List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports

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 29th August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2020, a total of two hundred and sixty-six individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in non-Olympic sports. The four awards presented in non-Olympic sports are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.[1]

National Sports Awards in non-Olympic sports
Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
Awarded forVarious sports honour of India
Sponsored byGovernment of India
LocationRashtrapati Bhavan
CountryRepublic of India
Presented byPresident of India
First awarded1961
Last awarded2020
Highlights
Total awarded266
Awards

First presented in the year 1961, a total of two hundred and twenty-nine individuals (including one group award to twenty individuals) have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in non-Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with two individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution.[2] First presented in the year 1986, a total of twenty-five coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in non-Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with four coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category.[3] 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] First presented in the year 2005, a total of three retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in non-Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over."[5] One awardee Kelly Subbanand Rao was honoured Arjuna Award posthumously in the year 1996 in the discpline of yachting.[1]

Recipients

Adventure Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1985 Gulshan Rai Arjuna AwardMale
1986 Arti Pradhan Arjuna AwardMale
1986 K. S. Rao Arjuna AwardMale

Ball Badminton

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1970 J. Pitchayya Arjuna AwardMale
1972 Jayamma Srinivasan Arjuna AwardFemale
1973 A. Kareem Arjuna AwardMale
1975 L. A. Iqbal Arjuna AwardMale
1976 A. Sam Christ Das Arjuna AwardMale
1984 D. Rajaraman Arjuna AwardMale

Billiards & Snooker

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1992–1993 Geet Sethi Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2005 Pankaj Advani Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
1962 Wilson Jones Arjuna AwardMale
1970 Michael Ferreira Arjuna AwardMale
1972 Satish Kumar Mohan Arjuna AwardMale
1973 Shyam Shroff Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 Arvind Savur Arjuna AwardMale
1983 Subhash Agarwal Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Omprakesh Agrawal Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Geet Sethi Arjuna AwardMale
1989 Yasin Merchant Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Ashok Harishankar Shandilya Arjuna AwardMale
2001 Devender Sreekant Joshi Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Alok Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Pankaj Advani Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Anuja Thakur Arjuna AwardFemale
2012 Aditya Mehta Arjuna AwardMale
2013 Rupesh Shah Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Sourav Kothari Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Manoj Kumar Kothari Dhyan Chand AwardMale
1996 Wilson Jones Dronacharya AwardMale
2001 Michael Ferreira Dronacharya AwardMale
2004 Arvind Savur Dronacharya AwardMale
2010 Subhash Agarwal Dronacharya AwardMale

Bodybuilding

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1978–1979 Monotosh Roy Arjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Sunil Kumar Patra Arjuna AwardMale
1986 Premchand Degra Arjuna AwardMale
1998 T. V. Pauly Arjuna AwardMale
2019 S. Bhaskaran Arjuna AwardMale

Carrom

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1996 A. Maria Irudayam Arjuna AwardMale

Chess

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1991–1992 Viswanathan Anand Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
1961 Manuel Aaron Arjuna AwardMale
1980–1981 Rohini Khadilkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1983 Dibyendu Barua Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Pravin Thipsay Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Viswanathan Anand Arjuna AwardMale
1987 Devaki Prasad Arjuna AwardMale
1987 Bhagyashree Thipsay Arjuna AwardFemale
1990 Anupama Gokhale Arjuna AwardFemale
2000 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Arjuna AwardFemale
2002 Krishnan Sasikiran Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Koneru Humpy Arjuna AwardFemale
2005 Surya Shekhar Ganguly Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Pentala Harikrishna Arjuna AwardMale
2007 Harika Dronavalli Arjuna AwardFemale
2009 Tania Sachdev Arjuna AwardFemale
2010 Parimarjan Negi Arjuna AwardMale
2013 Abhijeet Gupta Arjuna AwardMale
1986 Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle Dronacharya AwardMale
2006 Koneru Ashok Dronacharya AwardMale

Cricket

Kabaddi

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1972 S. M. Shetty Arjuna AwardMale
1973 Bhola Nath Guin Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 S. P. Khatavkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1980–1981 Shantaram Jadhav Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Monika Nath Arjuna AwardFemale
1983 Maya Kashinath Arjuna AwardFemale
1986 Rama Sarkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1990 Hardeep Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1994 Subbiah Rajaratnam Arjuna AwardMale
1994 Ashok D. Shinde Arjuna AwardMale
1995 P. Ganesan Arjuna AwardMale
1996 Shriram Bhavsar Arjuna AwardMale
1996 Neta Moreshwar Dadwe Arjuna AwardFemale
1997 Randhir Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Ashan Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Biswajit Palit Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Tirath Raj + Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Balwinder Singh + Arjuna AwardMale
2000 C. Honappa Arjuna AwardMale
2001 B. C. Ramesh Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Ram Mehar Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Sanjeev Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2004 Sunder Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Ramesh Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Navneet Gautam Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Pankaj Navnath Shirsat Arjuna AwardMale
2010 Dinesh Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Rakesh Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Tejaswini Bai V. Arjuna AwardFemale
2012 Anup Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2014 Mamatha Poojary Arjuna AwardFemale
2015 Manjeet Chhillar Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Abhilasha Mhatre Arjuna AwardFemale
2017 Jasvir Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Ajay Thakur Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Deepak Niwas Hooda Arjuna AwardMale
2007 Shamsher Singh Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Manpreet Singh Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2019 Rambir Singh Khokar + Dronacharya AwardMale
2020 Krishan Kumar Hooda + Dronacharya AwardMale
2002 E. Prasad Rao Dronacharya AwardMale
2005 Balwan Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
2012 Sunil Dabas Dronacharya AwardFemale
2017 Heera Nand Kataria Dronacharya AwardMale

Kho Kho

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1970 Sudhir B. Parab Arjuna AwardMale
1971 Achala Suberao Devra Arjuna AwardMale
1973 B. H. Parikh Arjuna AwardFemale
1974 N. C. Sarolkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1975 Shreerang J. Inamdar Arjuna AwardMale
1975 Usha Vasant Nagarkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1976 S. R. Dharwadkar Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Sushma Sarolkar Arjuna AwardFemale
1981 H. M. Takalkar Arjuna AwardMale
1983 Veena Narayan Parab Arjuna AwardFemale
1984 S. Prakash Arjuna AwardMale
1985 S. B. Kulkarni Arjuna AwardFemale
1998 Shobha Narayan Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Kale Sarika Sudhakar Arjuna AwardFemale
2000 Gopal Purushottam Phadke Dronacharya AwardMale

Mallakhamb

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
2020 Yogesh Malviya Dronacharya AwardMale

Motor Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
2019 Gaurav Gill Arjuna AwardMale

Mountaineering

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1965 H. P. S. Ahluwalia Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 C. Balakrishanan Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 G. S. Bhangu Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 A. K. Chakravarty Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Avtar Singh Cheema Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Nawang Gombu Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Sonam Gyatso Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 J. C. Joshi Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Ang Kami Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Mohan Singh Kohli Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Narendra Kumar Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Mulkh Raj Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 B. N. Rana Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Harish Chandra Singh Rawat Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 B. P. Singh Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Gurdial Singh Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 D. V. Telang Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Chandra Prakash Vohra Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Sonam Wangyal Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1981 Chandraprabha Aitwal Arjuna AwardFemale
1981 Harshwanti Bisht Arjuna AwardFemale
1981 B. S. Sandhu Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Rekha Sharma Arjuna AwardFemale
1984 D. K. Khullar Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Bachendri Pal Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Phu Dorjee Arjuna AwardMale

Polo

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1961 Prem Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1963 Kishen Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1964 Hanut Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1975 V. P. Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1983 R. S. Sodhi Arjuna AwardMale
1987 Kuldeep Singh Garcha Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Samir Suhag Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Ravi Rathore Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Simran Singh Shergill Arjuna AwardMale

Powerlifting

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1978–1979 Shubrata Dutta Arjuna AwardMale
1984 P. J. Joseph Arjuna AwardMale
1988 P. K. Yeshodhra Arjuna AwardMale
1992 E. S. Bhaskaran Arjuna AwardMale
2000 Bhupender Dhawan Dronacharya AwardMale

Roller Skating

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1987 Naman Virendra Parekh Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Anup Kumar Yama Arjuna AwardMale

Squash

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1961 K. S. Jain Arjuna AwardMale
1969 Anil Nayar Arjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Rajkumar Manchanda Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Bhuvneshwari Kumari Arjuna AwardFemale
1990 M. R. Dharuvala Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Misha Grewal Arjuna AwardFemale
2006 Saurav Ghosal Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Dipika Pallikal Arjuna AwardFemale
2013 Joshna Chinappa Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Anaka Alankamony Arjuna AwardFemale
2004 Cyrus Poncha Dronacharya AwardMale

Wushu

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
2011 W. Sandhyarani Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
2012 M. Bimoljit Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Yumnam Sanathoi Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
2018 Pooja Kadian Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Kuldeep Kumar Handoo Dronacharya AwardMale

Yachting

Key
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender[1]
Year Recipient Award Gender
1993–1994 Pushpendra Kumar Garg Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
1993–1994 Homi Motivala Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
1970 S. J. Contractor Arjuna AwardMale
1973 Afsar Hussain Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 S. K. Mongia Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Zarir Karanjia Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Farokh Tarapore Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Fali Unwalla Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Jeeje Unwalla Arjuna AwardMale
1986 Dhruv Bhandari Arjuna AwardMale
1987 C. S. Pradipak Arjuna AwardMale
1990 Pushpendra Kumar Garg Arjuna AwardMale
1993 Homi Motivala Arjuna AwardMale
1996 Kelly Subbanand Rao# Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Aashim Mongia Arjuna AwardMale
2001 Mahesh Ramchandran Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Nitin Mongia Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Girdhari Lal Yadav Arjuna AwardMale
2010 Rajesh Chaudhary Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Homi Motivala Dronacharya AwardMale

Reference

  1. "List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees (1991–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. "Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 7 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. "Scheme for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 23 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. "Scheme for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

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