Slideshow | Padma Shri: Unsung heroes

Slideshow | Padma Shri: Unsung heroes

100-year-old freedom fighter from Goa, a Dhak player from West Bengal who trained 150 women in the male-dominated field, and India’s first woman puppeteer, who is 96. They are among 30 unsung heroes from diverse fields who were awarded the Padma Shri on Saturday.

Libia Lobo Sardesai, who played an important role in Goa’s freedom movement, co-founded an underground radio station — ‘Voz da Liberdabe (Voice of Freedom)‘ — in a forested area in 1955 to rally people against the Portuguese rule.

She has been awarded the Padma Shri by the President on the occasion of the 76th Republic Day.

Also among the awardees is Gokul Chandra Dey, a 57-year old Dhak player from West Bengal, who broke the gender stereotype by training 150 women in the male-dominated field, according to a government statement.

Tribal musician Joynacharan Bathari from Assam, who has dedicated 60 years of his life for the preservation and propagation of Dimasa folk music, yoga practitioner from Kuwait Shaikha AJ Al Sabah, Nepali folk singer Gangtok Naren Gurung and former head of Gynaecology Department of AIIMS Delhi, Neerja Bhatla, who played a key role in creating guidelines for cervical cancer, have also been given Padma Shri in the unsung heroes category.

Text: PTI

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