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Param Vir Chakra

• Abdul Hamid, Ghazipur Company Quartermaster Havildar, PVC (1 July 1933 – 10 September 1965) was an Indian Army soldier who posthumously received India’s highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Award Of Uttar Pradesh
• Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999), was an Indian Army officer of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles, posthumously awarded the India’s highest military honour, Param Vir Chakra for his audacious courage and leadership during adverse times. He died during the attack on Jubar Top, Khalubar Hills in Batalik Sector, Kargil. His actions have led to him being referred to as the “Hero of Batalik”.
• Naik Jadu Nath Singh, PVC (21 November 1916 – 6 February 1948) was an Indian Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration for his actions in an engagement during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
• Yogendra Singh Yadav, of Orangabad, Bulandshaher; hero of Tiger Hill in Kargil war PVC is a soldier and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian army. He was awarded the highest military honour in India, Param Vir Chakra, for his 4 July 1999 action during the Kargil War. Aged 19 when he received the decoration, he is recorded as the youngest person to ever be awarded the Param Vir Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

• Brigadier Mohammad Usman AzamgarhMohammad Usman, MVC (15 July 1912 – 3 July 1948) (also known as Usman Mohammad) was the highest ranking officer of the Indian Army killed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. As a Muslim, Usman became a symbol of India’s “inclusive secularism”. At the time of the partition of India he with many other Muslim officers declined to move to the Pakistan Army and continued to serve with the Indian Army. He was killed in July 1948 while fighting Pakistani soldiers and militia in Jammu and Kashmir. He was later awarded the second highest military decoration for gallantry in the face of enemy, the Maha Vir Chakra
• Mahendra Nath Mulla Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla was an officer of the Indian Navy and the captain of the INS Khukri, who died when his ship was sunk during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• Mahendra Nath Mulla was born on 15 May 1926, in Uttar Pradesh and was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 1 May 1948.

Ashok Chakra

Kamlesh Kumari Kamlesh Kumari Yadav was an Indian constable who served with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, the highest possible award conferred during peacetime by the Republic of India. Kumari lost her life on 13 December 2001 after successfully preventing terrorist gunmen and a terrorist suicide bomber from reaching Parliament during the 2001 Indian Parliament attack

Bharat Ratna

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born 25 December 1924]) is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India.On 25 December 2014 the office of President of India announced the Bharat Ratna award, India’s highest civilian honour, to Vajpayee. In a special gesture, the President of India conferred Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his residence on 27 March 2015.His birthday, 25 December, was declared “Good Governance Day”
• Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement; first Prime Minister of India. In 1955, Nehru was awarded Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.
• Lal Bahadur Shastri, freedom fighter, former Prime Minister; belonged to Varanasi and Allahabad
• Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon, freedom fighter, Allahabad
• Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro, Ghazipur
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Educationist and Politician, Founder of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Padma Vibhushan

• Amitabh Bachchan born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician. The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015. France’s highest civilian honour, the Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Bhagwati Charan Verma (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981), was one of the leading writers in Hindi. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films, 1941 and 1964. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971.
• Uday Shankar
• Kishan Maharaj

Padma Bhushan

• Bhagwati Charan Varma, Hindi author  (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981), was one of the leading writers in Hindi. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films, 1941 and 1964. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971.
• Irfan Habib, historian
• Josh Malihabadi, poet

Padma Shree

•  Bekal Utsahi (1928 – 3 December 2016) was a poet, writer and politician. He was a congressman close to Indira Gandhi and a Member of Parliament in the Upper House Rajya sabha. He received several national awards, including the Padma Shri and Yash Bharti.
• Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan (born 30 April 1952) is an Indian yoga guru and honoured by Padma Shri for literature and education in 1991.
• Giriraj Kishore writer

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

• Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
• Naushad Ali, music composer

Arjuna Award

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta, badminton
• Ashish Kumar, gymnastics
• Jagbir Singh, hockey
• Moraad Ali Khan, shooter