Politicians and civil servants who turned down the Padma awards in past

Civil servant SR Sankaran in 2005, refused to accept the Padma Bhushan saying that 'he could not accept any award for merely doing his duty.' 

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Civil servant SR Sankaran in 2005, refused to accept the Padma Bhushan saying that 'he could not accept any award for merely doing his duty.'  from Zee News :India National https://ift.tt/3G7ZCYi