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Q99
(CDS-II/2026)
Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Sports, Games & Awards
How many of the 2026 Padma awardees were conferred the award from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI ?
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For the year 2026, the President of India approved the conferment of 131 Padma Awards. This list comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. According to the official press release from the Ministry of Home Affairs dated January 25, 2026, the awardees include 19 women, 16 posthumous awardees, and 6 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI.
- Padma Bhushan recipients (Foreigner/NRI/OCI): Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu (Medicine, USA) and Shri Vijay Amritraj (Sports, USA).
- Padma Shri recipients (Foreigner/NRI/OCI): Prof. Lars-Christian Koch (Art, Germany), Prof. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova (Literature & Education, Russia), Dr. Prateek Sharma (Medicine, USA), and Shri Vladimir Mestvirishvili (Sports, Georgia).
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