Important Days of January 2023 and Padma Awards 2023

World Braille Day

04 January 2023

Designated by : United Nations General Assembly

First Observed in: 2019


International Day of Education

24 January 2023

Designated by: United Nations General Assembly

First observed: 2019


International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

27 January 2023

Designated by: United Nations General Assembly

First observed: 2006


World Leprosy Day

29 January 2023 (Last Sunday of January)

Designated by : World Health Organisation

Theme: Act Now. End Leprosy


Padma Awards 2023

Padma Vibhushan

Art : Shri Zakir Hussain

Architecture : Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)

Public Affairs :Shri S.M. Krishna

Medicine :Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)

Science & Engineering :Shri Srinivas Varadhan (USA)

Public Affairs :Shri Mulayam Singh (Posthumous)


Padma Bhushan

Literature & Education : Shri SL Bhyrappa

Trade & Industry : Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla

Science & Engineering : Shri Deepak Dhar

Art : Ms. Vani Jairam

Others - Spiritualism : Swami Chinna Jeeyar

Art : Ms. Suman Kalyanpur

Literaure & Education : Shri Kapil Kapoor

Social Work : Shri Ms. Sudha Murty

Others - Spiritualism : Shri Kamlesh D Patel


Padma Shri