# Yash Bharati

Yash Bharati Award is the highest civilian award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Instituted in 1994, it is awarded to those personalities whose contribution is remarkable in the field of literature, social work, medicine, film, science, journalism, handicrafts, culture, education, music, drama, sports, industry and astrology.

## Yash Bharati Award

These awards were first given in 1994. The winners were given a commendation letter, a shawl and Rs 1 lakh. In 2005–06, the U.P. Government increased the cash award amount to Rs 5 lakh. The awards were stopped between 1995 and 2003 and again from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012, the recipient is awarded a commendation letter, a shawl and Rs 11 lakh, along with a pension of Rs 50,000 per month, on demand. Many eminent persons in the field of Literature, Social work, Handicrafts, Culture, Music, Drama, Sports, Industry, Cinema, etc. have been awarded with Yash Bharti Samman, however, it has also drawn some flak from media and the public for arbitrary distribution and wastage of tax payers money.

## The list of awardees
### 1994

* Pradip Mehta: literature
* Amitabh Bachchan: acting
* Jaya Bachchan: acting
* Baleshwar Yadav:

### 2006

* Abhishek Bachchan: acting
* Viveki Rai: writing
* Vijay Kumar: journalism

### 2007

* Urmilesh Shankhdhar: literature

### 2013

* Rajendra Yadav: literature

### 2015

* Lodi Mohammad Safi Khan alias 'Bekal Utsahi': literature
* Devi Prasad Pandey "Adig": literature
* Khushbir Singh Shaad: literature
* DR.Gyan Chaturvedi: literature
* DR. Vishnu Saxena: literature
* Hamid Ullah 'Hamid hadee': literature
* Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra: classical vocal
* Anup Jalota: choral singing
* Shubha Mudgal: classical vocal
* Ravindra Jain: music
* Pandit Vikash Maharaj: sarod
* Rekha Bhardwaj: light music
* Pro. Rita Gaguli: singing Upshastriy
* Kailash Kher: singing
* Rahat Ali Khan Sabri: Ghazals, Sufi songs and singing
* Hira Lal Yadav: Lokgayn
* Bansh Gopal Yadav: singing Alhaa
* Vishnu Yadav: singing Birha
* Pro. Jaikrishna Agarwal: painting
* Raj Kumar Varma: painting, Micro-painting
* Krishn Kanhai & Govind Kanhai: gold-painting
* Iftakhar Nadime Khan: wood art
* DR. Jagdish Gandhi: education
* Pro. Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi 'Wagish Shastri': education
* DR. Kumkum Dhar: Kathak
* Geetanjali Sharma: Kathak and Braj Folk Dance
* Sheetala Pandey 'Samir': film lyricist
* Yogesh Gaur: songwriting
* DR. Urmil Kumar Thapliyal: public theatre
* Ashok Kumar Singh: hockey
* Bachan Lal Yadav: wrestling
* Munawar Anjar: judo
* DR. RP Singh: hockey
* Dharmendra Yadav: boxing
* Bhagat Singh: wrestling
* Vijay Pal Yadav: wrestling
* Rajesh Kumar Yadav: sailing
* Shweta Priyadarshini: chess
* Avinash Yadav: sports
* Alka Tomar: female wrestling
* Punam Yadav: weightlifting
* Raj Kumar: wrestling
* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman: Greek medicine (Yunani medicine)
* Buddhi Prakash: yoga and naturopathy
* DR. CS Yadav: medicine
* Dr. Rakesh Yadav: medicine
* TP Trivedi: astrology
* Vinod Mehta: journalism
* Jasjit Singh Gill alias Jimmy Shergill: film acting
* Nawazuddin Siddiqui: film acting
* Girdhar Lal Mishra Ramanandacharya Jagadguru Swami Bhadracharya: philanthropy
* Darshan Singh Yadav: philanthropy
* Ramesh Bhaiya: philanthropy
* Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav: military service

### 2016

(Given in March 2016)
* Irfan Habib: education
* Dr.Naresh Trehan: medicine
* Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Kant: medicine
* Ustaad Ghulam Mustafa Khan: vocal music
* Ustaad Gulshan Bharti: vocal music
* Surabhi Ranjan: vocal music
* Sudhir Mishra: film direction
* Vishal Bhardwaj: film direction
* Anurag Kashyap: film direction
* Ashok Chakradhar: literature
* Arunima Sinha: mountaineering
* Aparna Kumar: mountaineering
* Dr. (Brig.) T. Prabhakar: medicine
* Sthavi Asthana: horse riding
* Raju Srivastava: comedy
* Hemant Sharma: journalism
* R. P. Singh: cricket
* Anwar Jalalpuri: literature
* Nahid Abidi: literature
* Seema Punia: athletics
* Jagbir Singh: hockey
* Major AK Singh: rowing
* Kamla Srivastava: folk music
* Abhin Shyam Gupta: badminton
* Sunil Jogi: literature
* Gopal Chaturvedi: literature
* Girja Shankar: literature
* Sunil Kumar Rana: sports
* Vijay Singh Chauhan: athletics
* Anuj Chowdhary: sports
* Nawaz Deobandi: education
* Wazir Ahmad Khan: chess
* Chakesh Kumar Jain: art
* Narendra Singh Rana: powerlifting
* Iqbal Ahmad Siddiqui: ghazal
* Kum Kum Adarsh: Kathak
* Lalji Yadav: wrestling
* Imran Khan: poetry
* Ankit Tiwari: singing
* Madhukar Trivedi: journalism
* Sudha Singh: athletics
* Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua": acting
* Manu Kumari Pal: athletics
* Alim Ullah siddiqui: painting
* Servesh Yadav: shooting
* Subhash Gupta: medicine

### 2016-17

(Given in October 2016)
* Rahul Kumar: cricket
* Jeetu sharma: cricket
* Umakant Tomar: literature
* Mohammad Imran Pratapgarhi: Urdu Poetry
* Amir Shabbir: editing
* Ustaad gulfam: classical music
* Sony Chaurasia: Kathak
* Kashinath Yadav Birha:
* Aftab Sabri, Hashim Sabri: Qawwali
* Mo. Aslam Warsi: Sufi singing
* Gyanendra Pandey: cricket
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar: cricket
* Praveen Kumar: cricket
* Chawla: cricket
* Santosh Anand: songwriting
* Naseeruddin Shah: acting
* Saurabh Shukla: directing
* Anubhav Sinha: directing
* Sumona Chakravarti: acting
* Swaroop Kumar Kumar Bakshi: literature
* Anil Rastogi: theatre work
* Nawab Jafar Mir Abdullah: sports and arts
* Suman Yadav: game
* Mo. Bashir Badar: literature
* Venkat Changavli: philanthropy
* Farooq Ahmed: philanthropy
* Dr Sabiha Anwar: education
* Dr. Rakesh Kapoor: medicine
* Syed Mohd. Hssna: Greek medicine
* Yogesh Mishra: journalism
* Kamar Rahman: education & science
* Manoj Muntashir: lyricist
* Begum Habibullah: social service
* Pandit Vishwanath: classical music
* DR. Ratish Agarwal: medicine
* Raj Krishna Mishra: literature
* Rajendra Singh: water harvesting
* Manendra Kumar Mishra: writing
* Gen Anil Chait: military service
* Maheshwar Tiwari: literature
* Sarvesh Asthana: literature
* Oma The akk: literature
* Deepraj Rana: film direction
* Ravi Kapoor: photography
* Dr. Deepak Agrawal: medicine
* DR. Ramratan Raina: medicine
* DR. Shivani Matnhelia: classical music
* Ashok Nigam: journalism
* Arjun Bajpai: hiking
* Vijay Shekhar Sharma: mobile banking
* Gargi Yadav: wrestling
* Ram Milan Yadav: wrestling
* Ramakant Yadav: medicine
* Atam Prakash Mishra: television
* Gaur Das Chowdhury: medicine
* Dr Ram Singh Yadav : Literature
* Dhananjay Rai: sports
* Noor Alassaba: artist & portraitist
* Chakresh Kumar Jain: handicraft
* Archana Satish: anchor
* Shikha Dwivedi: anchor
* Varun Kumar: paralympics