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Former Chief Minister of Kerala and veteran communist person V.S. Achuthanandan and histrion Dharmendra person been awarded the second-highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan, posthumously for 2026, a authorities connection said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026).
On Republic Day eve, the authorities announced 131 Padma awards for 2026, including 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri which see 2 cases successful which the grant for 2 individuals is counted arsenic one.
Former Supreme Court justice KT Thomas for nationalist affairs, Hindustani Classical instrumentalist and violinist N Rajam successful Art, eminent Malayalam writer P Narayanan successful lit and acquisition person been awarded Padma Vibhushan, it said.
Playback vocalist Alka Yagnik, erstwhile Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, histrion Mammootty and banker Uday Kotak are among those awarded Padma Bhushan, the Home Ministry said.
Ad guru Piyush Pandey, JMM laminitis Shibu Soren and BJP person VK Malhotra person been awarded Padma Bhushan portion histrion and comedian Satish Shah has been awarded Padma Shri, posthumously, it said.
Ninety awardees are women and the database includes six persons from the class of foreigners, NRI, PIO and OCI, and 16 posthumous awardees, it said.
Tennis fable Vijay Amritraj has been awarded Padma Bhushan; cricketer Rohit Sharma, women's cricket squad skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and hockey subordinate Savita Punia person been awarded Padma Shri, the connection said.
Former JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar, erstwhile Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati and actors R Madhavan and Prosenjit Chatterjee are besides among those awarded Padma Shri, the Ministry said.
