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Arrange the following Padma Shri award recipients in chronological of their year of the award

Arrange the following Padma Shri award recipients in chronological of their year of the award : a) Bellari Shamanna Kesavan (b) Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (c) Prithvi Nath Kaula (d) Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya

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    The Government of India awarded Padmashri to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan in 1957 for valuable contributions to Library Science.
    Bellary Shamanna Kesavan (May 10, 1909 - February 16, 2000) was the first Librarian of of National Library (independent India) (1947-1962). He is also known as Father of Indian National Bibliography as it was first brought out under his leadership on August 15, 1958. Later, he became the first Director of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) at New Delhi (1963-1969). In recognition of his great service to the nation, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 1960.
    Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya was born on 24th of July 1890 Konkuduru village of Andra Pradesh, after completing his school education in 1903 he joined National Movement. His efforts regarding development of public library system in India is worth appreciating and that is the reason he is recognized as the "Architect of Public Library Movement in India" and was awarded by Indian Govt. with Padmashri in 1972. Maharaja of Baroda honored him with "Granthalaya Pitamaha” award. 
    Prithvi Nath Kaula was a librarian, Library and Information Sciences specialist and author who worked with the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. Kaula authored sixty books and monographs, six professional journals (founder-editor), over 400 scholarly journal, over 400 peer review, 43 bibliographies and 6000 notes. Kaula was also the recipient of the Padma Shri award in the year 2004

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