Padma Vibhushan for Mary Kom, Padma Bhushan for SC Jamir
By migrator | Jan 25, 2020, 21:39 IST
IMPHAL | Jan 25:
In a momentous occasion for Manipur, Olympic boxing champion MC Mary Kom was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award, on the eve of the 71st Republic Day, ANI reported.
The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in India, second only to the Bharat Ratna.
Along with Mary Kom, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, on January 25, were also conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Award.
34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous Awardees.
Besides, Former chief minister of Nagaland and former governor of Odisha, SC Jamir was conferred with Padma Bhushan in the field of Public Affairs.