List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)


The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. 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 and registered in The Gazette of Indiaa publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the Ministry of Urban Development. 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 The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1970–1979 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg" under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria included "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants", but excluded those working with the public sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards; this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The design was also changed to the form that is currently in use; it portrays a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion in diameter and thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of side is embossed with a knob carved within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter 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" is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus written in Devanagari script. The State Emblem of India is displayed in the centre of the reverse side, together with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" in Devanagari script, which is 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 in width with a broad white stripe in the middle. It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations of the Indian civilian and military awards.
As the result of the 6th general election held in March 1977, Morarji Desai was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 24March 1977 replacing the Indira Gandhi led government of the Indian National Congress. On 31July, the newly formed government retracted all the civilian awards including the Padma Bhushan deeming them "worthless and politicized". After the 7th general election of 1980 Gandhi was again sworn in as the Prime Minister and all civilian awards were reinstated on 25January 1980. Consequently, this award was not presented in 1978 and 1979.
A total of 205 awards were presented in the 1970s—twenty-eight in 1970, followed by forty-one in 1971, fifty in 1972, seventeen in 1973, twenty-one in 1974, fifteen in 1975, sixteen in 1976 and seventeen in 1977. The Padma Bhushan in the 1970s was also conferred upon eight foreign recipients—four from the United States, two from Italy, and one each from Belgium and the United Kingdom. Individuals from nine different fields were awarded, which includes forty-eight from literature and education, forty-three from civil services, thirty-four artists, twenty-six from science and engineering, twenty-one from social work, seventeen from medicine, twelve from trade and industry, three from public affairs, and one sportsperson. Novelist Khushwant Singh, who accepted the award in 1974 in the field of literature and education, returned it in 1984 as a notion of protest against the Operation Blue Star.

Recipients





YearRecipientFieldState
1970ArtsWest Bengal
1970ArtsMaharashtra
1970Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1970Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
1970Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1970Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1970Literature & EducationDelhi
1970Public AffairsHaryana
1970Literature & EducationDelhi
1970Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1970Social Work Maharashtra
1970ArtsTamil Nadu
1970Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1970Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1970Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1970Public AffairsMadhya Pradesh
1970MedicineUttar Pradesh
1970ArtsWest Bengal
1970Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1970Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1970Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
1970Social WorkMaharashtra
1970Social WorkDelhi
1970Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1970ArtsUttar Pradesh
1970Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1970Civil ServiceDelhi
1970Literature & EducationPunjab
1971Social WorkTamil Nadu
1971Literature & EducationChandigarh
1971Social WorkRajasthan
1971ArtsGujarat
1971Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1971Literature & EducationKerala
1971Trade & IndustryWest Bengal
1971Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1971Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1971Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1971ArtsKarnataka
1971ArtsTamil Nadu
1971ArtsTamil Nadu
1971Literature & EducationDelhi
1971Social WorkDelhi
1971Literature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
1971ArtsPunjab
1971Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1971ArtsMaharashtra
1971ArtsUttar Pradesh
1971ArtsKerala
1971ArtsMaharashtra
1971MedicineMaharashtra
1971Trade & IndustryUttar Pradesh
1971Trade & IndustryWest Bengal
1971MedicineMadhya Pradesh
1971MedicineBihar
1971Literature & EducationOdisha
1971Trade & IndustryMadhya Pradesh
1971ArtsTamil Nadu
1971ArtsMaharashtra
1971Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1971MedicineTamil Nadu
1971Trade & IndustryWest Bengal
1971Science & Engineering
1971ArtsTamil Nadu
1971Social WorkMaharashtra
1971MedicineDelhi
1971Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1971Civil ServiceChandigarh
1971Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Social WorkMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Civil ServiceKarnataka
1972Social WorkMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Science & EngineeringWest Bengal
1972Literature & EducationChandigarh
1972Social WorkKarnataka
1972Social WorkDelhi
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServiceGujarat
1972Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1972Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceKarnataka
1972MedicineMaharashtra
1972Science & EngineeringKerala
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1972Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Civil ServiceKarnataka
1972ArtsMaharashtra
1972Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1972Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1972MedicineMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceJammu & Kashmir
1972Trade & IndustryDelhi
1972Science & EngineeringPunjab
1972Literature & EducationKarnataka
1972Science & EngineeringDelhi
1972Science & EngineeringAndhra Pradesh
1972MedicineWest Bengal
1972Civil ServiceMadhya Pradesh
1972Civil ServiceChandigarh
1972MedicineMaharashtra
1972MedicineDelhi
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972ArtsBihar
1972ArtsTamil Nadu
1972Civil Service
1972Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1972Literature & EducationDelhi
1972Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1972Trade & IndustryAndhra Pradesh
1973Science & Engineering
1973ArtsKerala
1973Social WorkMaharashtra
1973Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1973Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1973Trade & IndustryTamil Nadu
1973ArtsDelhi
1973Literature & EducationKerala
1973Social WorkRajasthan
1973SportsGujarat
1973Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1973Civil ServiceKarnataka
1973ArtsMadhya Pradesh
1973Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1973Social WorkAndhra Pradesh
1973Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1973Literature & EducationKerala
1974Arts
1974Literature & Education
1974MedicineUttar Pradesh
1974Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1974ArtsWest Bengal
1974Literature & EducationKarnataka
1974Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1974ArtsWest Bengal
1974ArtsMaharashtra
1974Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1974Science & EngineeringDelhi
1974ArtsAndhra Pradesh
1974Social WorkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
1974Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1974Literature & EducationGujarat
1974Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1974Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1974Science & EngineeringUttar Pradesh
1974Literature & EducationPunjab
1974Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1974MedicineTamil Nadu
1975ArtsUttar Pradesh
1975Science & Engineering
1975Science & EngineeringWest Bengal
1975Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1975Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1975Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1975MedicineMaharashtra
1975Civil ServiceDelhi
1975Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1975Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1975Literature & EducationBihar
1975Literature & EducationPunjab
1975Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1975Civil ServiceMadhya Pradesh
1975Social WorkRajasthan
1976Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1976Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1976Literature & EducationAssam
1976Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1976Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1976Social WorkAndhra Pradesh
1976ArtsKarnataka
1976Civil ServiceDelhi
1976Science & EngineeringPunjab
1976Social WorkRajasthan
1976Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1976MedicineTamil Nadu
1976Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1976Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1976Civil ServiceDelhi
1976Literature & Education
1977Literature & EducationDelhi
1977Public AffairsChandigarh
1977Literature & Education
1977ArtsMadhya Pradesh
1977Social WorkWest Bengal
1977Civil ServiceDelhi
1977Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1977Literature & EducationDelhi
1977Social WorkDelhi
1977ArtsMaharashtra
1977ArtsMaharashtra
1977MedicineTamil Nadu
1977MedicineAndhra Pradesh
1977Arts Uttar Pradesh
1977Social WorkDelhi
1977Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1977Literature & EducationTamil Nadu

Explanatory notes

;Non-citizen recipients
;Posthumous recipients