President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday presented seven Padma Vibhushan, ten Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. The awards were presented at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Pics/Pallav Paliwal, PTI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with awardees during the Padma Awards 2020, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Vibhushan Award to Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom for Sports. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to shuttler P.V. Sindhu. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to television actress Sarita Joshi. Pic/PTI

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Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut receives Padma Shri. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
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Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to hockey player Rani Rampal. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

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Terracotta artist VK Munusamy greets Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Pic/PTI
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President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Shri to Jai Prakash Agarwal for Trade and Industry. Pic/PTI

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Padma Shri Award being presented to Tarundeep Rai, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I. Pic/PTI
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Bollywood director-producer Karan Johar awarded Padma Shri. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Bhushan Award to to Anand Gopal Mahindra for Trade and Industry, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
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