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Pawar, Joshi to get Padma VIbhushan, Yesudas Padma Bhushan, Kohli Padma Shri

| | Jan 25, 2017, at 08:05 pm
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IBNS) : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar,veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli will be accorded Padma awards on Wednesday, The Hindu reported.

The report said Pawar and Joshi will get the Padma Vibhushan.

Legendary singer K.J. Yesudas, late Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, late Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma, late Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunder Lal Patwah will also be accorded the second highest civilian honour.

Indian captain Virat Kohli will be awarded the Padma Shri. Other sportspersons to get the award include Olympian Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Vikas Gowda for discus throw and P.R. Sreejesh for hockey.

Among NRIs to be awarded this year are pioneering AIDS researcher Dr Suniti Solomon, surbahar artist Imrat Khan and Anuradha Koirala from Nepal for social work.

Among journalists, film critic Bhavna Somaiya will be awarded the Padma Shri.

The awards will be officially announced on Wednesday evening.

 

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