Maharashtra Bhushan (List of Winners 1996-2015)

Maharashtra Bhushan (Highest Civilian Award of Maharashtra)

Maharashtra Bhushan is the highest state civilian award confered by the Indian State Government of Maharashtra upon the individuals who have made outstanding contribution in the fields of Literature, Art, Sport, Science, Social Work, Journalism, Public Administration and Health Services. The award was instituted in 1996, and last given in 2015.

The award consists a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees, a memento, and a citation.

The first Maharashtra Bhushan Awardee was Marathi writer PL Deshpande, and the last winner of this award is Babasaheb Purandare.

Maharashtra Ratna Award was not given in the year of 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Year	Name	Field
1996	Purushottam Laxman Deshpande	Literature
1997	Lata Mangeshkar	Arts, Music
1999	Vijay Bhatkar	Science
2001	Sachin Tendulkar	Sports
2002	Bhimsen Joshi	Arts, Music
2003	Abhay and Rani Bang	Medical Services
2004	Baba Amte	Social Work
2005	Raghunath Anant Mashelkar	Science
2006	Ratan Tata	Public Administration
2007	R. K. Patil	Social Work
2008	Nana Dharmadhikari	Social Work
2008	Mangesh Padgaonkar	Literature
2009	Sulochana Latkar	Art, Cinema
2010	Jayant Narlikar	Science
2011	Dr. Anil Kakodkar	Science
2015	Babasaheb Purandare	Literature