Mary Kom & 12 others from Northeast to get Padma Awards

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the 71st Republic Day, names of the Padma awardees for this year have been announced. While seven prominent personalities have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 16 have been given the Padma Bhushan, and 118 have been given the Padma Shri.

The Padma Vibhushan has been given to former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, Olympian boxer Mary Kom, former Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, artiste Chhannulal Mishra, and spiritualist Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Matha Udupi (posthumously).

Among the Padma Bhushan awardees is former Nagaland Chief Minister S.C. Jamir.

The personalities from NE who have been named for Padma Shri are Indira PP Bora, Lil Bahadur Chetri, Jogendra Nath Phukan, Dr Kushal Konwar Sarma, and Dr Ravi Kannan R from Assam; Trinity Saioo (Meghalaya); Oinam Bembem Devi (Manipur); C Kamlova (Mizoram); Ben Chandra Jamatia (Tripura); Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi and Sathyanarayanan Mundyoor (both from Arunachal). (Agencies)

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