The Punyabhushan award ({{translation: ''Jewel of Pune'') is awarded every year to an eminent personality from the field of

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in a special public function in the city of

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. The award is announced every year by the Punyabhushan Foundation on 23 March with a view to commemorate the memory of Indian revolutionary

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List of awardees

The following persons have received Punyabhushan Awards. {, class="wikitable" border="1" ! Year !! Name !! Field of Work , - , 1989 , ,

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition from the Indian subcontinent. He is known for the '' kh ...

, , Music , - , 1990 , , Dr. Dinkar Kelkar , , Culture , - , 1991 , , Shantanurao Kirloskar , , Industry , - , 1992 , , Dr. Banoo Coyaji , , Social Service , - , 1993 , ,

P. L. Deshpande Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (alternatively written as Pu La Deshpande; 8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000), popularly known by his initials ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer and humorist from Maharashtra. He was also an a ...

, , Literature , - , 1999 , , Pratap Godse , , Social service , - , 2000 , ,

Chandu Borde Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde (born 21 July 1934), is an Indian former cricketer who played for India between 1958 and 1970. Following his retirement, he became a cricket administrator and twice served as India's chairman of selectors. ...

, , Sport , - , 2001 , , Jayantrao Tilak , , Industry , - , 2002 , , Dr.

Jabbar Patel Dr. Jabbar Patel (born 23 June 1942) is a former paediatrician and a Marathi-language theatre and film director of India. His production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre. ...

, , Culture , - , 2009 , , S. B. Mujumdar , , Social Service , - , 2010 , , Dr. R. C. Dhere , , Medicine , - , 2011 , , Dr. H. V. Sardesai , , Medicine , - , 2012 , , Nirmala Purandare , , Social Service , - , 2013 , , Sudhir Gadgil, , Journalism , - , 2014 , , Dr. Cyrus Poonawala , , Serum and Vaccination , - , 2015 , ,

Pratap Govindrao Pawar Pratap Govindrao Pawar is an Indian industrialist, and the chairman and managing director at Sakal, Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2014 for his contributions to trade and industry. He is also the Ch ...

, , , - , - , 2016 , , Shri.

Bhai Vaidya Bhalchandra Vaidya (22 June 1928 – 2 April 2018), also known as Bhai Vaidya, was an Indian politician who served as the Home Minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra, a revolutionary, Member of Legislative Assembly of the state of Mahara ...

, , Socialist , - , 2017 , , Dr. K. H. Sancheti , , Medical , - , - , 2018 , , Dr.

Prabha Atre Prabha Atre (13 September 1932 – 13 January 2024) was an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana. She was awarded all three of the Padma Awards by the Government of India. She died after experiencing breathing difficulty in the e ...

, , Classical Music , - , - , 2023 , , Dr.

Mohan Agashe Mohan Agashe (born 23 July 1947) is an Indian psychiatrist and actor. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 in theatre. Early life Agashe was born in Bhor, Maharashtra. He studied in B. J. Medical College, Pune for his MBBS ...

, , {{cite web , title= Mohan Agashe receives Punya Bhusha , url= https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/mohan-agashe-punya-bhusha-facilitated-sangam-psychiatry-acting-8858949/ , website=Indian Express , date= 25 July 2023 , publisher=25 July 2023 , access-date=25 July 2023 Theater, Psychiatry , - , - , 2024 , ,

Vijay Bhatkar Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is an Indian computer scientist, IT leader and educationalist. He is best known as the architect of India's National Initiative in Supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He is a Padma Shri, ...

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References

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