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{{Short description|List of recipients of a civilian award in India}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Padma Bhushan
| image = Padma Bhushan India IIe Klasse.jpg
| alt = Padma Bhushan medal suspended from its riband
| image_size = 100px
| type = National Civilian
| country = India
| established = 1954
| firstawarded = 1954
| presenter = <br>[[File:Emblem of India.svg|30px|State Emblem of India]]<br/>[[Government of India]]
| previous = [[Padma Vibhushan]] "Dusra Varg" (Class II)
| obverse = A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus.
| reverse = A platinum [[State Emblem of India]] placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "[[Satyameva Jayate]]" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script
| ribbon = [[File:Padma Bhushan Ribbon.svg|100px|Padma Bhushan riband]]
| higher = [[File:Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg|x15px|Padma Vibhushan riband]] [[Padma Vibhushan]]
| lower = [[File:Padma Shri Ribbon.svg|x15px|Padma Shri riband]] [[Padma Shri]]
| total_awarded = 94
}}

The [[Padma Bhushan]] is the third-highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] of the [[India|Republic of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/pv-sindhu-recommended-for-padma-bhushan-indias-third-highest-civilian-award-by-sports-ministry-4079101.html|title=PV Sindhu recommended for Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, by sports ministry|work=Firstpost|date=25 September 2017|access-date=26 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226235920/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/pv-sindhu-recommended-for-padma-bhushan-indias-third-highest-civilian-award-by-sports-ministry-4079101.html|archive-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> Instituted on 2{{nbsp}}January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.<ref name=award1954>{{cite journal|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1954/E-2233-1954-0001-103507.pdf|title=The Gazette of India—Extraordinary—Part I|last=Lal|first=Shavax A.|year=1954|journal=The Gazette of India|publisher=The President's Secretariat|publication-date=2 January 1954|access-date=31 March 2018|pages=2|quote=The President is pleased to institute an award to be designated 'Padma Vibhushan' in three classes, namely: 'Pahela Varg', 'Dusra Varg' and 'Tisra Varg'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514155953/http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1954/E-2233-1954-0001-103507.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2014}}</ref> The recipients receive a ''Sanad'', a certificate signed by the [[President of India]] and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year on [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] (26{{nbsp}}January) and registered in ''[[The Gazette of India]]''{{mdash}}a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Ministry of Urban Development]].<ref name="scheme">{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Scheme|url=http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Scheme-PadmaAwards-050514.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|access-date=28 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209002803/http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Scheme-PadmaAwards-050514.pdf|archive-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the ''Gazette''. The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is  archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register;<ref name=award1955>{{cite journal|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2196-1955-0003-100533.pdf|title=The Gazette of India—Extraordinary—Part I|last=Ayyar|first=N. M.|year=1955|journal=The Gazette of India|publisher=The President's Secretariat|publication-date=15 January 1955|access-date=31 March 2018|pages=8|quote=All persons upon whom the decoration of 'Padma Vibhushan' ('Dusra Varg') was conferred under the Regulations issued with Notification No. 2-Pres./54, dated the 2nd January, 1954, shall, for all purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be persons on whom the decoration of Padma Bhushan has been conferred by the President.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518211317/http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1955/O-2196-1955-0003-100533.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2014}}</ref> none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1954–1959 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the [[State governments of India|state and the union territory governments]], as well as from [[Union Government ministries of India|Ministries of the Government of India]], the [[Bharat Ratna]] and the [[List of Padma Vibhushan award recipients|Padma Vibhushan awardees]], the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the [[List of current Indian chief ministers|Chief Ministers]] and the [[List of current Indian governors|Governors of State]], and the [[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]] including private individuals.<ref name="scheme" />

When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tier [[Padma Vibhushan]] awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. The original specification of the award was a circle made of standard silver {{convert|1+3/8|inch|mm}} in diameter, with rims on both the sides. A centrally located lotus flower was embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma Vibhushan" written in [[Devanagari]] script was inscribed above the lotus along the upper edge of the medal. A floral wreath was embossed along the lower edge and a lotus wreath at the top along the upper edge. The [[State Emblem of India]] was placed in the centre of the reverse side with the text "Desh Seva" in Devanagari Script on the lower edge. The medal was suspended by a pink riband {{convert|1+1/4|inch|mm}} in width divided into three equal segments by two white vertical lines.<ref name=award1954/>

On 15{{nbsp}}January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the [[Padma Shri]]. The criteria includes "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the [[Public sector undertakings in India|Public sector undertakings]] with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The design was also modified to the form that is currently in use. The current design is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion {{convert|1+3/4|inch|mm}} in diameter and {{convert|1/8|inch|mm}} thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of {{convert|1+3/16|inch|mm}} side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter {{convert|1+1/16|inch|mm}} is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in [[Devanagari]] script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus. The [[State Emblem of India|Emblem of India]] is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto of India, "[[Satyameva Jayate]]" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband {{convert|1+1/4|inch|mm}} in width with a broad white stripe in the middle.<ref name="scheme"/><ref name=award1955 /> It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations of [[Indian honours system|the Indian civilian and military awards]].{{efn|The order of precedence is: [[Bharat Ratna]], [[Param Vir Chakra]], [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] and Padma Bhushan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=zCQHR1MODtMw0EJ0MUc5CA==&ParentID=XRRy6fl/Yj1c0bK0sve+Pg==|title=Wearing of Medals: Precedence Of Medals|access-date=22 November 2015|publisher=Indian Army|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220808/http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=zCQHR1MODtMw0EJ0MUc5CA%3D%3D&ParentID=XRRy6fl%2FYj1c0bK0sve+Pg%3D%3D|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>}}

A total of twenty-three awards were conferred in 1954 followed by twelve in 1955; thirteen in 1956; sixteen in 1957; sixteen again in 1958, and fourteen in 1959, giving a total of 94 recipients in the first six years—including one foreign recipient awarded in 1955. Till 1959, individuals from nine different fields were awarded which includes twenty-six from literature and education, seventeen from civil service, twelve artists, ten from science and engineering, ten from social work, eight from public affairs, six from medicine, four sportspersons, and one from trade and industry.

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== Recipients ==

{{Table TOC|1954|1955|1956|1957|1958|1959}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Image
! scope="col" | Laureates
! scope="col" | Field
! scope="col" | State / country<ref name="award54-59">{{cite web |title=List of recipients of Padma Bhushan awards (1954–59)|url=http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=14 August 2013|access-date=23 August 2015|pages=1–9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
|- id="1954"
| 1954
| [[File:Homi Jehangir Bhabha 1960s (cropped).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Homi Jehangir|Bhabha|Homi J. Bhabha}}
| Science and Engineering 
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar 1994 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Shanti Swaroop|Bhatnagar}}
| Science and Engineering 
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| 
! {{sortname|Mahadeva Iyer|Ganapati}}
| Civil Service 
| Odisha
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Jnan Chandra Ghosh.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Jnan Chandra|Ghosh}}
| Science and Engineering 
| West Bengal
|-
| 1954
| 
! {{sortname|Radha Krishan|Gupta|nolink=1}}
| Civil Service 
| Delhi
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Maithili Sharan Gupt 1974 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Maithili Sharan|Gupt}}
| Literature and Education 
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| 
! {{sortname|R. R.|Handa|nolink=1}}
| Civil Service 
| Punjab
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Amarnath Jha VC-BHU.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Amarnath|Jha}}
| Literature and Education 
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Ajudhia Nath Khosla.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Ajudhiya Nath|Khosla}}
| Science and Engineering 
| Delhi
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan 1952 London.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Kariamanickam Srinivasa|Krishnan}}
| Science and Engineering 
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Husain Ahmad Madani 2012 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Hussain Ahmad|Madani|Husain Ahmad Madani}}
| Literature and Education 
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Josh Malihabadi.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Josh|Malihabadi}}
| Literature and Education 
| Delhi
|-
| 1954
| 
! {{sortname|Vaikunthbhai|Mehta}}
| Public Affairs
| Gujarat
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Vallathol Narayana Menon 1978 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Vallathol Narayana|Menon}}
| Literature and Education 
| Kerala
|-
| 1954
| [[File:A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|A. Lakshmanaswami|Mudaliar}}
| Literature and Education 
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Palden Thondup Namgyal.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Maharaj Kr. Palden T|Namgyal|Palden Thondup Namgyal}}
| Public Affairs 
| Punjab
|-
| 1954
| [[File:V Narahari Rao in civil service uniform.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|V. Narahari|Rao}}
| Civil Service 
| Karnataka
|-
| 1954
| [[File:P._S._Rao_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Pandyala Satyanarayana|Rau|nolink=1}}
| Civil Service 
| Andhra Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Statue of Jamini Roy.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Jamini|Roy}}
| Arts 
| West Bengal
|-
| 1954
| [[File:Sukumar Sen 1953 cropped.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Sukumar|Sen|dab=civil servant}}
| Civil Service 
| West Bengal
|-
| 1954
| 
! {{sortname|Satya Narayana|Shastri}}
| Medicine 
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1954
| [[File:M. S. Subbulakshmi (03).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|M. S.|Subbulakshmi}}
| Arts 
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1954
| [[File:General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Kodandera Subayya|Thimayya}}
| Civil Service
| Karnataka
|- id="1955"
| 1955
| 
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Fateh Chand|Badhwar}}
| Civil Service
| Punjab
|-
| 1955
| 
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lalit Mohan|Banerjee}}
| Medicine
| West Bengal
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Sunitikumar Chatterjee.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Suniti Kumar|Chatterji}}
| Literature and Education
| West Bengal
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.png|70px]]
! {{sortname|Kamaladevi|Chattopadhyay}}
| Social Work
| West Bengal
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Surendra Kumar Dey Lok Sabha image.gif|70px]]
! {{sortname|Surender Kumar|Dey|S. K. Dey}}
| Civil Service
| Delhi
|-
| 1955
| 
! {{sortname|Vasant Ramji|Khanolkar|V. R. Khanolkar}}
| Medicine
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1955
| 
! {{sortname|Sunder Das|Khungar}}
| Civil Service
| Punjab
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Rameshwari Nehru 1987 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Rameshwari|Nehru}}
| Social Work
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Pranakrushna Parija Principal Ravenshaw College Cuttack from Oriya Bhasha Kosh 1931.png|70px]]
! {{sortname|Prana Krushna|Parija}}
| Literature and Education
| Odisha
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Madapati Hanumantha Rao.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Madapati|Rao|Madapati Hanumantha Rao}}
| Social Work
| Andhra Pradesh
|-
| 1955
| 
! {{sortname|Maneklal Sankalchand|Thacker}}
| Science and Engineering
| Delhi
|-
| 1955
| 
! {{sortname|Attur Rangaswami|Venkatachari|nolink=1}}
| Civil Service
| Tamil Nadu
|- id="1956"
| 1956
| [[File:Rukmini Devi.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Rukmini Devi|Arundale}}
| Arts
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1956
| 
! {{sortname|Rajshekhar|Basu}}
| Literature and Education
| West Bengal
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Dhyan Chand closeup.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Dhyan|Chand}}
| Sports
| Punjab
|-
| 1956
| 
! {{sortname|Malur Srinivasa Thirumale|Iyengar}}
| Civil Service
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Nawab Mir Alam ali khan,Alam yar jung.By- Aun Mehdi.JPG|70px]]
! {{sortname|Nawab Zain Yar|Jung|Zain Yar Jung}}
| Public Affairs
| Andhra Pradesh
|-
| 1956
| 
! {{sortname|Pushpavati Janardanrai|Mehta|Pushpaben Mehta}}
| Public Affairs
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1956
| [[File:CK Nayudu 1930s scan.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Cottari Kankaiyah|Nayudu|C. K. Nayudu}}
| Sports
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Muthulakshmi Reddy (ca 1912).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Muthulakshmi|Reddi}}
| Medicine
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1956
| 
! {{sortname|Kanwar|Sain|Kanwar Sen}}
| Civil Service
| Rajasthan
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Bahi Veer Singh.png|70px]]
! {{sortname|Vir|Singh|dab=writer}}
| Literature and Education
| Punjab
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Kasturi Srinivasan.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Kasturi|Srinivasan|K. Srinivasan}}
| Literature and Education
| Punjab
|-
| 1956
| [[File:Stamp of India - 1991 - Colnect 164196 - Mahadevi Verma Poetess and - Varsha.jpeg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Mahadevi|Varma}}
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1956
| 
! {{sortname|Tiruvadi Sambasiva|Venkataraman}}
| Science and Engineering
| Tamil Nadu
|- id="1957"
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Bhikham Lal|Atreya}}
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Balasaraswati 2010 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|T.|Balasaraswati|Balasaraswati}}
| Arts
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Alagappa Chettiar 2007 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Alagappa|Chettiar}}
| Social Work
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Hazari Prasad Dwivedi 1997 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Hazari Prasad|Dwivedi}}
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Syed Abid|Husain}}
| Literature and Education
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Mushtaq Hussain Khan.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Mushtaq Hussain|Khan}}
| Arts
| Madhya Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Lakshmi|Menon|Lakshmi N. Menon}}
| Public Affairs
| Kerala
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Radha Kumud Mukherji.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Radha Kumud|Mukherjee}}
| Public Affairs
| West Bengal
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|K. Covilagam Kutti Ettan|Raja|nolink=1}}
| Civil Service
| Kerala
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Andal Venkatasubba|Rao}}
| Social Work
| Andhra Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Shrikrishna N.|Ratanjankar|Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar}}
| Arts
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Shyam Nandan|Sahay}}
| Literature and Education
| Bihar
|-
| 1957
| [[File:G.S.Sardesai.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Govind Sakharam|Sardesai}}
| Literature and Education
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1957
| [[File:KAN Sastri.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|K. A. Nilakanta|Sastri}}
| Literature and Education
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Basiswar Sen - Noted Scientist, Philosopher.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Boshi|Sen|Basiswar Sen}}
| Science and Engineering
| West Bengal
|-
| 1957
| 
! {{sortname|Siddheshwar|Varma}}
| Literature and Education
| Chandigarh
|- id="1958"
| 1958
| [[File:Salim ali mns.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Salim|Ali}}
| Science and Engineering
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram Lok Sabha.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Vijaya|Anand|Maharajkumar of Vizianagram}}
| Sports
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Deviprasad Roy Chowdhury.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|D. P.|Roy Choudhury}}
| Arts
| West Bengal
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Jehangir|Ghandy}}
| Trade and Industry
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1958
| [[File:NS Hardikar 1989 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Narayan Subarao|Hardikar|N. S. Hardikar}}
| Social Work
| Karnataka
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Ariyakudi Ramanuja|Iyengar}}
| Arts
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Allaudin Khan.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Allauddin|Khan}}
| Arts
| Uttar Pradesh
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Kumar Padma Siva Shankara|Menon|K. P. S. Menon (senior)}}
| Civil Service
| Kerala
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Arathil C. Narayanan|Nambiar|A. C. N. Nambiar}}
| Civil Service
| Kerala
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Kuvempu.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Kuppali Venkatappagowda|Puttappa|Kuvempu}}
| Literature and Education
| Karnataka
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Poola Tirupati|Raju}}
| Literature and Education
| Rajasthan
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Kamalendumati|Shah}}
| Social Work
| Delhi
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Rao Raja Hanut Singh of Jodhpur.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Rao Raja Hanut|Singh|Hanut Singh}}
| Public Affairs
| Rajasthan
|-
| 1958
| 
! {{sortname|Rustom Jal|Vakil}}
| Medicine
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Surya Narayan Vyas 2002 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Surya Narayan|Vyas}}
| Literature and Education
| Madhya Pradesh
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia 1984 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Darashaw Nosherwan|Wadia}}
| Science and Engineering
| Maharashtra
|- id="1959"
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Sisir Kumar|Bhaduri|Sisir Bhaduri}}{{efn|Sisir Kumar Bhaduri refused the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010603/spectrum/speaking.htm|title=When is an apology not an apology: The losers|author=Sarkar, Chanchal|newspaper=The Tribune|date=3 June 2001|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084213/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010603/spectrum/speaking.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>}}
| Arts
| West Bengal
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Ramdhari Singh Dinkar 1999 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Ramdhari|Singh Dinkar}}
| Literature and Education
| Bihar
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Ali Yavar Jung (cropped).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Ali Yavar|Jung}}
| Civil Service
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Hansa Jivraj|Mehta}}
| Social Work
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Pammal Sambandha|Mudaliar}}
| Arts
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1959
| [[File:TRV Murti.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala|Murti}}
| Literature and Education
| Tamil Nadu
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Tenzing Norgay (cropped).jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Tenzing|Norgay}}
| Sports
| West Bengal
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Bhaurao Patil.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Bhaurao|Patil}}
| Social Work
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Jal Cawashaw|Paymaster|nolink=1}}
| Medicine
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Dhanvanthi Rama|Rau}}
| Social Work
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Nirmal Kumar|Sidhanta}}
| Literature and Education
| West Bengal
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Kankanhalli|Vasudevachary|Mysore Vasudevachar}}
| Arts
| Karnataka
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Mama Warerkar Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
! {{sortname|Bhargavaram Viththal|Varerkar}}
| Public Affairs
| Maharashtra
|-
| 1959
| 
! {{sortname|Ghulam|Yazdani}}
| Science and Engineering
| Andhra Pradesh
|-
|}

== Explanatory notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.padmaawards.gov.in/}}
* {{cite web|title=Awards & Medals|url=http://mha.gov.in/awards_medals|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=14 September 2015|access-date=22 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209002905/http://mha.gov.in/awards_medals|archive-date=9 February 2018}}

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