The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian honour of the Republic of India, preceded by the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.
 Presented by the Government of India since 1954 for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex, the award consists of a certificate and a medallion and the recipient's name is registered in "The Gazette of India".
 When instituted, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg", a class-two award under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy.
 On 15January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.
 The Padma Bhushan, along with other personal civilian honours, was briefly suspended twice since its inception; for the first time in July 1977 and the suspension was annulled on 25 January 1980 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
 The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992 for it being "titles" per an interpretation of of the Constitution of India.
 On 25 August 1992, the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a notice temporarily suspending all civilian awards.
 On 15 December 1995, the Special Division Bench restored the awards and delivered a judgment that the "Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not titles under Article 18 of the Constitution of India".
Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan (1909–93) was a Hindustani classical vocalist from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
 He was a disciple and son of Ustad Fida Hussain Khan and after a long and illustrious career was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1971.
 He was the court musician of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III at Baroda and was featured extensively on All India Radio.
 He was a specialist in Tarana.
 His most famous disciples are Ustad Ghulam Mustafa khan and Rashid Khan.
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
 Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.
 The recipients receive a "Sanad", a certificate signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association.
 The recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in "The Gazette of India", a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development.
 The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the journal.
 Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are archived and required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1970–79 have been revoked or restored.
 The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, with the Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of States, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
 Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.
 The recipients receive a "Sanad", a certificate signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association.
 The recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in "The Gazette of India", a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development.
 The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the journal.
 Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are as well archived and are required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1960–69 have been revoked or restored.
 The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, with the Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
Bhogilal Pandya (Pandyaji) was a notable freedom fighter and social worker from Dungarpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
 On 3 April 1976, the Government of India conferred on Pandyaji the Padma Bhushan award for his social services.
 The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
 It is awarded for distinguished service of a high order to the nation.
 For his selfless service to the nation and community and for championing education and rights of the poor and underprivileged, Pandyaji is referred by the people of Rajashthan as "Gandhi of Vahgad".
 His home is in gandhi aashram area of Dungarpur.
 (name given to the region of Rajasthan encompassing the Dungarpur District).
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
 Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.
 The recipients receive a "Sanad" (certificate) signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary grant associated with the award.
 The Padma Bhushan award recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in "The Gazette of India"a publication released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development used for official government notices.
 The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the "Gazette".
 Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are also registered in the "Gazette" and are required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register.
 None of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1954–59 have been revoked or restored.
 The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.
Ustad Rashid Khan (Hindi: रशीद ख़ान ,Bengali: রশিদ খান , Urdu: ‎ ) (born 1 July 1966) is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition.
 He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, and is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan.
 He is married to Soma Khan.
General Tapishwar Narain Raina Padma Bhushan, MVC (1921 – 19 May 1980) was a former Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army.
 He held the office between 1975 and 1978.
 Later, he served as High Commissioner to Canada.
 He was a recipient of the third highest civilian honour of India, the Padma Bhushan.
Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, VrC was a Three Star General in the Indian Army.
 As the Western Army Commander, Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh commanded the Indian Army forces and played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
 He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Vir Chakra.
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
 Instituted on 2January 1954, the award is conferred on "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.
 The recipients receive a "Sanad", a certificate signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association.
 The recipients are announced every year on Republic Day (26January) and registered in "The Gazette of India", a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the Ministry of Urban Development.
 The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in "The Gazette of India".
 Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are archived and required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register; none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1980–89 have been revoked.
 The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, Ministers, Chief Ministers and Governors of States, Members of Parliament, and private individuals.

Question: the husband of Soma Khan was a disciple of a musician how was awarded the Padma Bhushan in which year ?
Answer: 1971