PADMA
AND TOP AWARDS
Capt LZ Sailo
Padma Bhusan
The first Mizo Padma Bhushan awardee, mizo prose-writer, song writer, novelist, social activist-cum-freelance journalist, an independent crusader for national integration.
Dr Laltluangliana Khiangte
Padma Shri
A well-known playwright-dramatist, poet, scholar-critic, essayist,
biographer and folklorist
Dr Lalzuia Colney
Padma Shri
An avid enthusiast of literature, with numerous published works, completed schooling while providing for himself. Awarded a doctorate degree in literature by Jerusalem University in 2015. Works featured in prescribed texts of MBSE and ICSE.
B Sangkhumi
Padma Shri
The first Mizo female awardee as well as the first Mizo awarded for contributions through social works, with numerous initiatives especially for women and youth.
James Dokhuma
Padma Shri
A well-known Poet, Novelist, Historian, Biographer, Essayist, Lexicographer, Playwright and Orator
