List of Tamils conferred Padma Bhushan

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Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour.

Distinguished Tamils have been awarded 131 Padma Bhushans out of the 1003 (as of 2008) awarded since it was established in 1954.

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[edit] Arts

[edit] Civil Service

  • Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati, 1954.
  • A. R. Venkatachari, 1955.
  • M. S. Thirumalai Iyengar, 1956.
  • L. Venkatakrishnaiyer, 1961.
  • R. Rajaram, 1965.
  • Nilkanta Krishnan, 1972.
  • Malcolm Adiseshiah, 1976.
  • S. Varadarajan, 1985.
  • V. Srinivasa Raghavan Arunachalam, 1986.
  • V. Krishnamurthy, 1986.
  • T. L. Sankar, 2004.
  • Gopichettipalayam Venkataramana Iyer Ramakrishna, 2005.

[edit] Literature & Education

[edit] Medicine


[edit] Public Affairs

  • K. Balasubramanai Iyer, 1965.
  • T.S. Ramaswami Aiyer, 1966.
  • Parasaran Kesava Iyengar, 2003.

[edit] Science & Engineering

[edit] Social Work

  • R. Allagappa Chettair, 1957.
  • Saundram Ramachandran, 1962.
  • G. Ramanujam, 1985.
  • N.S. Ramaswamy, 2006.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Trade & Industry

[edit] External links