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The first recipient of the award Viswanathan Anand is the country's first chess Grandmaster and a five-time winner of World Chess Championship. [14] Pankaj Advani is the only sportsperson to have won the award for two sports disciplines: billiards and snooker. Most recent recipients (2023): Chirag Shetty (left) & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (right).
As of 2020, four cricketers have been awarded the highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Sachin Tendulkar, considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international competition. [5]
Anand was the first recipient of the Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. In 2007, he was awarded India's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the first sportsperson to receive the award. [16]
This page lists the recipients of the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour. Pages in category "Recipients of the Khel Ratna Award" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
First presented in the year 1991–1992, a total of nine sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in non-Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [4]
As of 2020, three sportspersons in athletics have been awarded the highest sporting award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, a former middle distance runner who won a gold medal in 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in 1500 metres at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, and a gold medal in both the 800 metres and 1500 ...
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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna was instituted in the year 1991–1992. It is given to sportspersons for "most outstanding performance by a sportsperson" over the period of last four years. The award comprises "a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹ 25 lakh (US$30,000)". [c] [18]