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Home Minister Amit Shah Hosts Dinner For Padma Awardees

The Modi government has been honouring unsu💞ng heroes of the coun🦩try with Padma awards ever since it came to power in 2014.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesda🐲y hosted a dinner for Padma awardees who received the honour from President🌃 Droupadi Murmu here.

"Had the pleasure of hosting a dinner for the esteemed Padma Awardees of 20ꦇ23. It was a great experience to converse with these amazing individuals who are filled with so much enthusiasm for their chosen fields of work. #PeoplesPadma," Shah tweeted.

The President had appr🌄oved the conferment of 106 Padma awards, including three duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one), on the eve of this year's Republic Day.

Of these, over 54 people were awarded -- Padma Vibhushan (3), Padma Bhushꦫan (4) and Padma Shri (47) -- on Wednesday. Rest of the awardees would be conferred the honour in another ceremony later.

Former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, not💙ed industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and famous playback singer Suman Kalyanpur were among the awardees who were honoured by th🥃e President.

Among the awardees were many u🍸nsung heroes. The Modi government has been honouring unsung heroes of the country with Padma awards ever since 🎀it came to power in 2014.

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