Going down the memory lane, former Miss World and actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Friday reminisced the time when she was conferred with the Padma Shri award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi `Baywatch` actor who is currently living with her singer husband in America, took to Instagram to share a few pictures from 2016 when she was conferred with the fourth highest civilian award in India.

Priyanka Chopra reminisces being conferred with Padma Shri in 2016

Usha Chaumar is a sanitation activist and dalit social worker from Alwar, Rajasthan who has won the Padma Shri award this year. But a little known fact about her is that she used to work as a manual scavenger in the past.

Inspirational journey of Usha Chaumar from manual scavenger to Padma Shri awardee

Former Indian athlete and Olympian P T Usha, 55, has been appointed as one of the six members of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).

Former athlete PT Usha appointed to Athletes Commission of Asian Athletics Association

President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, L&T chairman A M Naik, late journalist Kuldip Nayar, late actor Kader Khan and cricketer Gautam Gambhir, India football captain Sunil Chhetri were among the 112 prominent personalities who were named on Friday for conferment of this year's Padma awards.

Djibouti president, L&T chairman Naik, Kuldip Nayar, Kader Khan, Gambhir named for Padma awards

Late actor Kadar Khan, cricketer Gautam Gambhir and former diplomat S Jaishankar are among 94 persons who will be conferred the country's fourth highest civilian award, the ministry of home affairs announced today.

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Priyanka Chopra reminisces being conferred with Padma Shri in 2016

Inspirational journey of Usha Chaumar from manual scavenger to Padma Shri awardee

Former athlete PT Usha appointed to Athletes Commission of Asian Athletics Association

Djibouti president, L&T chairman Naik, Kuldip Nayar, Kader Khan, Gambhir named for Padma awards

Padma Shri award winners: Full list