NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. These awards are given every year on August 29, National Sports Day. It is the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. For the year 2016 the President Pranab Mukherjee honored the following sportspersons with the awards on August 29 in New Delhi.
Dronacharya Awards were presented to 6 coaches. They are:
Dhyan Chand Awards were given to three persons.
Punjabi University, Patiala was presented the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy for the best university.
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to corporate entities and individuals who have played a role in the area of sports promotion and development. The recipients are Hockey Citizen Group, Dadar Parsee Zoroastrian Cricket Club, Usha School of Athletics, STAIRS, India Infrastructure Finance Corporate Limited, Reserve Bank of India and Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaIt is India’s highest Sporting honor. It is named after former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The winners are honored for their spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at international level. The award comprises a medallion, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh. It was instituted in 1991-92. The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. In 2001, shooter Abhinav Bindra became the youngest recipient at the age of 18. As of 2016, there have been 32 recipients of Khel Ratna Award.
Khel Ratna Award Winners:
ARJUNA AWARD
Arjuna awards are given to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports. It was instituted in 1961. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll. More than 700 players are given this award.
DRONACHARYA AWARD Dronacharya Award is presented for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. It was started in 1985. So far 97 persons won this award. In 2012, B.I. Fernandez became the first foreign coach to get this award. He is a Cuban Boxing coach. The first recipients in 1985 were O.M. Nambiar (Athletics), Om Prakash Bharadwaj (Boxing) and Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling).
DHYAN CHAND AWARD
Dhyan Chand Award is given for life time achievement in sports. It is named after former hockey great Dhyan Chand. The award was started in 2002. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. So far 48 persons are given Dhyan Chand award. The first winners in 2002 were Aparna Ghosh (Basketball), Ashok Diwan (Hockey) and Shahuraj Birajdar( Boxing).
Major Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand was an Indian hockey player, who is considered as the greatest hockey player of all time. He played a crucial role in India winning three gold medals in the 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles and 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1956. His birthday, August 29, is celebrated as National Sports Day in India. GOAL is the name of his autobiography. He scored over 400 goals in his career spanning 22 years. National Stadium in New Delhi is named after him as the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002.
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. These awards are given every year on August 29, National Sports Day. It is the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. For the year 2016 the President Pranab Mukherjee honored the following sportspersons with the awards on August 29 in New Delhi.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was given for the first time to four players at a time. The winners are P.V. Sindhu (Badminton), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling) and Jitu Rai (Shooting). P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik won medals in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August 2016.
Arjuna awards were given to 15 players. They are
Arjuna awards were given to 15 players. They are
1. Rajat Chauhan
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Archery
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2. Lalita Babar
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Athletics
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3. Sourav Kothari
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Billiards &Snooker
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4. Shiva Thapa
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Boxing
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5. Ajinkya Rahane
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Cricket
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6. Subrata Paul
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Football
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7. Rani Rampal
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Hockey
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8. V.R. Raghunath
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Hockey
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9. Gurpreet Singh
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Shooting
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10. Apurvi Chandela
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Shooting
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11. Soumyajit Ghosh
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Table Tennis
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12. Vinesh Phogat
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Wrestling
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13. Amit Kumar
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Wrestling
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14. Sandeep Singh Mann
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Para-Athletics
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15. Virender Singh
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Para-Athletics
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Dronacharya Awards were presented to 6 coaches. They are:
1. Nagpuri Ramesh
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Athletics
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2. Sagar Mal Dhayal
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Boxing
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3. Raj Kumar Sharma
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Cricket
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4. Bishweshwar Nandi
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Gymnastics
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5. S. Pradeep Kumar
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Swimming (Lifetime Achievement)
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6. Mahabir Singh
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Wrestling (Lifetime Achievement)
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Dhyan Chand Awards were given to three persons.
1. Satti Geetha
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Athletics
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2. Sylvanus Dung Dung
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Hockey
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3. Rajendra Pralhad Shelke
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Rowing
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Punjabi University, Patiala was presented the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy for the best university.
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to corporate entities and individuals who have played a role in the area of sports promotion and development. The recipients are Hockey Citizen Group, Dadar Parsee Zoroastrian Cricket Club, Usha School of Athletics, STAIRS, India Infrastructure Finance Corporate Limited, Reserve Bank of India and Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaIt is India’s highest Sporting honor. It is named after former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The winners are honored for their spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at international level. The award comprises a medallion, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh. It was instituted in 1991-92. The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. In 2001, shooter Abhinav Bindra became the youngest recipient at the age of 18. As of 2016, there have been 32 recipients of Khel Ratna Award.
Khel Ratna Award Winners:
Year
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Recipient(s)
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Discipline
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1991-92
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Viswanathan Anand
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Chess
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1992-93
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Geet Sethi
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Billiards
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1993-94
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Homi Motivala
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Yachting
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1993-94
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Garg Pushpendra Kumar
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Yachting
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1994-95
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Karanam Malleswari
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Weightlifting
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1995-96
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N. Kunjarani
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Weightlifting
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1996-97
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Leander Paes
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Tennis
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1997-98
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Cricket
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1998-99
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Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
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Athletics
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1999-2000
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Dhanraj Pillay
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Hockey
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2000-01
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Pullela Gopichand
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Badminton
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2001
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Abhinav Bindra
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Shooting
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2002
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K.M. Beenamol
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Athletics
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2002
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Anjali Bhagwat
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Shooting
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2003
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Anju Bobby George
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Athletics
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2004
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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Shooting
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2005
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Pankaj Advani
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Billiards & Snooker
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2006
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Manavjit Singh Sandhu
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Shooting
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2007
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Cricket
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2008
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No Award
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-
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2009
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Mary Kom
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Boxing
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2009
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Vijender Singh
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Boxing
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2009
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Sushil Kumar
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Wrestling
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2010
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Saina Nehwal
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Badminton
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2011
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Gagan Narang
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Shooting
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2012
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Vijay Kumar
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Shooting
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2012
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Yogeshwar Dutt
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Wrestling
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2013
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Ronjan Sodhi
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Shooting
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2014
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No Award
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-
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2015
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Sania Mirza
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Tennis
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ARJUNA AWARD
Arjuna awards are given to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports. It was instituted in 1961. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll. More than 700 players are given this award.
DRONACHARYA AWARD Dronacharya Award is presented for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. It was started in 1985. So far 97 persons won this award. In 2012, B.I. Fernandez became the first foreign coach to get this award. He is a Cuban Boxing coach. The first recipients in 1985 were O.M. Nambiar (Athletics), Om Prakash Bharadwaj (Boxing) and Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling).
DHYAN CHAND AWARD
Dhyan Chand Award is given for life time achievement in sports. It is named after former hockey great Dhyan Chand. The award was started in 2002. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. So far 48 persons are given Dhyan Chand award. The first winners in 2002 were Aparna Ghosh (Basketball), Ashok Diwan (Hockey) and Shahuraj Birajdar( Boxing).
Major Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand was an Indian hockey player, who is considered as the greatest hockey player of all time. He played a crucial role in India winning three gold medals in the 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles and 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1956. His birthday, August 29, is celebrated as National Sports Day in India. GOAL is the name of his autobiography. He scored over 400 goals in his career spanning 22 years. National Stadium in New Delhi is named after him as the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002.
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