On the eve of the Republic Day, the Government of India announced the list of 2012 Padma awardees. We did a little number crunching and plotted the data on charts to reveal hidden dimensions that might not be obvious in the long list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees.
Awardees from UPA and non-UPA ruled states (pie chart)Awardees from UPA and non-UPA ruled states (bar diagram)
Number of awards
Awardees by categories (bar diagram)
Awardees by categories (pie chart)
Awardees by countries
Awardees by state (bar diagram)
Awardees by state (pie chart)
Awardee gender
Living and dead awardees
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