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    The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January...
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    The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for the "exceptional...
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  • The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the...
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  • award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred...
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    of Arts and Sciences (1957) National Medal of Science, USA (1966) Padma Vibhushan (1968) Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences (1971)...
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  • 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria...
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    given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, in decreasing order of precedence. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for "exceptional...
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  • 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria...
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  • These include recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), along with other Indian governmental awards...
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    Sadhguru (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in other fields)
    Cauvery Calling, and the Journey to Save Soil. In 2017, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, for his contributions to spirituality...
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  • Gandhi offered Haksar India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, for his numerous distinguished services to India; however, in a letter...
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    Dhirubhai Ambani (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in trade & industry)
    Reliance public in 1977. In 2016, he was honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour for his contributions to trade...
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    N. R. Narayana Murthy (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in trade & industry)
    Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Murthy has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awards. N. R. Narayana Murthy was born on 20 August 1946...
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  • Reddy/Reddi is a surname that has independent origins in both India and Ireland. This article refers solely to the Indian surname. In India it is predominantly...
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    independent Indian view of decorations. It would also lead to changes in the Padma Vibhushan series, the distinguished service medal series, the life-saving medal...
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    1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and...
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  • India. He received Padma Vibhushan Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer who was the guru of the Kuchipudi dance form. He received Padma Bhushan Crazy Mohan...
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    Parkash Singh Badal (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in public affairs)
    decades back. Badal returned the second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan award to support the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest on 3 December...
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    Hubli (or Hubballi) and Dharwad are twin cities in the Indian state of Karnataka. Hubli-Dharwad form the second-largest municipality and urban agglomeration...
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    Kuvempu (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education)
    Karnataka Ratna ("The Gem of Karnataka") in 1992. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1988. He penned the Karnataka State Anthem...
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  • War II. Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Order of Prince Henry, Order of Isabel the Catholic...
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    Rajinikanth (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts)
    cult following. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Bhushan in 2000, Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours...
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  • the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in...
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    Padma Vibhushan Siddheshwari Devi, Khayal Singer, Padma Shri Sitara Devi, Padma Shri Bismillah Khan, Shehnai Player, Bharat Ratna Padma Vibhushan Vikash...
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    Sachin Tendulkar (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in sports)
    Arjuna Award (1994), the Khel Ratna Award (1997), the Padma Shri (1998), and the Padma Vibhushan (2008). After Tendulkar played his last match in November...
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