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Agartala, Tripura
The Government of India on Sunday announced the Padma Awards 2026, honouring distinguished individuals across fields for their exceptional contributions to the nation.
Legendary actor Dharmendra Singh Deol and former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan have been conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously, while celebrated Malayalam cinema icon Mammootty has been awarded the Padma Bhushan.
Actors R Madhavan and Prosenjit Chatterjee have received the Padma Shri.
Renowned Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik has also been named for the Padma Bhushan.
Indian cricket stars Rohit Sharma, the T20 World Cup–winning captain, and Harmanpreet Kaur, who led India to World Cup glory, have been honoured with the Padma Shri.
According to a press note issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Padma Awards—among India’s highest civilian honours—are conferred in three categories:
Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service
Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order
Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field
The awards are announced annually on the occasion of Republic Day.
For 2026, the President of India has approved 131 Padma Awards, including five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri honours. The list features 19 women awardees, six foreign nationals / NRI / PIO / OCI recipients, 16 posthumous awards, and two duo cases counted as single honours.
Dharmendra, whose illustrious career spanned over six decades, remains one of the most enduring figures of popular Hindi cinema. V S Achuthanandan is remembered as one of Kerala’s most influential political leaders, known for his firm administrative stance and long public life. Mammootty, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, is widely regarded as one of India’s finest actors, with an acclaimed body of work across multiple languages.
The Padma Awards will be formally conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually during March–April each year.
FULL LIST OF PADMA AWARDEES 2026
Padma Vibhushan
Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
K T Thomas
N Rajam
P Narayanan
V S Achuthanandan (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)
