# List of Padma Shri award recipients (1980–1989)

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Padma Shri Award, India's fourth highest civilian honours, Winners, 1980-1989:

## Recipients

* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
Key :
* # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of Padma Shri award recipients, showing the year, field, and state/country :
| Year | Recipient | Field | State/ Country |
| 1981 | Chubalemla AO | Social Work | Nagaland |
| 1981 | Jasbir Singh Bajaj | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1981 | Vasudevan Baskaran | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 1981 | Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1981 | Sita Devi | Arts | Delhi |
| 1981 | Madhav Gadgil | Civil Service | Karnataka |
| 1981 | Hari Krishan Jain | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| 1981 | Mohamed Zainuddin Juvale | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1981 | Gurcharan Singh Kalkat | Science & Engineering | United States |
| 1981 | B. V. Karanth | Arts | Karnataka |
| 1981 | Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1981 | Abid Ali Khan | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1981 | Namagiripettai Krishnan | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1981 | Gambhir Singh Mura | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1981 | Kunwar Singh Negi | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 1981 | Sita Ram Pal | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1981 | Bakulaben Mohphai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 1981 | Dashrath Patel | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1981 | Ram Punjwani | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1981 | S. H. Raza | Arts | France |
| 1981 | Vishwanath Hari Salaskar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1981 | P. K. Sethi | Medicine | Rajasthan |
| 1981 | Bhagat Puran Singh | Social Work | Punjab |
| 1981 | Dhanwant Singh | Medicine | Punjab |
| 1981 | Padma Subrahmanyam | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1981 | K. Vardachari Thiruvengadam | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 1981 | Claire Vellut | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1982 | Niranjan Das Aggarwal | Medicine | Punjab |
| 1982 | Kalim Ajiz | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 1982 | Allah Jilai Bai | Arts | Rajasthan |
| 1982 | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 1982 | Ammannur Madhava Chakyar | Arts | Kerala |
| 1982 | Madhav Kashinath Dalvi | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1982 | Ghanshyam Das | Social Work | Assam |
| 1982 | Narpati Datta | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1982 | Swami Kalyandev | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1982 | Francis Leslie Fraser | Science & Engineering | Uttarakhand |
| 1982 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 1982 | Syed Kirmani | Sports | Karnataka |
| 1982 | Prem Chandra Luthar | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1982 | Kapil Dev | Sports | Chandigarh |
| 1982 | Prakash Padukone | Sports | Karnataka |
| 1982 | R. V. Pandit | Literature & Education | Germany |
| 1982 | E. Srinivasan Parthasarthy | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 1982 | Jabbar Patel | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1982 | Virendra Prabhakar | Arts | Delhi |
| 1982 | Satya Prakash | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 1982 | V. Narayana Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 1982 | Gopal Krishna Saraf | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 1982 | Sher Singh Sher | Literature & Education | Chandigarh |
| 1982 | Gaura Pant Shivani | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1982 | C. P. Thakur | Medicine | Bihar |
| 1982 | Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya | Social Work | Delhi |
| 1982 | Gautam Vaghela | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1982 | Ramaswamy M. Vasagam | Science & Engineering | Kerala |
| 1982 | Palligarnai Thirumalai Venugopal | Civil Service | United States |
| 1982 | Rajendra Tansukh Vyas | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1982 | Raj Vir Singh Yadav | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 1983 | Vijay Amritraj | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | S. S. Badrinath | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Kanwaljit Singh Bains | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1983 | Raj Baveja | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1983 | Dada Shewak Bhojraj | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1983 | Prakash Chandra | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1983 | Ahalya Chari | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Amitabha Chaudhuri | Literature & Education | West Bengal |
| 1983 | Addepalli Sarvi Chetty | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1983 | Saroj Raj Choudhury | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 1983 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan | Sports | Jharkhand |
| 1983 | Pamela Cullen | Arts | United Kingdom |
| 1983 | R. Ganapati | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 1983 | Sirkazhi Govindarajan | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Guru Hanuman | Sports | Delhi |
| 1983 | Saliha Abid Hussain | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1983 | Chhattra Pati Joshi | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1983 | Ar. V. Ma. Harkrishan Lal Kapur | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1983 | Dara Kaikhushroo Karanjavala | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 1983 | Gulam Rusull Khan | Civil Service | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 1983 | Sharafat Hussain Khan | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1983 | Komal Kothari | Literature & Education | Rajasthan |
| 1983 | Nepal Mahato | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1983 | Hundraj Lila Ram Dukhayal Manik | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 1983 | Handel Manuel | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Raghuvir Sharan Mitra | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1983 | M. P. Nachimuthu | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Eliza Nelson | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 1983 | K. V. S. J. Peter | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 1983 | Raghu Raj | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1983 | Chand Ram | Sports | Haryana |
| 1983 | Shishupal Ram | Medicine | Bihar |
| 1983 | Sidhu Randhawa | Arts | Punjab |
| 1983 | Narla Tata Rao | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1983 | Dharam Veer Sachdeva | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1983 | Anselm Sawihlira | Civil Service | Mizoram |
| 1983 | Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1983 | Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie | Science & Engineering | Goa |
| 1983 | Attar Singh | Literature & Education | Chandigarh |
| 1983 | Kaur Singh | Sports | Punjab |
| 1983 | Liarenmayum Damu Singh | Sports | Manipur |
| 1983 | Raghubir Singh | Sports | Rajasthan |
| 1983 | Raghubir Singh | Arts | France |
| 1983 | Sardar Sohan Singh | Arts | Punjab |
| 1983 | Satpal Singh | Sports | Delhi |
| 1983 | Sobha Singh | Arts | Haryana |
| 1983 | Habib Tanvir | Arts | Delhi |
| 1983 | Jivanlal Moti Lal Thakore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| 1983 | Narain Singh Thapa | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1983 | M. D. Valsamma | Sports | Kerala |
| 1983 | Purshottam Lal Wahi | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 1983 | Nekibuz Zaman | Medicine | Assam |
| 1983 | Geeta Zutshi | Sports | Haryana |
| 1984 | Ganga Devi | Arts | Bihar |
| 1984 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1984 | Mayangnokcha Ao | Literature & Education | Nagaland |
| 1984 | Amitabh Bachchan | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Charles Borromeo | Sports | Bihar |
| 1984 | Kshem Suman Chandra | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1984 | Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat | Literature & Education | Rajasthan |
| 1984 | Maria Renee Cura | Science & Engineering | Argentina |
| 1984 | Purshottam Das | Arts | Rajasthan |
| 1984 | Prem Nath Dhawan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1984 | Phu Dorjee | Sports | Sikkim |
| 1984 | Shanta Gandhi | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Mukti Prasad Gogoi | Medicine | Assam |
| 1984 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Arts | Kerala |
| 1984 | Chuni Goswami | Sports | West Bengal |
| 1984 | Vasant Gowarikar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | B. K. Goyal | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Sadhu Singh Hamdard | Literature & Education | Punjab |
| 1984 | Vera Hingorani | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1984 | Qurratulain Hyder | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1984 | Ganpatrao Jadhav | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Satya Pal Jagota | Civil Service | Canada |
| 1984 | Basantibala Jena | Medicine | Odisha |
| 1984 | Pramod Kale | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 1984 | Bhupen Khakhar | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1984 | Mohmmed Khalilullah | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1984 | D. K. Khullar | Sports | Punjab |
| 1984 | Ben Kingsley | Arts | United Kingdom |
| 1984 | Syed Abdul Malik | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 1984 | John Arthur King Martyn | Literature & Education | Uttarakhand |
| 1984 | K. P. Mathur | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1984 | Vinay Chandra Maudgalya | Arts | Delhi |
| 1984 | Roshan Kumari | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Deori Omem Moyong | Social Work | Delhi |
| 1984 | Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair | Arts | Kerala |
| 1984 | N. Balakrishnan Nair | Medicine | Kerala |
| 1984 | K. Narayanan | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 1984 | Bachendri Pal | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1984 | Awadhesh Prasad Pandey | Medicine | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1984 | Nilamber Pant | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 1984 | Dharamchand Patni | Social Work | Manipur |
| 1984 | Sooranad Kunjan Pillai | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 1984 | N. Rajam | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1984 | Zainulabedin Gulam Husain Rangoonwala | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Myneni Hariprasada Rao | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Radha Reddy | Arts | Delhi |
| 1984 | Raja Reddy | Arts | Delhi |
| 1984 | Nek Chand Saini | Arts | Chandigarh |
| 1984 | Syed Nasaar Ahmed Shah | Medicine | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 1984 | Hariharan Srinivasan | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 1984 | M. R. Srinivasan | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1984 | Krishna Murari Tiwari | Social Forestry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1984 | Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya | Arts | Rajasthan |
| 1984 | Hari Krishan Wattal | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1984 | Jai Singh Pal Yadav | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1985 | Om Agarwal | Sports | West Bengal |
| 1985 | Syed Hasan Askari | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 1985 | Krishan Dev Bali | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1985 | Jai Rattan Bhalla | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| 1985 | Som Nath Bhaskar | Civil Service | Karnataka |
| 1985 | Ela Bhatt | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 1985 | Elizabeth Brunner | Arts | Delhi |
| 1985 | Arvind Navranglal Buch | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 1985 | Biswas Ranjan Chatterjee | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 1985 | Shanti Dave | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1985 | James Dokhuma | Literature & Education | Mizoram |
| 1985 | Ramniklal K. Gandhi | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | Kaka Hathrasi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1985 | Harbans Singh Jolly | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1985 | Satish Chandra Kala | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1985 | Dinamani Sridhar Kamat | Civil Service | Uttarakhand |
| 1985 | Predhiman Krishan Kaw | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 1985 | Namagundlu Venkata Krishnamurthy | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | Ratnappa Kumbhar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | Erasmus Lyngdoh | Civil Service | Meghalaya |
| 1985 | Asa Singh Mastana | Arts | Delhi |
| 1985 | Shital Raj Mehta | Medicine | Rajasthan |
| 1985 | Bharat Mishra | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 1985 | Chandra Mohan | Civil Service | Chandigarh |
| 1985 | Madan Mohan | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1985 | Bhagwat Murmu | Social Work | Bihar |
| 1985 | Samiran Nundy | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1985 | Laxman Pai | Arts | Goa |
| 1985 | Harishankar Parsai | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1985 | Smita Patil | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | S. V. S. Raghavan | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1985 | Palghat R. Raghu | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1985 | Nelly Sethna | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | Naseeruddin Shah | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1985 | Usha Sharma | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1985 | Ashangbam Minaketan Singh | Literature & Education | Manipur |
| 1985 | Jasdev Singh | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1985 | S. Srinivasa Sriramacharyulu | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1985 | Jadunath Supakar | Trade & Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1985 | Haridas Thongram | Social Work | Manipur |
| 1985 | P. T. Usha | Sports | Kerala |
| 1985 | M. S. Valiathan | Medicine | Kerala |
| 1985 | Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1985 | Anutai Wagh | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Anil Agarwal | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1986 | Gokuldas Shivaldas Ahuja | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Kanika Banerjee | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1986 | Chandi Prasad Bhatt | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 1986 | Mahasweta Devi | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 1986 | Krishan Dev Dewan | Social Work | Bihar |
| 1986 | Anupama Gokhale | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Govind Bhimachary Joshi | Others | Karnataka |
| 1986 | Santosh Kumar Kackar | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1986 | Tushar Kanjilal | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 1986 | Binod Kanungo | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 1986 | Avdhash Kaushal | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 1986 | Anil Kumar Lakhina | Civil Service | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Narayan Singh Manaklao | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 1986 | Subrata Mitra | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1986 | Chitra Naik | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1986 | Sheik Nazar | Arts | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1986 | Abdur Rahman | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1986 | Swaroop Kishen Reu | Sports | Delhi |
| 1986 | Nuchhungi Renthlei | Literature & Education | Mizoram |
| 1986 | Bunker Roy | Social Work | Delhi |
| 1986 | Geet Sethi | Sports | Gujarat |
| 1986 | Mohammad Shahid | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1986 | V. Shanta | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 1986 | Raghunath Sharma | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1986 | Rajkumar Singhajit Singh | Arts | Delhi |
| 1986 | Ramesh Inder Singh | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1986 | Somasundaram Subramanian | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1986 | Hisam-ud-din Usta | Arts | Rajasthan |
| 1987 | Abdul Sattar | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 1987 | Nazir Ahmed | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1987 | Mohammad Izhar Alam | Civil Service | Bihar |
| 1987 | Begum Zaffar Ali | Social Work | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 1987 | Jaya Arunachalam | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1987 | K. Balachander | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1987 | Joginder Paul Birdi | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1987 | Hormazdiar Jamshedi Muncherji Desai | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Saroj Kumar Gupta | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 1987 | Hrangaia | Social Work | Mizoram |
| 1987 | Vanaja Iyengar | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1987 | Gurbachan Jagat | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1987 | Prem Kumar Kakar | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1987 | Khawlkungi | Literature & Education | Mizoram |
| 1987 | Kumudini Lakhia | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1987 | Vijaya Mehta | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Badri Narayan | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Prabhu Dayal Nigam | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1987 | Debi Prasanna Pattanayak | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 1987 | Natesan Ramani | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1987 | P. V. S. Rao | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Bhagyashree Thipsay | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Sant Singh Sekhon | Literature & Education | Punjab |
| 1987 | Aparna Sen | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1987 | Amar Nath Shastri | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 1987 | Ramadas P. Shenoy | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 1987 | Daljit Singh | Medicine | Punjab |
| 1987 | Kartar Singh | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1987 | N. Khelchandra Singh | Literature & Education | Manipur |
| 1987 | Naresh Sohal | Arts | United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Dilip Vengsarkar | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 1987 | Harbans Singh Wasir | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1988 | Jitendra Abhisheki | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1988 | Viswanathan Anand | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 1988 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sports | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1988 | Shabana Azmi | Arts | Maharashtra |
| 1988 | Teejan Bai | Arts | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1988 | Bikash Bhattacharjee | Arts | West Bengal |
| 1988 | Madaram Brahma | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 1988 | Avinder Singh Brar | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1988 | Jadeng Buana | Social Work | Mizoram |
| 1988 | Valmiki Choudhary | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 1988 | Nissim Ezekiel | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1988 | K. M. George | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 1988 | Zakir Hussain | Arts | United States |
| 1988 | Chaman Lal | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1988 | Chindodi Leela | Arts | Karnataka |
| 1988 | Mario Miranda | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 1988 | Vidya Niwas Mishra | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1988 | Vithalbhai Chhotabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 1988 | Sudharani Raghupathy | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1988 | Ramanatha Venkata Ramani | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 1988 | Shivanarayan Motilal Rathi | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 1988 | Sudarshan Sahoo | Arts | Odisha |
| 1988 | Kudrat Singh | Arts | Rajasthan |
| 1988 | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1988 | Sarbdeep Singh Virk | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1988 | Darshan Singh Vohra | Social Work | Chandigarh |
| 1988 | Ali Jawad Zaidi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1989 | Kalim Ajiz | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 1989 | Mithu Alur | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 1989 | Vedaratnam Appakutti | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1989 | Barsane Lal Chaturvedi | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1989 | Anita Desai | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 1989 | Rajmohini Devi | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1989 | Saroj Ghose | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 1989 | Kanwar Pal Singh Gill | Civil Service | Chandigarh |
| 1989 | Krishnammal Jagannathan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 1989 | Mag Raj Jain | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 1989 | Edward Kutchat | Social Work | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| 1989 | Adyar K. Lakshman | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1989 | Nima Namgyal Lama | Civil Service | West Bengal |
| 1989 | Shiv Raj Kumar Malik | Medicine | Delhi |
| 1989 | Ved Marwah | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 1989 | Kiran Mazumdar | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 1989 | Lila Poonawalla | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 1989 | Palle Rama Rao | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 1989 | Moti Lal Saqi | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 1989 | Haku Shah | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1989 | Shamsuddin Sheikh | Arts | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1989 | Sarabjit Singh | Civil Service | Punjab |
| 1989 | L. Subramaniam | Arts | Tamil Nadu |
| 1989 | Rongbong Terang | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 1989 | Ratan Thiyam | Arts | Manipur |
| 1989 | Upendra Trivedi | Arts | Gujarat |
| 1989 | V. Venkatachalam | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |