Former Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes were conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award posthumously.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the award to Arun Jaitley’s wife Sangeeta Jaitley.
Hindustani classical singer Chhannulal Mishra was honoured with Padma Vibhushan
Assam ex-CM Tarun Gogoi and former minister Ram Vilas Paswan were awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Narinder Singh Kapany (father of fiber optics) were conferred with Padma Vibhushan
Ex-Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (posthumous), Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra were given Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan: 7
Padma Bhushan: 16
Padma Shri: 122
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