Arjuna Award
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| Arjuna Award | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | Sports (Individual) | |
| Instituted | 1961 | |
| First Awarded | 1961 | |
| Last Awarded | 2006 | |
| Awarded by | Govt. of India | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ← Arjuna Award → none | ||
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 300,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjuna Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.
The Government has recently revised the scheme for the Arjuna Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
- Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
- Indigenous Games
- Sports for the Physically Challenged
Contents |
[edit] Arjuna Awardees in Archery
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Krishna Das | |
| 1989 | Shyam Lal | |
| 1991 | Limba Ram | |
| 1992 | Sanjeev Kumar Singh |
[edit] Arjuna Awardees in Athletics
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa | |
| 1962 | Hav. Tarlok Singh | |
| 1963 | Stephie D'Souza | |
| 1964 | Makhan Singh | |
| 1965 | Kenneth Powell | |
| 1966 | Ajmer Singh | |
| 1966 | B. S. Barua | |
| 1967 | Praveen Kumar | |
| 1967 | Bhim Singh | |
| 1968 | Capt. Joginder Singh | |
| 1968 | Manjit Walia | |
| 1969 | Hav. Harnek Singh | |
| 1970 | Mohinder Singh Gill | |
| 1971 | Edward Sequeira | |
| 1972 | Vijay Singh Chauhan | |
| 1973 | Hav. Sriram Singh | |
| 1974 | T. C. Yohannan | |
| 1974 | Shivnath Singh | |
| 1975 | Inspector Hari Chand | |
| 1975 | V. Anusuya Bai | |
| 1976 | Bahadur Singh | |
| 1976 | Geeta Zutshi | |
| 1978-79 | Suresh Babu | |
| 1978-79 | Angel Mary Joseph | |
| 1979-80 | R. Gyanasekaran | |
| 1980-81 | Gopal Saini | |
| 1981 | Sabir Ali | |
| 1982 | Charles Borromeo | |
| 1982 | Chand Ram | |
| 1982 | M. D. Valsamma | |
| 1983 | Capt. Suresh Yadav | |
| 1983 | P.T.Usha | |
| 1984 | Raj Kumar | |
| 1984 | Shiny Abraham | |
| 1985 | Raghubir Singh Bal | |
| 1985 | Asha Agarwal | |
| 1985 | Adille Sumariwala | |
| 1986 | Suman Rawat | |
| 1987 | Balwinder Singh | |
| 1987 | Vandana Rao | |
| 1987 | Bagicha Singh | |
| 1987 | Vandana Shanbagh | |
| 1988 | Ashwini Nachappa | |
| 1989 | Mercy Kuttan | |
| 1990 | Deena Ram | |
| 1992 | Bahadur Prasad | |
| 1993 | K. Saramma | |
| 1994 | Rosa Kutty | |
| 1995 | Shakti Singh | |
| 1995 | Jyotirmoyi Sikder | |
| 1996 | Ajit Bhaduria | |
| 1996 | Padmini Thomas | |
| 1997 | Smt. Reeth Abraham | |
| 1998 | Capt. Sirichand Ram | |
| 1998 | Neelam Jaswant Singh | |
| 1998 | S. D. Eshan | |
| 1998 | Rachita Mistry | |
| 1998 | Paramjit Singh | |
| 1999 | Gulab Chand | |
| 1999 | Gurmit Kaur | |
| 1999 | Parduman Singh | |
| 1999 | Sunita Rani | |
| 2000 | K. M. Beenamol | |
| 2000 | Yadvendra Vashishta (PH) | |
| 2000 | Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar - Powerlifting (PH) | |
| 2000 | Joginder Singh Bedi (PH) (For Life time Contribution) | |
| 2002 | Anju Bobby George | |
| 2002 | Saraswati Saha | |
| 2003 | Soma Biswas | |
| 2003 | Madhuri Saxena | |
| 2004 | Anil Kumar | |
| 2004 | J. J. Shobha | |
| 2004 | Devendra Jhajharia (Physically Challenged) |
[edit] See Also
Arjuna Award Winners
[edit] External link
| Indian Honours System - Civilian Awards |
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| International: Gandhi Peace Prize National: Bharat Ratna - Padma Vibhushan - Padma Bhushan - Padma Shri Literature: Jnanpith Award Fine Arts: Sangeet Natak Akademi award Movies: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Sports: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Arjuna Award Sports Coaching: Dronacharya Award |
| Indian Honours System - Gallantry Awards |
| War Time Awards: Param Vir Chakra - Maha Vir Chakra - Vir Chakra Peace Time Awards: Ashoka Chakra - Kirti Chakra - Shaurya Chakra Distinguished Service Medals: Sena Medal (Army) - Naosena Medal (Navy) - Vayusena Medal (Air Force) |
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