 1908Date of death: 29 April 2003Age: 94 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Activist 0
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Harish Salve
Indian lawyerOverview: Harish Salve is an Indian senior advocate who practices at the Supreme Court of India. He served as the Solicitor General of India from 1 November 1999 to 3 November 2002. He also fought the case of K ... 0
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Bhagwantrao Mandloi
Indian politicianOverview: Bhagwantrao Annabhau Mandloi (15 December 1892 - 3 November 1977), an Indian National Congress politician was a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was born in Khandwa. He was a recipient of the ...Date of birth: 1892Date of death: 1977Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Politician 0
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Ela Gandhi
South African politician (born 1940)
Overview: Ela Gandhi (born 1 July 1940), granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, is a South African peace activist and was a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994 to 2004, where she aligned with the African ... 0
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Lala Hansraj Gupta
Indian educationist, social worker and philanthropistOverview: Lala Hansraj Gupta was an Indian educationist, social worker and philanthropist. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan by Government of India for his services to society.Date of death: 1985Nationality: IndianOccupation: Politician 0
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Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya
british engineer and political adviser
Overview: Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMechE (6 June 1940 – 1 March 2019) was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor. In 1980, he became ... 0
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Manohar Parrikar
Indian politician
Overview: Manohar Parrikar (born Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar; 13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from ...Date of birth: 13 December 1955Date of death: 17 March 2019Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Politician 0
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Pravin Gordhan
South African politician
Overview: Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (12 April 1949 – 13 September 2024) was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as M ...Date of birth: 12 April 1949Date of death: 13 September 2024Age: 75 (age at death)Nationality: South AfricanOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male 0
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George Yeo
Singaporean politician
Overview: George Yeo Yong-Boon (simplified Chinese: 杨荣文; traditional Chinese: 楊榮文; pinyin: Yáng Róng Wén; born 13 September 1954) is a Singaporean business executive and a former politician. He is the ...Date of birth: 13 September 1954Age: 70Nationality: SingaporeanOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male 0
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Yoshiro Mori
Prime Minister of Japan from 2000 to 2001
Overview: Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō, born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan between April 2000 and April 2001. Described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain ... 0
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Prithvi Singh Azad
Indian politician
Overview: Prithvi Singh Azad (1892–1989) was an Indian independence activist, revolutionary and one of the founder members of Ghadar Party. He suffered incarceration several times during the pre-independence period ...Date of birth: 15 September 1892Date of death: 5 March 1989Age: 96 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Activist 0
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Manubhai Pancholi
Indian Gujarati author and politician
Overview: Manubhai Pancholi also known by his pen name Darshak, was a Gujarati language novelist, author, educationist and politician from Gujarat, India. He participated in the Indian independence movement and ...Date of birth: 15 October 1914Date of death: 29 August 2001Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Activist 0
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Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
Indian politician
Overview: Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 17 November 1939) is a politician from Bihar, who has been Union Minister of State. He is the recipient of Padma Bhushan India's third highest civilian award. He represented ... 0
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