| Name | Padma Bhushan |
|---|---|
| Type | Civilian Awards |
| Award For | Distinguished Service of a High order |
| Award By | Goverment of India |
| First | 1954 |
| Last | 26th January 2026 |
| Status | Active |
| Country | India |
The smallest early Padma Bhushan cohort, 1955 recognized just 12 people, including freedom fighter and cultural revivalist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji, and pathologist Vasant Ramji Khanolkar. Social work and civil service dominated the list, with several honorees drawn from Punjab's administrative ranks. Available records note the year included one foreign recipient, though not separately identified by name in surviving sources. With only a dozen honorees, 1955 marked a sharp contraction from the inaugural 1954 list's 23 recipients.
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order, without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex".
This Winners List features 12 winners of the Padma Bhushan Award 1955, in 1955.
| Image | Year | Recipient Name | Gender | State, Country | Fields |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1955 |
Fateh Chand Badhwar
|
male | Punjab, India | Civil Service |
|
1955 |
Dr. Lalit Mohan Banerjee
|
male | West Bengal, India | Medicine |
|
1955 |
Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji
|
male | West Bengal, India | Literature & Education |
|
1955 |
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan
, Ramon Magsaysay Award
|
female | West Bengal, India | Social Work |
|
|
1955 |
Surinder Kumar Dey
|
male | Delhi, India | Civil Service |
|
1955 |
Dr. Vasant Ramji Khanolkar
|
male | Maharashtra, India | Medicine |
|
|
1955 |
Sunder Das Khungar
|
male | Punjab, India | Civil Service |
|
1955 |
Rameshwari Nehru
|
female | Uttar Pradesh, India | Social Work |
|
1955 |
Dr. Pran Krushna Parija
|
male | Odisha, India | Literature & Education |
|
1955 |
Madapati Hanumantha Rao
|
male | Andhra Pradesh, India | Social Work |
|
1955 |
Prof. Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker
|
male | Delhi, India | Science & Engineering |
|
|
1955 |
Venkata Acharya Attur Rangaswami
|
male | Tamil Nadu, India | Civil Service |
This chart groups 12 Padma Bhushan Award 1955 winners by Gender, across 2 distinct entries — male leads with 10 wins.
This chart groups 12 Padma Bhushan Award 1955 winners by Fields, across 5 distinct entries — Civil Service leads with 4 wins.
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