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President Confers Padma Vibhushan To Actors Vyjayanthimala Bali, Konidela Chiranjeevi

 Several dignitaries including Vice President Jagde🦩ep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ꦉHome Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar were present on the occasion.

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President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma Vibhushan to a💧🐲ctor Chiranjeevi | Photo: PTI
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President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conferre💙d Padma Vibhus🐻han to actors Vyjayanthimala Bali and Konidela Chiranjeevi during a Padma Awards 2024 ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Besides, President Murmu also conferred first woman judge of Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi, Bombay Samachar owner H♉ormusji N Cama with Padma Bhushan.

On the occasion several dignitaries including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Ministe♛r Dr S Jaishankar were present.

Also, "Bombay Samachar" owner Hormusji N Cama was also confeꦛrred with Padma award.

BJP leader O Rajagopal, Ladakh's spiritual leader Togdan Rinpochey,🎃 Tamil actor late "Captain" Vijayakant (both posthumous) and Kundan Vyas, group editor and CEO of Gujarati newspaper "Janmabhoomi"🉐, were also conferred Padma awards.

While 90-year-old Bal💟i and 68-year-old Chiranjeevi were given Padma Vibhushan, Beevi, Cama, Rajagopal, Vijayakant, Rinpochey and Vyas were conferred Padma Bhushan.

Among those who were given Padma Bhushan included eminent cardiologist Ashwin Balachand Mehta and former Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader late Satyabratᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa Mookherjee.

The Padma Shri awardees included unsung heroes like India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah, who is known as "Hasti Kanya", sculptor from Telangana Velu Anandachari, eminent weaver from Tripura Smriti Rekha Chakma, K Chellammal from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, who pioneered in organic coconut plantation, and ಌsquash player Joshna Chinappa.

The Padma Awards are the highest civili🌼an honours in India. These awards are categorised into three categories including Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan 🔥and Padma Shri.

Established in 1954, the Padma Awards initially comprised two distinctions, namely Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan Later, they were renamed as Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan an꧃d Padma Sri. These honours aim to commend persons who haꦗve made exemplary contributions to society.

Selection Of Padma Awards

The selection process for the Padma Awards is meticulous, overseen by the Padma Awards Committee, constituted annually by the Prime Minister. It also compr🐎ises of Cabinet Secr💎etary, Home Secretary, Secretary to the President, and other distinguished personalities. The committee reviews the nominations before submitting recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President for final approval.