Bihar Special GK PYQ 560 of 603 · Current Events : Bihar

On 26 January, 2021, how many people from Bihar were honoured with the Padma Shri award in different fields?

  1. AFour
  2. BThree
  3. CTwo
  4. DFive
  5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above

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On 25 January, 2021, it was announced that the following four persons from Bihar would be honoured with the Padma Shri, as follows—Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh, Dulari Devi, Late Mridula Sinha and Ramchandra Manjhi. On 25 January, 2025, it was announced that seven personalities from Bihar would be conferred Padma awards. This included folk singer Sharda Sinha (posthumous) and Bihar’s former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi (posthumous) for the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan respectively, and Kishor Kunal (posthumous), Bhim Singh Bhavesh, Nirmala Devi, Hemant Kumar and Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj for the Padma Shri.

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