Current affairs curated for UPSC competitive exams.
Answer: Art
Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar from Maharashtra was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art.
Answer: True
Shri Raghupat Singh from Uttar Pradesh was posthumously awarded Padma Shri 2026 under the 'Others – Agriculture' category.
Answer: West Bengal
Shri Rabilal Tudu from West Bengal was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Literature and Education.
Answer: Civil Service
Shri R V S Mani from Delhi was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Civil Service.
Answer: True
Shri R Krishnan from Tamil Nadu was posthumously awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art.
Answer: Medicine
Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan from Tamil Nadu was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Medicine.
Answer: Art
Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee, the renowned Bengali film actor, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art from West Bengal.
Answer: True
Shri Prem Lal Gautam from Himachal Pradesh was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Science and Engineering.
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Shri Praveen Kumar, the Paralympic high jumper, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in Sports from Uttar Pradesh.
Answer: United States of America
Shri Prateek Sharma, an eminent neurologist, was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in Medicine from the United States of America.
Answer: True
Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore from Karnataka was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Literature and Education.
Answer: Assam
Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi from Assam was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art.
Answer: Telangana
Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy from Telangana was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Medicine.
Answer: True
Dr. Padma Gurmet from Ladakh was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Medicine, recognised for her work in traditional Sowa-Rigpa medicine.
Answer: Art
Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan from Tamil Nadu was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art.
Answer: Art
Shri Nuruddin Ahmed from Assam was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Art.
Answer: True
Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala from Gujarat was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Social Work.
Answer: Tripura
Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma from Tripura was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Literature and Education.
Answer: Others - Archaeology
Shri Narayan Vyas from Madhya Pradesh was awarded Padma Shri 2026 under the 'Others – Archaeology' category.
Answer: True
Shri Mohan Nagar from Madhya Pradesh was awarded Padma Shri 2026 in the field of Social Work.