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Padma Awards 2025: Meet the unsung and unique heroes of India

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The government of India on Saturday announced the list of 139 Padma Awards for the year 2025, which was approved by the President Droupadi Murmu. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. Twenty three of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.

Among the list of Padma awardees include some names who despite remaining unsung, worked for the development of the people, region, community, arts, medicine and more.

Here are a list of 14 such unsung heroes:

Bhim Singh Bhavesh: Bhim Singh Bhavesh from Bihar’s Bhojpur, popularly known as ‘Musahar ki Messiah’, is a dedicated social worker who has been working for the past 22 years to help the marginalised section of society. He has been selected for Padma Shri under the Social Work category.

Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar: Popularly known as ‘Gondhali ke Ghumantu Guru,’ is a Karnataka-based folk singer who has sung more than 1,000 Gondhali songs and narrated over 150 Gondhali stories. He has been selected for Padma Shri under the Art category.



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