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LK Advani gets Padma Vibhushan
Apart from Advani, eight people including, Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar, have conferred with the award.
The Padma Bhushan list include 20 names including Harish Salve, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates.
The government will confer 75 people with the Padma Shri awards.
Name of 17 foreigners and NRIs have been included in the list of awardees.
"These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees," read a government statement.
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