Yash Bharati Explained

Yash Bharati Award is the highest civilian award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Instituted in 1994, it is awarded to those personalities whose contribution is remarkable in the field of literature, social work, medicine, film, science, journalism, handicrafts, culture, education, music, drama, sports, industry and astrology.^[1]

Yash Bharati Award

These awards were first given in 1994. The winners were given a commendation letter, a shawl and Rs 1 lakh. In 2005–06, the U.P. Government increased the cash award amount to Rs 5 lakh. The awards were stopped between 1995 and 2003 and again from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012, the recipient is awarded a commendation letter, a shawl and Rs 11 lakh, along with a pension of Rs 50,000 per month, on demand.^[2] Many eminent persons in the field of Literature, Social work, Handicrafts, Culture, Music, Drama, Sports, Industry, Cinema, etc. have been awarded with Yash Bharti Samman, however, it has also drawn some flak from media and the public for arbitrary distribution and wastage of tax payers money.^{[3] [4]}

The list of awardees

1994

1. Pradip Mehta: literature^[5]
2. Amitabh Bachchan

acting^[5]

1. Jaya Bachchan

acting^[5]

1. Baleshwar Yadav

2006

1. Abhishek Bachchan

acting^[5]

1. Viveki Rai

writing

1. Vijay Kumar: journalism

2007

• Urmilesh Shankhdhar

literature^[6]

2013

• Rajendra Yadav

literature

2015

1. Lodi Mohammad Safi Khan alias 'Bekal Utsahi': literature
2. Devi Prasad Pandey "Adig": literature
3. Khushbir Singh Shaad

literature

1. DR.Gyan Chaturvedi: literature
2. DR. Vishnu Saxena: literature
3. Hamid Ullah 'Hamid hadee': literature
4. Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra: classical vocal
5. Anup Jalota

choral singing

1. Shubha Mudgal

classical vocal

1. Ravindra Jain: music
2. Pandit Vikash Maharaj: sarod
3. Rekha Bhardwaj: light music
4. Pro. Rita Gaguli: singing Upshastriy
5. Kailash Kher

singing

1. Rahat Ali Khan Sabri: Ghazals, Sufi songs and singing
2. Hira Lal Yadav: Lokgayn
3. Bansh Gopal Yadav: singing Alhaa
4. Vishnu Yadav: singing Birha
5. Pro. Jaikrishna Agarwal: painting
6. Raj Kumar Varma: painting, Micro-painting
7. Krishn Kanhai & Govind Kanhai: gold-painting
8. Iftakhar Nadime Khan: wood art
9. DR. Jagdish Gandhi: education
10. Pro. Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi 'Wagish Shastri': education
11. DR. Kumkum Dhar: Kathak
12. Geetanjali Sharma

Charkula dance

1. Sheetala Pandey 'Samir': film lyricist
2. Yogesh Gaur: songwriting
3. DR. Urmil Kumar Thapliyal: public theatre
4. Ashok Kumar Singh: hockey
5. Bachan Lal Yadav: wrestling
6. Munawar Anjar: judo
7. DR. RP Singh: hockey
8. Dharmendra Yadav: boxing
9. Bhagat Singh: wrestling
10. Vijay Pal Yadav: wrestling
11. Rajesh Kumar Yadav: sailing
12. Shweta Priyadarshini: chess
13. Avinash Yadav

sports

1. Alka Tomar: female wrestling
2. Punam Yadav

weightlifting

1. Raj Kumar: wrestling
2. Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Greek medicine (Yunani medicine)

1. Buddhi Prakash: yoga and naturopathy
2. DR. CS Yadav: medicine
3. Dr. Rakesh Yadav

medicine

1. TP Trivedi: astrology
2. Vinod Mehta: journalism
3. Jasjit Singh Gill alias Jimmy Shergill: film acting
4. Nawazuddin Siddiqui: film acting
5. Girdhar Lal Mishra Ramanandacharya Jagadguru Swami Bhadracharya: philanthropy
6. Darshan Singh Yadav: philanthropy
7. Ramesh Bhaiya: philanthropy
8. Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav: military service^[7]

2016

(Given in March 2016)

1. Irfan Habib

education

1. Dr.Naresh Trehan

medicine

1. Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Kant

medicine

1. Ustaad Ghulam Mustafa Khan: vocal music
2. Ustaad Gulshan Bharti: vocal music
3. Surabhi Ranjan: vocal music
4. Sudhir Mishra

film direction

1. Vishal Bhardwaj

film direction

1. Anurag Kashyap

film direction

1. Ashok Chakradhar: literature
2. Arunima Sinha

mountaineering

1. Aparna Kumar: mountaineering
2. Dr. (Brig.) T. Prabhakar

medicine

1. Sthavi Asthana: horse riding
2. Raju Srivastava: comedy
3. Hemant Sharma: journalism
4. R. P. Singh

cricket

1. Anwar Jalalpuri

literature

1. Nahid Abidi: literature
2. Seema Punia: athletics
3. Jagbir Singh: hockey
4. Major AK Singh: rowing
5. Kamla Srivastava

folk music

1. Abhin Shyam Gupta: badminton
2. Sunil Jogi: literature
3. Gopal Chaturvedi: literature
4. Girja Shankar: literature
5. Sunil Kumar Rana: sports
6. Vijay Singh Chauhan: athletics
7. Anuj Chowdhary: sports
8. Nawaz Deobandi

education

1. Wazir Ahmad Khan: chess
2. Chakesh Kumar Jain: art
3. Narendra Singh Rana: powerlifting
4. Iqbal Ahmad Siddiqui: ghazal
5. Kum Kum Adarsh: Kathak
6. Lalji Yadav: wrestling
7. Imran Khan: poetry
8. Ankit Tiwari

singing

1. Madhukar Trivedi: journalism
2. Sudha Singh: athletics
3. Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua": acting
4. Manu Kumari Pal: athletics
5. Alim Ullah siddiqui: painting
6. Servesh Yadav: shooting
7. Subhash Gupta: medicine^{[8] [9]}

2016-17

(Given in October 2016)

1. Rahul Kumar: cricket
2. Jeetu sharma: cricket
3. Umakant Tomar: literature
4. Mohammad Imran Pratapgarhi

Urdu Poetry

1. Amir Shabbir: editing
2. Ustaad gulfam: classical music
3. Sony Chaurasia: Kathak
4. Kashinath Yadav Birha:
5. Aftab Sabri, Hashim Sabri: Qawwali
6. Mo. Aslam Warsi: Sufi singing
7. Gyanendra Pandey

cricket

1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar: cricket
2. Praveen Kumar: cricket
3. Chawla: cricket
4. Santosh Anand: songwriting
5. Naseeruddin Shah

acting

1. Saurabh Shukla: directing
2. Anubhav Sinha: directing
3. Sumona Chakravarti: acting
4. Swaroop Kumar Kumar Bakshi: literature
5. Anil Rastogi: theatre work
6. Nawab Mir Jafar Abdullah: sports
7. Suman Yadav: game
8. Mo. Bashir Badar: literature
9. Venkat Changavli: philanthropy
10. Farooq Ahmed: philanthropy
11. Dr Sabiha Anwar: education
12. Dr. Rakesh Kapoor: medicine
13. Syed Mohd. Hssna: Greek medicine
14. Yogesh Mishra

journalism

1. Kamar Rahman: education & science
2. Manoj Muntashir

lyricist

1. Begum Habibullah: social service
2. Pandit Vishwanath: classical music
3. DR. Ratish Agarwal: medicine
4. Raj Krishna Mishra: literature
5. Rajendra Singh: water harvesting
6. Manendra Kumar Mishra: writing
7. Gen Anil Chait: military service
8. Maheshwar Tiwari: literature
9. Sarvesh Asthana

literature

1. Oma The akk: literature
2. Deepraj Rana

film direction

1. Ravi Kapoor: photography
2. Dr. Deepak Agrawal: medicine
3. DR. Ramratan Raina: medicine
4. DR. Shivani Matnhelia: classical music
5. Ashok Nigam: journalism
6. Arjun Bajpai: hiking
7. Vijay Shekhar Sharma: mobile banking
8. Gargi Yadav: wrestling
9. Ram Milan Yadav: wrestling
10. Ramakant Yadav

medicine

1. Atam Prakash Mishra: television
2. Gaur Das Chowdhury: medicine
3. Dhananjay Rai: sports
4. Noor Alassaba: artist & portraitist
5. Chakresh Kumar Jain: handicraft
6. Archana Satish: anchor^[10]
7. Shikha Dwivedi: anchor
8. Varun Kumar: paralympics^{[2] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: यश भारती सम्मान से सम्मानित हुईं कई बड़ी हस्तियां, कार्यक्रम में नहीं आए मुलायम. 27 October 2016. abpnews.abplive.in. hi.
2. Web site: Yash Bharati Honour For 73 Prominent Personalities From UP Government Today.
3. Web site: Yash Bharati award to Abhishek Bachchan draws flack. m.indiatoday.in. Subhash Mishra. 4 December 2006. 2017-04-13.
4. News: HC seeks reply on arbitrary Yash Bharati awards – Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-04-13. en.
5. Web site: Big B, Jaya, Abhishek request UP to give their Rs 50k monthly pensions to "the poor and the needy" . The Times of India. 2015-10-21 . 2015-10-21.
6. News: मेरी कोशिश है मेरा हर लहजा, खास होकर भी आम हो जाए . . 16 May 2014 . Hindi.
7. Web site: यश भारती सम्मान से 56 हस्तियां अलंकृत 12063610. jagran.com. hi.
8. Web site: CM PRESENTED YASH BHARATI AWARDS. dailypioneer.com. en.
9. Web site: इन चार डॉक्टरों को भी मिला यश भारती, जानिये मेडिकल क्षेत्र में इनका अचीवमेंट. 21 March 2016 . patrika.com. hi.
10. Web site: 12 eminent personalities bestowed with Yash Bharti Awards 2016. 2 December 2016 . Jagran Prakashan Ltd. en.
11. Web site: इन 71 विभूतियों को अखिलेश ने यश भारती से किया सम्मानित. hindi.pradesh18.com. hi.