Sania Mirza conferred with Padma Bhushan

Q.  Which Indian tennis star has been conferred with Padma Bhushan on 12th April 2016?
- Published on 13 Apr 16

a. Sania Mirza
b. Laender Paes
c. Mahesh Bhupathi
d. Vijay Amritraj

ANSWER: Sania Mirza
 
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was conferred with Padma Bhushan at a glittering investiture at Rashtrapati Bhavan on April 12th 2016 for her contribution to the game.
  • Sania and her partner Swiss legend Martina Hingis took the tennis world by storm for much of last year with a 41-match winning streak
  • The Indo-Swiss pair won 10 titles together, including nine consecutive ones and three grand slams namely the Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open
  • Sania is the fourth Indian tennis ace to receive this award. Vijay Amritraj and Ramanathan Krishana as well as Laender Paes have won the Padma Bhushan as well as the Padma Shri.
  • President Pranab Mukherjee presented remaining of the Padma Awards on 12 April 2016 at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He conferred 5 Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushan and 40 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan
  • Dr Vasudeva Kalkunte Aatre
  • Dr Girija Devi
  • Rajanikanth
  • Ramoji Rao
  • Dr V Shanta
Padma Bhusan
  • Ravindra Chandra Bhargava
  • Robert Dean Blackwill
  • Indu Jain
  • Udit Narayan Jha
  • Heinam Kanhailal
  • Sania Mirza
  • Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
  • Dayanada Saraswati (Posthumus)
  • Ram Vanji Sutar
  • NS Ramanuja Tatacharya
  • Swami Tejomayananda
Padma-award-2016
Padma Shri
This included:
  • Priyanka Chopra
  • Salman Khan
  • SS Rajamouli
  • Veena Tandon

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