Padma Bhusan Recipients

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A. Ramachandran
Gary Ackerman
H. P. S. Ahluwalia

Mian Bashir Ahmed
Begum Akhtar
Javed Akhtar
Horace Alexander
Aruna Asaf Ali
Salim Ali (ornithologist)
Ebrahim Alkazi
Amritlal Nagar
Dev Anand
Viswanathan Anand
U. R. Ananthamurthy
Prabha Atre
Augustine Pinto
B. B. Lal
B. R. Barwale
Amitabh Bachchan
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Hirabai Badodekar
Teejan Bai
SundaramBalachander
Baldev Upadhyaya
Balraj Puri
Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Banumathi
Nabakanta Barua
Rajshekhar Basu
Shyam Benegal
Chembai
Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Ela Bhatt
Bhogilal Pandya
Billy Arjan Singh
Chandu Borde
Boyi Bhimanna
Brihaspati Dev Triguna
Buddhadeb Bosu
Camille Bulcke
Amiya Chakravarty
Dhyan Chand
Lokesh Chandra
Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
Soumitra Chatterjee
Swadesh Chatterjee
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Chiranjeevi
Sarvadaman Chowla
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
D. B. Deodhar
Durgabai Deshmukh
Girija Devi
B. Saroja Devi
Manna Dey
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Joginder Singh Dhillon
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Faquir Chand Kohli
Michael Ferreira
Madhav Gadgil
Ela Gandhi
Sivaji Ganesan
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
Sunil Gavaskar
Gokulbhai Bhatt
Gopichand Narang
Gottipati Brahmaiah
D. V. Gundappa
Maithili Sharan Gupt
Gurram Jashuva
Shobha Gurtu
Habib Tanvir
Irfan Habib
Madapati Hanumantha Rao
Anna Hazare
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Veerendra Heggade
Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani
Henning Holck-Larsen
Somnath Hore
Zakir Hussain (musician)
Qurratulain Hyder
B. K. S. Iyengar

U. R Ananthamurthy

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Born : 21 December 1932,Melige, Tirthahalli taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka
Occupation : Professor, Writer
Nationality : India
Genres : Fiction
Literary movement : Navya

Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy born December 21, 1932, is a leading contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the most important representatives of the Navya movement. Ananthamurthy is counted among the most eminent Indian authors. He is the sixth person among seven recipients of the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honor conferred in India.In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India.

Awards
Jnanpith award in 1994
Padma Bhushan in 1998
Rajyothsava award in 1984
Sahitya academy award in 1983
Maasti award in 1994

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Viswanathan Anand

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Full name : Viswanathan Anand
Country : India
Born : 11 December 1969 (age 39) ,Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title : Grandmaster(1988)
World champion : 2000-2002 (FIDE), 2007-present(undisputed)
FIDE rating : 2791 (No. 2 on the january 2009 FIDE rating list)
Peak rating : 2803 (April 2006, April 2008 )

Awards
Anand has received many national and international awards.
Arjuna award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985
Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour in the year 1991-1992.
British Chess Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess. Padma Bhushan in 2000
Jameo de Oro the highest honour given by the Government of Lanzarote in Spain on 25 April 2001. The award is given to illustrious personalities with extraordinary achievements.
Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004 and 2007)
Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportperson of the millennium
Padma Vibhushan in 2007
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Dev Anand

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Born :DharamDev Pishorimal Anand,
September 26, 1923 (1923-09-26) (age 85)
Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
Occupation: Actor, producer, director - Years
active : 1946-present
DharamDev Pishorimal Anand (born September 26, 1923), better known simply as Dev Anand, is a legendary Indian Bollywood actor and film producer. In his heyday as a star, he was considered the epitome of the suave, urban gentleman, even being banned once from wearing white shirt over black trousers as it drove girls to a frenzy.Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Bollywood. His elder brother Chetan Anand was a film director, as was his younger brother, Vijay Anand. Their sister Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur.
Filmfare Awards
1955 - Nominated Best Actor for Munimji
1958 - Winner Best Actor for Kala Pani
1959 - Nominated Best Actor for Love Marriage
1960 - Nominated Best Actor for Kala Bazar
1961 - Nominated Best Actor for Hum Dono
1966 - Winner Best Actor for Guide
1966 - Winner Best Film for Guide.
1991 - Winner Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
National honours and recognitions
1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
1997 - "Mumbai Academy of Moving Images Award" for his Outstanding Services to the Indian Film Industry.
1998 - "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Ujala Anandlok Film Awards Committee in Calcutta.
1999 - Sansui "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his 'Immense Contribution to Indian Cinema' in New Delhi.
2000 - Film Goers' "Mega Movie Maestro of the Millennium" Award in Mumbai.
2001 - Padma Bhushan Award (India's third highest civilian award from the Government of India).
2001 - "Special Screen Award" for his contribution to Indian cinema.2001 - "Evergreen Star of the Millennium" Award at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards.
2002 - Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award for cinematic excellence
2003 - "Lifetime Achievement Award" for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema’ at IIFA Award in Johannesburg, South Africa. 2004 - "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award at Atlantic City (United States).2004 - "Living Legend Award" by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in recognition of his contribution to the Indian entertainment industry.
2005 - "Sony Golden Glory Award"
2006 - "ANR Award" by the Akkineni International Foundation. 2006 - "Glory of India Award" by IIAF, London.
2007 - "Punjab Ratan" (Jewel of Punjab) Award by the World Punjabi Organisation (European Division) for his outstanding contribution in the field of art and entertainment.
2008 - "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Ramya Cultural Academy in association with Vinmusiclub.
2008 - "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Roatary Club of Bombay
2008 - Awarded at the IIJS Solitaire Awards
International honors and recognitions
In July 2000, in New York City, he was honoured by an Award at the hands of the then First Lady of the United States of America - Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton - for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema'.In 2000, he was awarded the Indo-American Association "Star of the Millennium" Award in the Silicon Valley, California.Donna Ferrar, Member New York State Assembly, honoured him with a "New York State Assembly Citation" for his 'Outstanding Contribution to the Cinematic Arts Worthy of the Esteem and Gratitude of the Great State of New York' on May 1, 2001.In 2005, he was honoured with a "Special National Film Award" by the Government of Nepal at Nepal’s first National Film Festival. He got this honour for his contribution to its In 2007 he was guest of honour at the Sweden India Film Association (SIFA) Indian film festival in Stockholm. In 2008 he was guest of honour at a dinner hosted by the Provost of Highland Council in Inverness, Scotland to celebrate 10 years since he first worked in the Scottish Highlands. He spent several days in the area, en route to Cannes, as a guest of the Highlands and Islands Film Commission.
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