Virat Kohli, the Indian Cricket Captain has been known for his superb performances in the year that has just ended. Due to such a wonderful display, the cricketer will be honored with a Padma Shree; yes, you heard that right! He is all set to receive the 4th highest civilian honor of India; the first 3 being the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
Apart from Kohli, there are 7 other sportspersons who are named for Padma Shri and these include Vikas Gowda, the discus thrower, PR Sreejesh, Indian hockey captain, Dipa Karmakar, the gymnast, Deepa Malik and Mariyappan Thangavelu, the Paralympians, Sakshi Malik, the bronze medalist wrestler and Shekhar Naik, the blind cricket team captain.
Talking about Virat, he has done a lot for Indian team and brought it to a respectable position. New Year brought in new changes and Virat proved his efficiency as a captain in every sense. He would now be leading India in all 3 format- T20Is, ODIs and Tests.
Kohli even celebrated the captaincy after defeating England in the recent ODI series. Entering the list of Padma Shri awardees is indeed a great pleasure for Virat Kohli, isn’t it?
This isn’t the first honor Kohli will be conferred upon with an award; in the year 2013, he got Arjuna Award for brilliance in International Cricket.
All 8 sportspersons truly deserve it; out of 75 Padma Shree awardees, eight of them belong to the field of sports, isn’t it inspiring? 89 Padma Awardees have been announced by the government and in the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan category, there were no sports persons.
Here’s complete list of all the winners:-
Padma Vibhushan
Sl.No | Name | Field | State |
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1. | Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
2. | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
3. | Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
4. | Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
5. | Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
6. | Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
7. | Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
Padma Bhushan
Sl. No. | Name | Field | State |
---|---|---|---|
8. | Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
9. | Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
10. | Shri Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
11. | Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
12. | Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Others-Yoga | Bihar |
13. | H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
14. | Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education – Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Shri
Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
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15. | Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
16. | Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
17. | Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
18. | Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
19. | Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
20. | Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
21. | Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
22. | Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
23. | Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
24. | Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
25. | Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
26. | Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
27. | Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
28. | Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
29. | Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
30. | Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
31. | Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
32. | Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
33. | Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
34. | Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
35. | Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
36. | Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
37. | Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
38. | Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
39. | Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
40. | Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
41. | Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
42. | Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
43. | Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
44. | Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
45. | Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
46. | Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
47. | Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
48. | Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
49. | Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education – Journalism | Jharkhand |
50. | Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
51. | Shri Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education – Journalism | Gujarat |
52. | Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat |
53. | Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
54. | Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana |
55. | Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
56. | Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
57. | Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh |
58. | Dr. Mukut Minz | Medicine | Chandigarh |
59. | Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
60. | Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
61. | Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
62. | Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
63. | Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
64. | Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
65. | Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
66. | Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
67. | Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
68. | Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
69. | Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
70. | Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
71. | Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
72. | Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
73. | Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
74. | Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
75. | Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
76. | Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
77. | Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
78. | Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
79. | Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
80. | Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
81. | Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
82. | Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
83. | Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
84. | Shri Anant Agarwal(NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
85. | Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education – Journalism | USA |
86. | Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
87. | Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
88. | Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
89. | Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |
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