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  1. Padma Shri
  2. Padma Bhushan
  3. Padma Vibhushan
  4. Bharat Ratna
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Option 2 : Padma Bhushan

The correct answer is Padma Bhushan.

  • Ghulam Nabi Azad, a veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, received the Padma Bhushan Award in 2022.
  • Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician who served as the seventh chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare from 2005 to 2008.
  • He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha until February 2021.
  • He was India's Parliamentary Affairs Minister in former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ministry till October 27, 2005, when he was named Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

  • The Padma Bhushan is the Republic of India's third-highest civilian award, after the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, and before the Padma Shri. The award, which was established on January 2, 1954, recognises "distinguished service of a high order...without difference of race, occupation, status, or sex."
  • The Padma Shri often spelt Padma Shree, is the Republic of India's fourth-highest civilian award.
  • The Bharat Ratna is the Republic of India's highest civilian honour. The award, which was established on January 2, 1954, is given in honour of "outstanding service/performance of the highest order," regardless of race, occupation, status, or sex.
  • After the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan is the Republic of India's second-highest civilian honour. 
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