On the eve of the 60th Republic Day of India, the Ashok Chakra & major Padma awards were given to people who have brought name and glory to the country. This year, awards also hold special importance as great people like Hemant Karkare, M C Sharma and several others got their due recognition after they laid down their lives protecting the Indian soil and it's residents. Here's a list of the recipients:
Ashok Chakra Awards:
The Ashoka Chakra is an Indian military medal awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice". The decoration is generaly awarded either to military or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously.
The list of people who got the Ashok Chakra Awards for 2008 are:
1. Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare
chief Hemant Karkare
2. Mumbai additional commissioner Ashok Kamte
3. Mumbai police Inspector Vijay Salaskar
Inspector Vijay Salaskar
4. Mumbai cop Tukaram Ombale
cop Tukaram Ombale
5. NSG's Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
6. NSG's Havildar Gajender Singh
7. Delhi cop Mohan Chand Sharma
cop Mohan Chand Sharma
8. Jat Regiment's Col Jojan Thomas
Col Jojan Thomas
9. Army commando Bahadur Singh Bohra
10. Meghalaya cop R P Diengdoh
11. Orissa SOG Assistant Commandant PR Satapathy
The Padma Awards:
The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2009 on the following persons:
Padma Vibhushan:
The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on January 2, 1954. It comes after the Bharat Ratna and before the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service.
Sl.No. |
Name |
Discipline |
State / Domicile |
1. |
Dr. Chandrika PrasadSrivastava |
Civil Service |
Maharashtra |
2. |
Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna |
Environment Conservation |
Uttarakhand |
3. |
Prof. D.P.Chattopadhyaya |
Literature & Education |
West Bengal |
4. |
Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj |
Medicine |
Punjab |
5. |
Dr. Purshotam Lal |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
6. |
Shri Govind Narain |
Public Affairs |
Uttar Pradesh |
7. |
Dr. Anil Kakodkar |
Science & Engineering |
Maharashtra |
8. |
Shri G. Madhavan Nair |
Science & Engineering |
Karnataka |
9. |
Sister Nirmala |
Social Work |
West Bengal |
10. |
Dr. A.S. Ganguly |
Trade & Industry |
Maharashtra |
Padma Bhushan:
The Padma Bhushan award is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian awards, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Sri. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.
Sl.No. |
Name |
Discipline |
State / Domicile |
1. |
Shri G. Sivarama KrishnaMurthy alias Krishna |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
2. |
Prof. Ramanlal C. Mehta |
Art |
Gujarat |
3. |
Smt. Shamshad Begum |
Art |
Maharashtra |
4. |
Shri V.P. Dhananjayan & Smt. Shanta Dhananjayan (Duo) |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
5. |
Dr. Vaidyanathan Ganapathi Sthapati |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
6. |
Shri S.K. Misra |
Civil Service |
Haryana |
7. |
Shri Shekhar Gupta |
Journalism |
Delhi |
8. |
Prof. Alappat SreedharaMenon |
Literature & Education |
Kerala |
9. |
Shri C.K. Prahlad |
Literature & Education |
NRI/ PIO |
10. |
Shri D. Jayakanthan |
Literature & Education |
Tamil Nadu |
11. |
Dr. (Smt.) Isher JudgeAhluwalia |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
12. |
Shri Kunwar Narain |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
13. |
Prof. Minoru Hara |
Literature & Education |
Foreigner |
14. |
Shri Ramachandra Guha |
Literature & Education |
Karnataka |
15. |
Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao |
Medicine |
Delhi |
16. |
Vaidya Devendra Triguna |
Medicine |
Delhi |
17. |
Dr. Khalid Hameed |
Medicine |
NRI/ PIO |
18. |
Lt.Gen. (Retd.) SatishNambiar |
National Security Affairs |
Delhi |
19. |
Dr. (Smt.) Inderjit KaurBarthakur |
Public Affairs |
Meghalaya |
20. |
Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
21. |
Dr. Bhakta B. Rath |
Science & Engineering |
NRI/ PIO |
22. |
Shri Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri |
Science & Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
23. |
Dr. Gurdip SinghRandhawa |
Science & Engineering |
Delhi |
24. |
Shri Sam Pitroda |
Science & Engineering |
Delhi |
25. |
Prof. (Dr.) Sarvagya SinghKatiyar |
Science & Engineering |
Uttar Pradesh |
26. |
Prof. Thomas Kailath |
Science & Engineering |
NRI/ PIO |
27. |
Dr. Naganath Nayakawadi |
Social Work |
Maharashtra |
28. |
Dr. (Smt.) SarojiniVaradappan |
Social Work |
Tamil Nadu |
29. |
Shri Abhinav Bindra |
Sports |
Punjab |
30. |
Shri Anil Manibhai Naik |
Trade & Industry |
Maharashtra |
Padma Shri:
Padma Shri is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. (The word "Padma" (Sanskrit) means "Lotus"). It stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
Sl.No. |
Name |
Discipline |
State / Domicile |
1. |
Shri Thilakan |
Art |
Kerala |
2. |
Shri A. Vivekh |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
3. |
Smt. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
4. |
Shri Akshay Kumar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
5. |
Dr. (Ms.) Ameena AhmedAhuja |
Art |
Delhi |
6. |
Smt. Aruna Sairam |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
7. |
Smt. Devayani Chaymotty |
Art |
Foreigner |
8. |
Ms. Geeta Kapur |
Art |
Delhi |
9. |
Shri Govind RamNirmalkar |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
10. |
Shri Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma |
Art |
Manipur |
11. |
Shri Hashmat Ullah Khan |
Art |
Jammu & Kashmir |
12. |
Smt. Helan Khan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
13. |
Smt. Hemi Bawa |
Art |
Delhi |
14. |
Pandit HridaynathMangeshkar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
15. |
Shri Iravatham Mahadevan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
16. |
Shri K.P. Udayabhanu |
Art |
Kerala |
17. |
Dr. KannegantiBrahmanandam |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
18. |
Prof. Kiran Seth |
Art |
Delhi |
19. |
Shri Kumar SanuBhattacharjee |
Art |
Maharashtra |
20. |
Prof. Dr. (Smt.) LeelaOmchery |
Art |
Delhi |
21. |
Shri Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar |
Art |
Kerala |
22. |
Shri Niranjan Goswami |
Art |
West Bengal |
23. |
Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa |
Art |
Punjab |
24. |
Ms. Penaz Masani |
Art |
Maharashtra |
25. |
Shri Prakash N. Dubey |
Art |
Maharashtra |
26. |
Dr. Pratapaditya Pal |
Art |
NRI/ PIO |
27. |
Shri Ram Kishore Chhipa |
Art |
Rajasthan |
28. |
Smt. Saoli Mitra |
Art |
West Bengal |
29. |
Late Shri SkendrowellSyiemlieh (Posthumous) |
Art |
Meghalaya |
30. |
Dr. SubrahmanyamKrishnaswamy |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
31. |
Shri Suresh Dutta |
Art |
West Bengal |
32. |
Late Shri Tafazzul Ali (Posthumous) |
Art |
Assam |
33. |
Shri Udit Narayan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
34. |
Shri Vadakka ManalathGovindan alias Kalamandalam Gopi |
Art |
Kerala |
35. |
Shri S.B. Ghosh Dastidar |
Civil Service |
Haryana |
36. |
Shri Ameen Sayani |
Commentary & Broadcasting |
Maharashtra |
37. |
Shri Abhay Chhajlani |
Journalism |
Madhya Pradesh |
38. |
Dr. A. Sankara Reddy |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
39. |
Shri Alok Mehta |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
40. |
Dr. BannanjeGovindacharya |
Literature & Education |
Karnataka |
41. |
Dr. Birendranath Datta |
Literature & Education |
Assam |
42. |
Prof. Geshe NgawangSamten |
Literature & Education |
Foreigner |
43. |
Prof. Jalees Ahmed KhanTareen |
Literature & Education |
Puducherry |
44. |
Shri Jayanta Mahapatra |
Literature & Education |
Orissa |
45. |
Dr. John Ralston Marr |
Literature & Education |
Foreigner |
46. |
Shri Lalthangfala Sailo |
Literature & Education |
Mizoram |
47. |
Shri Laxman Bapu Mane |
Literature & Education |
Maharashtra |
48. |
Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurty |
Literature & Education |
Karnataka |
49. |
Shri Norden Tshering |
Literature & Education |
Sikkim |
50. |
Dr. PanchapakesaJayaraman |
Literature & Education |
NRI/ PIO |
51. |
Prof. Ram ShankarTripathi |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
52. |
Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir ChanderSobti |
Literature & Education |
Chandigarh |
53. |
Dr. Ravindra NathSrivastava |
Literature & Education |
Bihar |
54. |
Shri Shamsur RahmanFaruqi |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
55. |
Smt. Shashi Deshpande |
Literature & Education |
Karnataka |
56. |
Shri Sunny Varkey |
Literature & Education |
NRI/ PIO |
57. |
Shri Suresh GunduAmonkar |
Literature & Education |
Goa |
58. |
Dr. Utpal K. Banerjee |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
59. |
Dr. A.K. Gupta |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
60. |
Dr. Alampur SaibabaGoud |
Medicine |
Andhra Pradesh |
61. |
Dr. Arvind Lal |
Medicine |
Delhi |
62. |
Dr. Ashok K. Vaid |
Medicine |
Delhi |
63. |
Dr. Ashok Kumar Grover |
Medicine |
Delhi |
64. |
Dr. Balswarup Choubey |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
65. |
Dr. D. S. Rana |
Medicine |
Himachal Pradesh |
66. |
Dr. GovindanVijayaraghavan |
Medicine |
Kerala |
67. |
Dr. Kalyan Banerjee |
Medicine |
Delhi |
68. |
Shri P.R. Krishna Kumar |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
69. |
Dr. R. Sivaraaman |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
70. |
Dr. Shaik KhaderNoordeen |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
71. |
Prof. (Dr.) ThanikachalamSadagopan |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
72. |
Dr. Yash Gulati |
Medicine |
Delhi |
73. |
Shri K. Asungba Sangtam |
Public Affairs |
Nagaland |
74. |
Dr. (Ms.) ShyamlhaPappu |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
75. |
Prof. Syed Iqbal Hasnain |
Research on Himalayan Glaciers |
Delhi |
76. |
Shri Goriparthi Narasimha Raju Yadav |
Science & Engineering |
Andhra Pradesh |
77. |
Prof. Pramod Tandon |
Science & Engineering |
Meghalaya |
78. |
Shri Bansilal Rathi |
Social Work |
Madhya Pradesh |
79. |
Begum Bilkees I. Latif |
Social Work |
Andhra Pradesh |
80. |
Shri Cheril Krishna Menon |
Social Work |
NRI/ PIO |
81. |
Rev. Fr. Joseph H. Pereira |
Social Work |
Maharashtra |
82. |
Shri K. Viswanathan |
Social Work |
Kerala |
83. |
Ms Keepu TsheringLepcha |
Social Work |
Sikkim |
84. |
Prof. Shyam SunderMaheshwari |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
85. |
Shri Sunil Kanti Roy |
Social Work |
West Bengal |
86. |
Shri Balbir Singh Khullar |
Sports |
Punjab |
87. |
Shri Harbhajan Singh |
Sports |
Punjab |
88. |
Shri Mahendra SinghDhoni |
Sports |
Jharkhand |
89. |
Shri Pankaj Advani |
Sports |
Karnataka |
90. |
Shri Surinder Mehta |
Technology Solutions |
Delhi |
91. |
Shri ArunmugamSakthivel |
Trade & Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
92. |
Dr. Bavaguthu RaghuramShetty |
Trade & Industry |
NRI/ PIO |
93. |
Shri R.K. Krishna Kumar |
Trade & Industry |
Maharashtra |
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