Civilian Awards 2015 conferred at Rashtrapati Bhavan by the President Pranab Mukherjee
- Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former acclaimed educationist & freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously) were bestowed with Bharat Ratna
- Padma Vibhushan, second highest civilian award was awarded to veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani and Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parkash Singh Badal
- Legendary actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar were also among Padma Vibhushan recipients
- Padma Bhushan was awarded to journalists Swapan Dasgupta and Rajat Sharma.
- Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Writer-lyricist Prasoon Joshi, creator of cartoon-character ‘Chacha Chaudhary’ Pran Kumar Sharma (posthumously) and Bill Gates along with his wife Melinda Gates were awarded the Padma Shri Award
- Captain of Indian Hockey team Sardar Singh and Arjuna awardee, badminton player PV Sindhu, Olympic Bronze Medalist Wrestler Sushil Kumar were awarded Padma Shri.
- Needamangalam Gopalaswami former Chief Election Commissioner of India was also awarded the Padma Bhushan
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