Two of the awardees – former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel and renowned architect BV Doshi – have been conferred with Padma Bhushan. Patel was conferred with the award posthumously.

While most of the awardees or their representatives (in case of posthumous honour) received the award from President Kovind, Doshi (94) could not travel to Delhi to receive the award. “Since he is 94 years old, due to weather and Covid factors, he could not personally go to receive the award. We were also told that nobody could go and receive the award in his place. We were told that it would be sent to the state,” Doshi’s daughter Radhika told The Indian Express.

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