Miranda, Hazarika, Dharmendra among Padma awardees

The late cartoonist Mario Miranda and the late musician Bhupen Hazarika were amongst the five people awarded the Padma Vibhushan Wednesday.
The others are sculptor K.G. Subramanyan, orthopaedist Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti and civil servant T.V. Rajeswar.
Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi were confirmed for Padma Bhushan along with 25 more awardees. The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012.
This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.
There are 19 ladies among the awardees.