Brij Lal Bhat
A horticulture officer who helped modernise Kashmir's fruit trade and now runs the Vivekananda Kendra ashram at Nagdandi, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Jammu and Kashmir
Heroes from Jammu and Kashmir
People from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir whose work we have profiled.
Showing 1–15 of 15 heroes
Chaman Lal Sapru
A Jammu and Kashmir educationist who became the region's first Hindi lecturer and wrote 18 books, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021 (posthumous)
- Jammu and Kashmir
Faisal Ali Dar
A kickboxing coach from Bandipora who built a martial arts academy across Kashmir, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Jammu and Kashmir
Farooq Ahmad Mir
A Srinagar pashmina and kani shawl weaver who introduced calligraphy into kani weaving, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Muhammad Zaz
A Srinagar maker of santoors and other string instruments, the eighth generation of his family in the craft, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Nabi Azad
A former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Union minister, including for health from 2009 to 2014, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Nabi Dar
A Kashmiri wood carver who began at ten and is known for designs inspired by the valley's landscapes, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Jammu and Kashmir
Ghulam Rasool Khan
A Srinagar master craftsman who revived the patchwork jamawar shawl and runs workshops of 300 artisans, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Jammu and Kashmir
Javed Ahmad Tak
Left using a wheelchair after being shot during the conflict in Kashmir, he built a school and a movement for the rights of people with disabilities.
- Padma Shri 2020
- Jammu and Kashmir
Lalit Kumar Mangotra
A physicist and leading Dogri writer who has chaired the Dogri Sanstha for 30 years and helped bring Dogri to computers, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Jammu and Kashmir
Mohammad Mansha Khaki
A Gojri poet, editor and translator from the Gujjar-Bakerwal community who spent three decades building up the literature of the Gojri language.
- Mann Ki Baat #110
- Jammu and Kashmir
Mohan Singh
A Dogri poet and playwright from Samba who led the campaign to add Dogri to the Constitution's Eighth Schedule, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Jammu and Kashmir
Romalo Ram
A Dogri folk singer and retired teacher who revived the folk forms Geetru and Bhakh, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Jammu and Kashmir
Shafi Shauq
A Kashmiri poet, scholar and translator with over 100 books and two Sahitya Akademi awards, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Jammu and Kashmir
Vishwamurti Shastri
A Sanskrit scholar from Udhampur who taught for 44 years and teaches the Vedas free, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Jammu and Kashmir