The prestigious Republic Day 2024 honors were announced by the President on January 26 this year, comprising a total of 132 awards including 2 couplet winners, 5 Padma Vibhushans, 17 Padma Bhushans and 110 Padma Shris.
Padma Bhushan awardee from Maharashtra
-Governor and former Union Minister Ram Naik (Public Affairs), Dattatraya A. Mayalu (Arts), veteran music director of Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo Pyarelal Sharma (Arts), Gujarat journalist Hormusji N. Cama (Journalism, Literature), Dr. Ashwin B Mehat (Medicine) and Gujarati journalist Kundan Vyas (Journalism, Literature).Received Padma Shri.
(Business Industry), Zaheer I. Qazi (Literature, Education), Uday V. Deshpande (Sports), Dr. Manohar K. Dole (Medical), Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Meshram (Medical), Shankar Baba Pundalikrao Papalkar (Social Work).
Here are snippet-profiles of some of these shining gems, all eminent personalities from different walks of life, who made the country proud of the state with their achievements. 6 Padma Bhushan winners:
Politician Ram Naik, 90, a soft-spoken gentleman who started his life with the RSS Jan Sangh and then the Bharatiya Janata Party, is a household name in Mumbai, served as a Union minister and then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, a string of major credits including Are. His span of more than six decades in public life.Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, the 84-year-old veteran music director of Laxmikant-Pyarelal, learned violin 76 years ago from Goan musician Anton Gonsalves (whom he later paid tribute to in the hit song "My Name is Anton Gonsalves" from the 1977 blockbuster). Amar Akbar Anthony'). He teamed up with Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar in the early 1960s and the pair created some of the top Bollywood songs that are still hummed today. Renowned cardiologist Dr. Ashwin B. Mehta is one of the early pioneers of interventional cardiology in India and is currently based at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai.
He is credited with performing the country's first cardiac catheterization and angiography in infants, and in 1973, introduced bundle electrography in India, with over 1,10,000 heart operations to his credit.Hormusji N. Cama is the director of the 202-year-old 'Mumba Samachar' newspaper group, Asia's oldest. During the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and other top leaders visited the fort with its iconic red stone building. and discussed national matters.
In June 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended its bicentenary celebrations and released a commemorative postage stamp.
Kundan Vyas, 83, a veteran Gujarati journalist, is the editor of the prestigious 90-year-old Janmabhoomi newspaper group in Mumbai, has written a collection of his articles, interviews and several books, including one describing 75-year-old India. The journey from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi. 93 year old Dattatraya A. Mayalu aka Rajdatta, is a renowned theater actor, filmmaker and literary personality from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.He started his life as a journalist, then he got his break as an assistant director in the Marathi film "Jagache Pathivar" (1960) and later in "Suvasini" (1961) and "Pathalag" (1964), also he worked as an assistant director in 2012. Acted in the film. Dusseya Jagtali”.
He became an independent director with "Mahduchandra" (1967), "Gharchi Rani (1968), which won the state government award, and he also won the government's best director award for "Aparadh" (1979), in which he made a total of A total of 11 films received the top state award and 3 others received the second award. 6 Padma Shri winners:
The state's only woman and Mumbai's famous banker, Kalpana Morpariya, 75, was then at ICICI Bank for three decades, served as CE of JP Morgan's South and South East Asia branch, served on various office committees and was a member of Fortune. She was ranked as one of the world's 50 most powerful women in international business by the magazine.Dr. Zaheer Ishaq Qazi of Mumbai is the President of the prestigious Anjuman-e-Islam and became the first Muslim doctor to pass out from Goa Medical College. Anjuman-e-Islam was founded in 1874 by the famous Dr. Badruddin, the third president of the Indian National Congress. Tyabji, and now runs a large number of educational institutions serving more than 110,000 students.
Uday Vishwanath Deshpande, 70, is a renowned coach of the traditional Indian sport 'Mallakhamb', a form of gymnastics that originated in the country, involving skillful and courageous performance in vertical-horizontal-hanging positions on wooden poles, canes or ropes. Does. Also doing yoga.
He has trained this sport to thousands of people in India and more than 50 countries of the world. 96-year-old Dr. Manohar K. Dole is a doctor who started his practice in a small village in Narayangaon (Pune) seven decades ago, traveling around on his bicycle to treat the needy, especially the elderly with eye problems.He would arrange for their eye operations through hospitals or mobile clinics at his own expense in Mumbai-Pune and later he started the 'Dr. Manohar Dole Medica Foundation' here, which conducted more than 170,000 free eye surgeries for the poor. Yes, absolutely free. His son Dr. Sanjeev M. Dole said.
Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Meshram is a renowned neurologist from Nagpur, practicing for over three decades, and former President of the Indian Academy of Neurology. Amravati-based father-man Shankar Baba Pundalikrao Papalkar established in 1990 under the guidance of 'Late Ambadaspant Vaidya Matimand Mukabadir is the inspiration behind 'Bewari Children's Home', which houses mentally challenged children abandoned soon after birth by their troubled parents.
Papalakar takes care of them, nurtures and educates them, trains them and imparts skills, gets them jobs or establishes them in marital life, he has given his name to hundreds of such people (Liga Mata -As father), who live here almost like a huge joint family.permanent basis.
Padma Bhushan awardee from Maharashtra
-Governor and former Union Minister Ram Naik (Public Affairs), Dattatraya A. Mayalu (Arts), veteran music director of Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo Pyarelal Sharma (Arts), Gujarat journalist Hormusji N. Cama (Journalism, Literature), Dr. Ashwin B Mehat (Medicine) and Gujarati journalist Kundan Vyas (Journalism, Literature).Received Padma Shri.
(Business Industry), Zaheer I. Qazi (Literature, Education), Uday V. Deshpande (Sports), Dr. Manohar K. Dole (Medical), Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Meshram (Medical), Shankar Baba Pundalikrao Papalkar (Social Work).
Here are snippet-profiles of some of these shining gems, all eminent personalities from different walks of life, who made the country proud of the state with their achievements. 6 Padma Bhushan winners:
Politician Ram Naik, 90, a soft-spoken gentleman who started his life with the RSS Jan Sangh and then the Bharatiya Janata Party, is a household name in Mumbai, served as a Union minister and then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, a string of major credits including Are. His span of more than six decades in public life.Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, the 84-year-old veteran music director of Laxmikant-Pyarelal, learned violin 76 years ago from Goan musician Anton Gonsalves (whom he later paid tribute to in the hit song "My Name is Anton Gonsalves" from the 1977 blockbuster). Amar Akbar Anthony'). He teamed up with Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar in the early 1960s and the pair created some of the top Bollywood songs that are still hummed today. Renowned cardiologist Dr. Ashwin B. Mehta is one of the early pioneers of interventional cardiology in India and is currently based at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai.
He is credited with performing the country's first cardiac catheterization and angiography in infants, and in 1973, introduced bundle electrography in India, with over 1,10,000 heart operations to his credit.Hormusji N. Cama is the director of the 202-year-old 'Mumba Samachar' newspaper group, Asia's oldest. During the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and other top leaders visited the fort with its iconic red stone building. and discussed national matters.
In June 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended its bicentenary celebrations and released a commemorative postage stamp.
Kundan Vyas, 83, a veteran Gujarati journalist, is the editor of the prestigious 90-year-old Janmabhoomi newspaper group in Mumbai, has written a collection of his articles, interviews and several books, including one describing 75-year-old India. The journey from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi. 93 year old Dattatraya A. Mayalu aka Rajdatta, is a renowned theater actor, filmmaker and literary personality from the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.He started his life as a journalist, then he got his break as an assistant director in the Marathi film "Jagache Pathivar" (1960) and later in "Suvasini" (1961) and "Pathalag" (1964), also he worked as an assistant director in 2012. Acted in the film. Dusseya Jagtali”.
He became an independent director with "Mahduchandra" (1967), "Gharchi Rani (1968), which won the state government award, and he also won the government's best director award for "Aparadh" (1979), in which he made a total of A total of 11 films received the top state award and 3 others received the second award. 6 Padma Shri winners:
The state's only woman and Mumbai's famous banker, Kalpana Morpariya, 75, was then at ICICI Bank for three decades, served as CE of JP Morgan's South and South East Asia branch, served on various office committees and was a member of Fortune. She was ranked as one of the world's 50 most powerful women in international business by the magazine.Dr. Zaheer Ishaq Qazi of Mumbai is the President of the prestigious Anjuman-e-Islam and became the first Muslim doctor to pass out from Goa Medical College. Anjuman-e-Islam was founded in 1874 by the famous Dr. Badruddin, the third president of the Indian National Congress. Tyabji, and now runs a large number of educational institutions serving more than 110,000 students.
Uday Vishwanath Deshpande, 70, is a renowned coach of the traditional Indian sport 'Mallakhamb', a form of gymnastics that originated in the country, involving skillful and courageous performance in vertical-horizontal-hanging positions on wooden poles, canes or ropes. Does. Also doing yoga.
He has trained this sport to thousands of people in India and more than 50 countries of the world. 96-year-old Dr. Manohar K. Dole is a doctor who started his practice in a small village in Narayangaon (Pune) seven decades ago, traveling around on his bicycle to treat the needy, especially the elderly with eye problems.He would arrange for their eye operations through hospitals or mobile clinics at his own expense in Mumbai-Pune and later he started the 'Dr. Manohar Dole Medica Foundation' here, which conducted more than 170,000 free eye surgeries for the poor. Yes, absolutely free. His son Dr. Sanjeev M. Dole said.
Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Meshram is a renowned neurologist from Nagpur, practicing for over three decades, and former President of the Indian Academy of Neurology. Amravati-based father-man Shankar Baba Pundalikrao Papalkar established in 1990 under the guidance of 'Late Ambadaspant Vaidya Matimand Mukabadir is the inspiration behind 'Bewari Children's Home', which houses mentally challenged children abandoned soon after birth by their troubled parents.
Papalakar takes care of them, nurtures and educates them, trains them and imparts skills, gets them jobs or establishes them in marital life, he has given his name to hundreds of such people (Liga Mata -As father), who live here almost like a huge joint family.permanent basis.
