Padma Awards 2026: Dharmendra Honoured With Padma Vibhushan, Rohit Sharma Receives Padma Shri
The Centre on Sunday announced the Padma Awards for 2026, approving 131 civilian honours across the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri categories.
This year’s list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards, recognising distinguished contributions across public affairs, arts, cinema, literature, sports, science, medicine and social work.
Padma Vibhushan awardees
The Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour, which recognises “exceptional and distinguished service”, has been awarded to five individuals. The recipients include veteran actor Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous), former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan (posthumous), renowned classical violinist N Rajam, former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas, and noted writer P Narayanan.
Padma Bhushan recipients
The Padma Bhushan, awarded for “distinguished service of high order”, features several prominent names this year. Among those honoured are singer Alka Yagnik, actor Mammootty, industrialist Uday Kotak, former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, advertising veteran Piyush Pandey (posthumous), social leader Vellappally Natesan, and tennis legend Vijay Amritraj.
Padma Shri honours
The Padma Shri list for 2026 reflects a wide mix of nationally recognised personalities and grassroots contributors from diverse fields. Indian men’s cricket captain Rohit Sharma has been awarded the Padma Shri, along with women’s hockey team captain Savita Punia and women’s national cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar.
Prime Minister congratulates awardees
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the recipients in a post on X, saying:
“Congratulations to all the Padma Awardees for their outstanding contributions to our nation. Their excellence, dedication and service across diverse fields enrich the fabric of our society. The honour reflects the spirit of commitment and excellence that continues to inspire generations.”
About the Padma Awards
The Padma Awards are announced annually on the occasion of Republic Day and are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually in March or April.
This year’s list includes 19 women awardees, six foreign nationals or persons of Indian origin living abroad, and 16 posthumous honours.
FULL LIST OF PADMA AWARDEES 2026
Padma Vibhushan
- Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous)
- K T Thomas
- N Rajam
- P Narayanan
- V S Achuthanandhan (posthumous)
Padma Bhushan
- Alka Yagnik
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari
- Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy
- Mammootty
- Nori Dattatreyudu
- Piyush Pandey (posthumous)
- S K M Maeilanandhan
- Shatavadhani R Ganesh
- Shibu Soren (posthumous)
- Uday Kotak
- V K Malhotra (posthumous)
- Vellappally Natesan
- Vijay Amritraj
Padma Shri
- A E Muthunayagam
- Anil Kumar Rastogi
- Anke Gowda M
- Armida Fernandez
- Arvind Vaidya
- Ashok Khade
- Ashok Kumar Singh
- Asok Kumar Haldar
- Baldev Singh
- Bhagwandas Raikwar
- Bharat Singh Bharti
- Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda
- Bishwa Bandhu (posthumous)
- Brij Lal Bhat
- Buddha Rashmi Mani
- Budhri Tati
- Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
- Charan Hembram
- Chiranji Lal Yadav
Deepika Reddy - Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
- Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
- Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
- Gambir Singh Yonzone
- Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (posthumous)
- Gayatri Balasubramanian
- Ranjani Balasubramanian
- Gopal Ji Trivedi
- Guduru Venkat Rao
- H V Hande
- Hally War
- Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (posthumous)
- Haricharan Saikia
- Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
- Inderjit Singh Sidhu
- Janardan Bapurao Bothe
- Jogesh Deuri
- Juzer Vasi
- Jyotish Debnath
- K Pajanivel
- K Ramasamy
- K Vijay Kumar
- Kabindra Purkayastha (posthumous)
- Kailash Chandra Pant
- Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
- Kewal Krishan Thakral
- Khem Raj Sundriyal
- Kollakal Devaki Amma G
- Krishnamurty Balasubramanian
- Kumar Bose
- Kumarasamy Thangaraj
- Lars-Christian Koch
- Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
- Madhavan Ranganathan
- Maganti Murali Mohan
- Mahendra Kumar Mishra
- Mahendra Nath Roy
- Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
- Mangala Kapoor
- Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
- Mohan Nagar
- Narayan Vyas
- Naresh Chandra Dev Varma
- Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
- Nuruddin Ahmed
- Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan
- Padma Gurmet
- Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
- Pokhila Lekthepi
- Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore
- Prateek Sharma
- Praveen Kumar
- Prem Lal Gautam
- Prosenjit Chatterjee
- Punniamurthy Natesan
- R Krishnan (posthumous)
- R V S Mani
- Rabilal Tudu
- Raghupat Singh (posthumous)
- Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
- Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar
- Rajendra Prasad
- Rama Reddy Mamidi (posthumous)
- Ramamurthy Sreedher
- Ramchandra Godbole
- Suneeta Godbole
- Ratilal Borisagar
- Rohit Sharma
- S G Susheelamma
- Sangyusang S Pongener
- Sant Niranjan Dass
- Sarat Kumar Patra
- Saroj Mandal
- Satish Shah (posthumous)
- Satyanarayan Nuwal
- Savita Punia
- Shafi Shauq
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati
- Shrirang Devaba Lad
- Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
- Shyam Sundar
- Simanchal Patro
- Sivasankari
- Suresh Hanagavadi
- Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
- T T Jagannathan (posthumous)
- Taga Ram Bheel
- Tarun Bhattacharya
- Techi Gubin
- Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam
- Tripti Mukherjee
- Veezhinathan Kamakoti
- Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
- Vladimer Mestvirishvili (posthumous)
- Yumnam Jatra Singh (posthumous)
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