Yash Bharati Award is the highest civilian award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Instituted in 1994, it is awarded to those personalities whose contribution is remarkable in the field of literature, social work, medicine, film, science, journalism, handicrafts, culture, education, music, drama, sports, industry and astrology.
These awards were first given in 1994. The winners were given a commendation letter, a shawl and 1 lakh. In 2005–06, the U.P. Government increased the cash award amount to 5 lakh. The awards were stopped between 1995 and 2003 and again from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012, the recipient is awarded a commendation letter, a shawl and 11 lakh, along with a pension of 50,000 per month, on demand. Many eminent persons in the field of Literature, Social work, Handicrafts, Culture, Music, Drama, Sports, Industry, Cinema, etc. have been awarded with Yash Bharti Samman, however, it has also drawn some flak from media and the public for arbitrary distribution and wastage of tax payers money.
The list of awardees 1994 Pradip Mehta: literature Amitabh Bachchan: acting Jaya Bachchan: acting Baleshwar Yadav:
2006 Abhishek Bachchan: acting Viveki Rai: writing Vijay Kumar: journalism
2007 Urmilesh Shankhdhar: literature
2013 Rajendra Yadav: literature
2015 Lodi Mohammad Safi Khan alias 'Bekal Utsahi': literature Devi Prasad Pandey "Adig": literature Khushbir Singh Shaad: literature DR.Gyan Chaturvedi: literature DR. Vishnu Saxena: literature Hamid Ullah 'Hamid hadee': literature Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra: classical vocal Anup Jalota: choral singing Shubha Mudgal: classical vocal Ravindra Jain: music Pandit Vikash Maharaj: sarod Rekha Bhardwaj: light music Pro. Rita Gaguli: singing Upshastriy Kailash Kher: singing Rahat Ali Khan Sabri: Ghazals, Sufi songs and singing Hira Lal Yadav: Lokgayn Bansh Gopal Yadav: singing Alhaa Vishnu Yadav: singing Birha Pro. Jaikrishna Agarwal: painting Raj Kumar Varma: painting, Micro-painting Krishn Kanhai & Govind Kanhai: gold-painting Iftakhar Nadime Khan: wood art DR. Jagdish Gandhi: education Pro. Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi 'Wagish Shastri': education DR. Kumkum Dhar: Kathak Geetanjali Sharma: Kathak and Braj Folk Dance Sheetala Pandey 'Samir': film lyricist Yogesh Gaur: songwriting DR. Urmil Kumar Thapliyal: public theatre Ashok Kumar Singh: hockey Bachan Lal Yadav: wrestling Munawar Anjar: judo DR. RP Singh: hockey Dharmendra Yadav: boxing Bhagat Singh: wrestling Vijay Pal Yadav: wrestling Rajesh Kumar Yadav: sailing Shweta Priyadarshini: chess Avinash Yadav: sports Alka Tomar: female wrestling Punam Yadav: weightlifting Raj Kumar: wrestling Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman: Greek medicine (Yunani medicine) Buddhi Prakash: yoga and naturopathy DR. CS Yadav: medicine Dr. Rakesh Yadav: medicine TP Trivedi: astrology Vinod Mehta: journalism Jasjit Singh Gill alias Jimmy Shergill: film acting Nawazuddin Siddiqui: film acting Girdhar Lal Mishra Ramanandacharya Jagadguru Swami Bhadracharya: philanthropy Darshan Singh Yadav: philanthropy Ramesh Bhaiya: philanthropy Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav: military service
2016 (Given in March 2016) Irfan Habib: education Dr.Naresh Trehan: medicine Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Kant: medicine Ustaad Ghulam Mustafa Khan: vocal music Ustaad Gulshan Bharti: vocal music Surabhi Ranjan: vocal music Sudhir Mishra: film direction Vishal Bhardwaj: film direction Anurag Kashyap: film direction Ashok Chakradhar: literature Arunima Sinha: mountaineering Aparna Kumar: mountaineering Dr. (Brig.) T. Prabhakar: medicine Sthavi Asthana: horse riding Raju Srivastava: comedy Hemant Sharma: journalism R. P. Singh: cricket Anwar Jalalpuri: literature Nahid Abidi: literature Seema Punia: athletics Jagbir Singh: hockey Major AK Singh: rowing Kamla Srivastava: folk music Abhin Shyam Gupta: badminton Sunil Jogi: literature Gopal Chaturvedi: literature Girja Shankar: literature Sunil Kumar Rana: sports Vijay Singh Chauhan: athletics Anuj Chowdhary: sports Nawaz Deobandi: education Wazir Ahmad Khan: chess Chakesh Kumar Jain: art Narendra Singh Rana: powerlifting Iqbal Ahmad Siddiqui: ghazal Kum Kum Adarsh: Kathak Lalji Yadav: wrestling Imran Khan: poetry Ankit Tiwari: singing Madhukar Trivedi: journalism Sudha Singh: athletics Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua": acting Manu Kumari Pal: athletics Alim Ullah siddiqui: painting Servesh Yadav: shooting Subhash Gupta: medicine
2016-17 (Given in October 2016) Rahul Kumar: Cricket Jeetu sharma: Cricket Umakant Tomar: Literature Deepak Oli : Cricket Mohammad Imran Pratapgarhi: Urdu Poetry Amir Shabbir: editing Ustaad gulfam: classical music Sony Chaurasia: Kathak Kashinath Yadav Birha: Aftab Sabri, Hashim Sabri: Qawwali Mo. Aslam Warsi: Sufi singing Gyanendra Pandey: cricket Bhuvneshwar Kumar: cricket Praveen Kumar: cricket Chawla: cricket Santosh Anand: songwriting Naseeruddin Shah: acting Saurabh Shukla: directing Anubhav Sinha: directing Sumona Chakravarti: acting Swaroop Kumar Kumar Bakshi: literature Anil Rastogi: theatre work Nawab Jafar Mir Abdullah: sports and arts Suman Yadav: game Mo. Bashir Badar: literature Venkat Changavli: philanthropy Farooq Ahmed: philanthropy Dr Sabiha Anwar: education Dr. Rakesh Kapoor: medicine Syed Mohd. Hssna: Greek medicine Yogesh Mishra: journalism Kamar Rahman: education & science Manoj Muntashir: lyricist Begum Habibullah: social service Pandit Vishwanath: classical music DR. Ratish Agarwal: medicine Raj Krishna Mishra: literature Rajendra Singh: water harvesting Manendra Kumar Mishra: writing Gen Anil Chait: military service Maheshwar Tiwari: literature Sarvesh Asthana: literature Oma The Akk: literature Deepraj Rana: film direction Ravi Kapoor: photography Dr. Deepak Agrawal: medicine DR. Ramratan Raina: medicine DR. Shivani Matnhelia: classical music Ashok Nigam: journalism Arjun Bajpai: hiking Vijay Shekhar Sharma: mobile banking Gargi Yadav: wrestling Ram Milan Yadav: wrestling Ramakant Yadav: medicine Atam Prakash Mishra: television Gaur Das Chowdhury: medicine Dr Ram Singh Yadav : Literature Dhananjay Rai: sports Noor Alassaba: artist & portraitist Chakresh Kumar Jain: handicraft Archana Satish: anchor Shikha Dwivedi: anchor Varun Kumar: paralympics
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