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Patna : Gautam Gambhir, Sports-Cricket, Delhi, Manoj Bajpayee, Art -Acting-Films, Maharashtra, Sunil Chhetri, Sports-Football, Telangana, Prabhu Deva, Art-Dance, Karnataka, Harika Dronavalli, Sports-Chess, Andhra Pradesh, Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner), Art-Acting-Films, Canada, Bajrang Punia, Sports-Wrestling, Haryana, Ajay Thakur, Sports-Kabaddi, Himachal Pradesh, Dinyar Contractor, Art-Acting-Theatre, Maharashtra, S Jaishankar, Civil Service, Delhi, and Sharath Kamal, Sports-Table Tennis, Tamil Nadu, are among the 94 persons conferred on ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service by the President of India this year.
From Bihar, Rajkumari Devi, Agriculture, Bhagirathi Devi, Public Affairs, Godawari Dutta, Painting, and Jyoti Kumar Sinha, Social Work-Affordable Education have been conferred on ‘Padma Shri’, according to a PIB release..