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Chandigarh, The Government announced the list of Padma awardees on Sunday.
The list of nine Padma Vibhushan awardees include LK Advani, Prakash Singh Badal,Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar.
The 20 awardees for Padma Bhushan include Harish Salve, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates while 75 Padma Shri awards have also been conferred to civilians for distinguished service in any field.
A total of 17 foreigners and NRIs are included in the list of awardees and four posthumous awards have also been conferred.
“These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/April every year,” an official statement said.
