Who among the following was the youngest instrumentalist to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of India in 2002?

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Compare the ages (in 2002) of the listed instrumentalists to find the youngest in that year:

- Ustad Zakir Hussain: born 1951 → age in 2002 = $2002-1951=51$ years
- Pandit Ravi Shankar: born 1920 → age in 2002 = $2002-1920=82$ years
- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: born 1922 → age in 2002 = $2002-1922=80$ years
- Ustad Bismillah Khan: born 1916 → age in 2002 = $2002-1916=86$ years

Among these, Ustad Zakir Hussain (51 years in 2002) was the youngest instrumentalist. FINAL_ANSWER: b

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