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The Khel Ratna Award (Hindi pronunciation: [kʰeːl rət̪nə]), officially known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (transl. Major Dhyan Chand Sport Jewel Award) or formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, is the highest sporting honour of India. [1]
Award Gender 2000–2001 Pullela Gopichand: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Male 2010 Saina Nehwal: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 2016 P. V. Sindhu: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 2023 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Male 2023 Chirag Shetty: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Male 1961 Nandu M. Natekar: Arjuna Award: Male 1962 ...
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]
The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award .
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 1995–1996 Nameirakpam Kunjarani: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 2018 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 1961 A. N. Ghosh: Arjuna Award: Male 1962 L. K. Dass: Arjuna Award: Male 1963 Kamineni Eswara Rao: Arjuna Award: Male 1965 Balbir Singh Bhatia: Arjuna Award: Male 1966 Mohon Lal Ghosh ...
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]
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [3] is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. [4]
The four awards presented in boxing are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [1] First presented in the year 1961, a total of fifty-one individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in boxing for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [2]