Padma Award 2025: The Government of India announced the Padma Awards on the eve of the 76th Republic Day. This time 7 celebrities will be awarded Padma Vibhushan, 19 on Padma Bhushan and 115 with Padma Shri Award. 139 people include 23 women and 10 foreigners. Post Padma Awards have been announced to 13 people. The list of 139 Padma Award winners also includes the names of five legendary players. Let us know in detail about all those players.
Let us know that this year, the prominent names from the sports world are of PR Sreejesh and Ravichandran Ashwin. Former goalkeeper of the Indian men’s hockey team PR Sreejesh has been awarded the Padma Bhushan. At the same time, former Team India cricketer R.K. Ashwin has received the Padma Shri honor. Apart from this, archer Harvinder Singh, who performed brilliantly in Paris Paralympics 2024, has also been honored with Padma Shri. While former captain of the Indian football team IM Vijayan and well-known para athletics coach Satyapal Singh have got Padma Shri.
PR Sreejesh – Padma Bhushan
Former hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been awarded the Padma Bhushan. In the Paris Olympic 2024, the Indian Mains Hockey Team won the bronze medal. After that Sreejesh retired from hockey. Sreejesh, who played several Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Cup, has played 336 matches for India and the Paris Olympics was his fourth Olympics. Earlier, Sreejesh played an important role in getting a bronze medal to India with brilliant goal in the Tokyo Olympic Games played in 2021. India then eliminated the drought of the 41 -year medal in this game. Sreejesh made his debut in the 2012 Olympics.
Ravichandran Ashwin – Padma Shri
Talking about Indian team veteran spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin, he said goodbye to international cricket during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. Ashwin took 537 wickets in 106 Tests at an average of 24.00. During this, Ashwin took five wickets halls in the innings 37 times. At the same time, he took 10 wickets in the match 8 times. His best performance in the innings is 7/59, while his best performance in a Test match has been 13/140. Ashwin took 156 wickets at an average of 33.20 in 116 ODIs. His best bowling analysis in ODI cricket was four wickets for 25 runs. On the other hand, Ashwin took 72 wickets at an average of 23.22 in 65 T20 International. His best performance in T20 International has been four wickets for eight runs. If we talk about the batting record, Ashwin was very good in Test matches. Ashwin scored 3503 runs in 151 Test innings at an average of 25.75. During this, 6 centuries and 14 half -centuries came out of his bat. At the same time, he has 707 runs in 63 innings in ODI International. At the same time, Ashwin could score 184 runs in 19 innings in T20 International.
Satyapal Singh – Padma Shri
Para Athletics Coach Satyapal Singh was also awarded the Padma Shri. Satyapal is the coach of Paralympic gold medalist Praveen Kumar, who received the Khel Ratna Award this year.
IM Vijayan – Padma Shri
Former captain of the Indian football team Invalappil Mani Vijayan will be awarded the Padma Shri Award. Vijayan played as a striker for India. Vijayan was elected the best Indian player of the year (1993, 1997 and 1999). He was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 2003.
Harvinder Singh – Padma Shri
Paralympian archer Harvinder Singh has been selected for Padma Shri. At the Paris Paralympics, Harvinder won a gold medal in the Men Recurrev final. It is India’s first Paralympic gold medal in archery and also his second Paralympic medal.
Padma Awards are given in 3 categories
It is worth noting that the Padma Awards included in the country’s highest civilian honors are presented in three categories- Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. These awards are given for excellence in various fields like art, social service, science, engineering, business, industry, medicine, literature, education, sports and civil service.
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