January 26, 2010 2:40 PM

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130 personalities selected for Padma awards; 442 gallantry, Defence decorations for Armed Forces personnel

<br/>Ebarhim Alkazi, Zohra Sehgal, Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Apollo hospital chief Dr.Prathap Chandra Reddy, former RBI Governor Y Venugopal Reddy and Umayalpuram K Sivaraman have been selected for this years second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan. <br/><br/>Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and music maestros A R Rahman are among the 43 personalities selected for the Padma Bhushan.<br/><br/>81 people will be conferred the Padam Shree. Veteran Film actress Rekha, film star Saif Ali Khan, cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Badminton star Saina Nehwal, hockey player Ignace Tirkey, Narayan Karthikeyan, and Sachin Tendulkar's guru Ramakant Achrekar are among the prominent personalities in the list.<br/><br/>All together 130 personalities have been selected for the awards in 3 categories. However, no one has been selected for the highest civilian honour of Bhart Ratna.

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