List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)


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 The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1960–1969 have been revoked or restored.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.
A total of 200 awards were presented in the 1960s ten in 1960, followed by thirteen in 1961, twenty-seven in 1962, twelve in 1963, eighteen in 1964, twenty-five in 1965, fourteen in 1966, twenty-four in 1967, twenty-eight in 1968, and twenty-nine in 1969. The Padma Bhushan in the 1960s was also conferred upon five foreign recipients two from the United States and one each from Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Individuals from nine different fields were awarded, which includes sixty-nine from literature and education, thirty-two from medicine, twenty-two from civil services, seventeen artists, sixteen from public affairs, fifteen from science and engineering, fourteen from social work, ten from trade and industry, and five sportspersons. Journalist Manikonda Chalapathi Rau and Kannada writer K. Shivaram Karanth returned their 1968 awards, while Sitar player Vilayat Khan refused to accept it, with him stating that "the selection committees were incompetent to judge music".

Recipients




YearRecipientFieldState
1960Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1960MedicineWest Bengal
1960Public AffairsOrissa
1960Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1960Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1960ArtsMadhya Pradesh
1960Literature & EducationDelhi
1960Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1960Literature & EducationBihar
1960MedicineMaharashtra
1961MedicineWest Bengal
1961MedicineMaharashtra
1961Literature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
1961Science & Engineering
1961Civil ServiceDelhi
1961Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1961Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1961Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1961Arts
1961Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1961Public AffairsBihar
1961Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1961Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1962MedicineDelhi
1962Literature & EducationDelhi
1962Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1962MedicinePunjab
1962Literature & EducationJammu & Kashmir
1962ArtsMaharashtra
1962Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1962Civil ServiceDelhi
1962Public AffairsMaharashtra
1962MedicineWest Bengal
1962Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1962Social WorkMaharashtra
1962Science & EngineeringUttar Pradesh
1962Public AffairsWest Bengal
1962Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1962MedicineMaharashtra
1962Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1962Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1962MedicineBihar
1962Social WorkTamil Nadu
1962MedicineAndhra Pradesh
1962MedicineBihar
1962Public AffairsTamil Nadu
1962Social WorkAssam
1962MedicineWest Bengal
1962Civil ServicePunjab
1962Literature & EducationBihar
1963MedicinePunjab
1963Literature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
1963Social WorkAssam
1963Social WorkWest Bengal
1963Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1963Civil ServiceDelhi
1963Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1963Public AffairsMaharashtra
1963Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1963Civil ServicePunjab
1963MedicineDelhi
1963Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1964Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1964Public AffairsDelhi
1964MedicineWest Bengal
1964MedicineKerala
1964Public AffairsMadhya Pradesh
1964Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1964Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1964MedicineBihar
1964Trade & IndustryMadhya Pradesh
1964Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1964Science & EngineeringWest Bengal
1964Civil ServiceDelhi
1964Literature & EducationKarnataka
1964MedicineMaharashtra
1964Social WorkGujarat
1964ArtsMaharashtra
1964Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1964MedicinePunjab
1965Public AffairsTamil Nadu
1965MedicineWest Bengal
1965Civil ServicePunjab
1965Public AffairsMaharashtra
1965MedicineMaharashtra
1965Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1965Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1965SportsWest Bengal
1965SportsSikkim
1965Civil ServicePunjab
1965Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1965Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1965SportsDelhi
1965Civil ServicePunjab
1965Literature & EducationDelhi
1965Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1965Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1965Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1965ArtsWest Bengal
1965Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1965Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1965MedicineUttar Pradesh
1965Civil ServiceDelhi
1965Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1965Social WorkRajasthan
1966Public AffairsTamil Nadu
1966Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1966MedicineDelhi
1966Trade & IndustryGujarat
1966Arts
1966Public AffairsKerala
1966Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1966Social WorkKerala
1966ArtsDelhi
1966Science & EngineeringGujarat
1966Literature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
1966Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1966Literature & EducationPunjab
1966Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1967Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1967Social WorkTamil Nadu
1967Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1967MedicinePunjab
1967Literature & EducationAssam
1967Literature & EducationDelhi
1967Social WorkDelhi
1967ArtsWest Bengal
1967Civil ServicePunjab
1967SportsTamil Nadu
1967MedicineTamil Nadu
1967Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1967Literature & EducationGujarat
1967MedicineDelhi
1967Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1967Literature & EducationKarnataka
1967Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1967Literature & EducationDelhi
1967Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1967Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1967SportsWest Bengal
1967ArtsUttar Pradesh
1967Public AffairsMaharashtra
1967ArtsAndhra Pradesh
1968Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1968Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1968Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1968Social WorkMaharashtra
1968Literature & EducationKarnataka
1968ArtsUttar Pradesh
1968Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1968Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1968Public AffairsMaharashtra
1968MedicineDelhi
1968Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1968Trade & IndustryUttar Pradesh
1968MedicineKarnataka
1968Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1968Science & EngineeringPunjab
1968Science & EngineeringPunjab
1968Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1968Science & EngineeringDelhi
1968Literature & EducationOdisha
1968MedicineWest Bengal
1968Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1968Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1968Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1968Literature & EducationKerala
1968Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1968Civil ServiceBihar
1968Social WorkGujarat
1968Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1969Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1969Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1969ArtsDelhi
1969Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1969MedicineMaharashtra
1969Trade & IndustryWest Bengal
1969ArtsTamil Nadu
1969Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1969ArtsPunjab
1969ArtsMaharashtra
1969Literature & EducationDelhi
1969Science & EngineeringWest Bengal
1969Literature & Education
1969Trade & IndustryGujarat
1969ArtsMaharashtra
1969Science & EngineeringKerala
1969Literature & EducationChandigarh
1969Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1969Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1969Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1969Social WorkGujarat
1969Literature & Education
1969Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1969MedicineMaharashtra
1969MedicineMaharashtra
1969Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
1969Trade & IndustryTamil Nadu
1969Social WorkMaharashtra
1969ArtsTamil Nadu

Explanatory notes

;Non-citizen recipients