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President conferred Padma awards for year 2020

Former Union Ministers  Arun Jaitley, George  Fernandes, and Sushma Swaraj were conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously along with Classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra. President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conferred Padma Awards 2020 at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Arun Jaitley's wife Sangeeta Jaitley received the honour from the President. Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj received the honour. Badminton player P V Sindhu received  Padma Bhushan.  
Prominent personalities who were given Padma Shri include Singer Adnan Sami, former head scientist of ICMR, Dr Raman Gangakhedhkar,  Environmentalist Himmataram Bhambhu, veteran theatre, television artist, Sarita Joshi and Captain of women's hockey team Rani Rampal. Actress Kangna Ranaut also received the honour.The Government had announced 141 Padma Awards on the eve of Republic Day in 2020. The list comprises of seven Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri awards..Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.


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