List of Tamils conferred Arjuna Award

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The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports.

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Contents 1 Athletics 2 Ball Badminton 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Carrom 6 Chess 7 Cricket 8 Hockey 9 Kabaddi 10 Powerlifting 11 Swimming 12 Table Tennis 13 Tennis 14 Volleyball 15 Weightlifting

[edit] Athletics

• R. Gyanasekaran, (1979-1980).

[edit] Ball Badminton

• J. Srinivasan, (1972).
• D. Rajaraman, (1984).

[edit] Basketball

• T. Vijayaraghawan, (1977-1978).

[edit] Boxing

• G. Manoharan, Boxer, (1981).
• V. Devarajan, Boxer, (1995).

[edit] Carrom

• A. Maria Irudayam, (1996).

[edit] Chess

• Vishwanathan Anand, (1985).
• S. Vijayalakshmi, (2000).
• Krishnan Sasikiran, (2002).

[edit] Cricket

• S. Venkataraghavan (1971).

[edit] Hockey

• Krishnamurthy P, (1971).
• Vasudevan Baskaran, (1979-1980).
• Dhanraj Pillay, (1995).
• Mohammed Riaz, (1998).

[edit] Kabaddi

• Subbiah Rajarathinam, (1994).

[edit] Powerlifting

• E.S. Bhaskaran, (1994).

[edit] Swimming

• V. Kutraleeshwaran, (1996).

[edit] Table Tennis

• U. Sundararaj, (1966).
• G. Jagannath, (1970).
• V. Chandrasekhar, (1982).
• S. Raman, (1998).

[edit] Tennis

• Ramanathan Krishnan, (1961).
• Vijay Amritraj, (1974).
• Ramesh Krishnan, (1980-1981).
• Anand Amritraj, (1985).
• Mahesh Bhupathi, (1995).

[edit] Volleyball

• A. Palaniswamy, (1961).
• G. E. Sridharan, (1982).

[edit] Weightlifting

• S. Vellaiswamy, (1974).
• K. Balamuruganandam, (1976).
• M. T. Selvan, (1977-1978).
• E. Karaunakaran, (1978-1979).
• M.C. Bhasker, (1985).
• Thandava Murthy Muthu, (2002).