Veteran politician, former governor and former chief minister, Dr. SC Jamir has been conferred with the third highest civilian award– Padma Bushan in the field of Public Affairs, on the eve of the 71st Republic Day.
Along with Dr. Jamir, 16 other personalities have been conferred the Padma Bhushan award.
Meanwhile, Olympic boxing champion MC Mary Kom was among seven personalities, conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award this year. The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in India after the Bharat Ratna.
The President approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including four duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).
The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards.
The 34 awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous Awardees.