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The nominations for the award are received from all government-recognised National Sports Federations, the Indian Olympic Association, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Sports Promotion and Control Boards, the state and the union territory governments and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awardees of the ...
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 parasports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [ 1 ] First presented in the year 1974, a total of forty-three individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in parasports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four ...
Arjuna Award: Male 2013 Virat Kohli: Arjuna Award: Male 2014 Ravichandran Ashwin: Arjuna Award: Male 2015 Rohit Sharma: Arjuna Award: Male 2016 Ajinkya Rahane: Arjuna Award: Male 2017 Harmanpreet Kaur: Arjuna Award: Female 2017 Cheteshwar Pujara: Arjuna Award: Male 2018 Smriti Mandhana: Arjuna Award: Female 2019 Ravindra Jadeja: Arjuna Award ...
Arjuna Award: Female 2017 Jasvir Singh: Arjuna Award: Male 2019 Ajay Thakur: Arjuna Award: Male 2020 Deepak Niwas Hooda: Arjuna Award: Male 2021 Sandeep Narwal: Arjuna Award: Male 2022 Sakshi Kumari: Arjuna Award: Female 2007 Shamsher Singh: Dhyan Chand Award: Male 2020 Manpreet Singh: Dhyan Chand Award: Male 2021 Vikas Kumar: Dhyan Chand Award ...
List of Arjuna Award recipients (1961–1969) List of Arjuna Award recipients (1970–1979) List of Arjuna Award recipients (1980–1989) List of Arjuna Award recipients (1990–1999) List of Arjuna Award recipients (2000–2009) List of Arjuna Award recipients (2020–2029) List of awards and nominations received by Lata Mangeshkar
This page categorises winners of the Arjuna Award, an award given by the Government of India. It is awarded to recognize outstanding achievement by Indian sports persons nationally and internationally.
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 ...