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 11 out of 113 Padma Shri awardees are from West Bengal .    1 out of 19 women Padma Shri recipients is from West Bengal. Sanchita Chatterjee Kolkata, January 25, 2026:  The President has approved a total of 131 Padma Awards for the year 2026. The list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. A total of 19 women have been conferred with these honours. The list also includes six awardees from the Foreigner/NRI/PIO/OCI category and 16 posthumous awardees. Of the 113 Padma Shri recipients, 11 are from West Bengal. One of the 19 women Padma Shri recipients from various states is from West Bengal. Notable Padma Shri recipients from West Bengal include  Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee , a prominent actor and renowned producer of Bengali cinema; Shri Kumar Bose, a renowned  tabla player  and composer of  Indian classical music ; and  Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya , a distinguished  santoor player  who invented the...

 How mother’s advice helped Sohan Tarkar beat depression and return to competitive ice skating Reported by Sanchita chatterjee : making India proud, the Maharashtra short-track ice skater had a bout of depression in 2020 and he ended up gaining 20kg in weight But Tarkar returned to the sport in 2024 and even participated in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. He also participated in Khelo India Winter Games 2026 Leh (Ladakh), January 25: Often getting up after biting the dust is the most difficult thing in life, and Sohan Tarkar should be proud of himself having pulled it off. The Maharashtra short-track ice skater had significant successes to speak of before depression pulled him down almost six years ago. Tarkar started doing ice skating in 2010, and reached the 1500m semis of the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan in 2017. He has also qualified multiple times for the Junior World Championships. Twice he has qualified for the Senior World Cups (Germany and Italy b...