Here Are The "Unsung Heroes" Who Have Won Padma Shri This Year
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Jammu and Kashmir's Faisal Ali Dar, known as Kashmir's 'Karate Kid', is a martial arts coach from Bandipore who established a sports academy and trained 4,000 students, and has won Padma Shri.
The list of this year's Padma Shri awardees includes many "unsung heroes" who have contributed to the society in their own ways.
The Narendra Modi government posthumously awarded Andhra Pradesh's Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan, a Nadaswaram player and freedom fighter.
For seven decades, Hassan played the wind instrument everyday as 'Suprabhatham' to Lord Rama. The classical instrument's exponent, he served and dedicated his life to historical Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swami Temple at Bhadrachalam.
Uttar Pradesh's Seth Pal Singh has contributed to agriculture by specialising in modifying the Singhara crop geometry and rotation practice. He developed an innovative technique of growing the crop through scaffolding, relay cropping and intercropping method and inspired farmers to grow fruits and vegetables along with traditional crops.
