Arjuna, Khel Ratna, Dronacharya awards
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1961
Arjuna Awards
1. Prithipal Singh (Hockey)
2. Ramanathan Krishnan (Lawn Tennis)
3. Karni Singh (Shooting)
4. Jam. Bajarangi Prasad (Swimming)
5. J.C. Vohra (Table Tennis)
6. A. Palanisamy (Volleyball)
7. A.N. Ghosh (Weightlifting)
8. Udey Chand (Wrestling)
9. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (Athletics)
10. Nandu M. Natekar (Badminton)
11. Sarbjit Singh (Basketball)
12. L. Buddy D' Souza (Boxing)
13. Manuel Aaron (Chess)
14. Salim Durani (Cricket)
15. Pradip Kumar Banerjee (Football)
16. P. G. Sethi (Golf)
17. Shyam Lal (Gymnastics)
18. N. Lumsden (Hockey)
1962
Arjuna Awards
1. Malwa (Wrestling)
2. L.K. Dass (Weightlifting)
3. Nripjit Singh Bedi (Volleyball)
4. Naresh Kumar (Lawn Tennis)
5. Tulsidas Balaram (Football)
6. Hav. P. Badadur Mal (Boxing)
7. Meena Shah (Badminton)
8. Tarlok Singh (Athletics)
1963
Arjuna Awards
1. Stephie D'Souza (Athletics)
2. Chuni Goswami (Football)
3. Charanjit Singh (Hockey)
4. K.E. Rao (Weightlifting)
5. G. Andalkar (Wrestling)
1964
Arjuna Awards
1. Makhan Singh (Athletics)
2. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Cricket)
3. Jarnail Singh (Football)
4. Shankar Lakshman (Hockey)
5. Bishamber Singh (Wrestling)
1965
Arjuna Awards
1. Arun Lal Ghosh (Football)
2. Udham Singh (Hockey)
3. E. Britto (Hockey)
4. G. R. Deewan (Table Tennis)
5. B.S. Bhatia (Weightlifting)
6. Kenneth Powell (Athletics)
7. Dinesh Khanna (Badminton)
8. Vijay Manjrekar (Cricket)
1966
Arjuna Awards
1. Jaidip Mukerjea (Lawn Tennis)
2. Rima Datta (Swimming)
3. U. Sundararaj (Table Tennis)
4. Mohan Lal Ghosh (Weightlifting)
5. Bhim Singh (Wrestling)
6. B. S. Barua (Athletics)
7. Ajmer Singh (Athletics)
8. Hawa Singh (Boxing)
9. Chandu Borde (Cricket)
10. Yusuf Khan (Football)
11. Sunita Puri (Hockey)
12. Gurbaksh Singh (Hockey)
13. John Peter (Hockey)
1967
Arjuna Awards
1. Bhim Singh (Athletics)
2. Praveen Kumar (Athletics)
3. Suresh Goel (Badminton)
4. Khushi Ram (Basketball)
5. Ajit Wadekar (Cricket)
6. Peter Thangaraj (Football)
7. Mohinder Lal (Hockey)
8. Harbinder Singh (Hockey)
9. Jagjit Singh (Hockey)
10. Premjit Lall (Lawn Tennis)
11. Arun Shaw (Swimming)
12. F. R. Khodaiji (Table Tennis)
13. S. John Gabriel (Weightlifting)
14. Mukhtiar Singh (Wrestling)
1968
Arjuna Awards
1. Rajyashree Kumari (Shooting)
2. Balbir Singh Kular (Hockey)
3. E.A.S. Prasanna (Cricket)
4. Hav. Dennis Swamy (Boxing)
5. Gurdial Singh (Basketball)
6. Joginder Singh (Athletics)
7. Manjit Walia (Athletics)
1969
Arjuna Awards
1. Mir Khasim Ali (Table Tennis)
2. Chandgi Ram (Indian style wrestling) (Wrestling)
3. Harnek Singh (Athletics)
4. Dipu Ghosh (Badminton)
5. Hav. Hari Dutt (Basketball)
6. Bishan Singh Bedi (Cricket)
7. Inder Singh (Football)
8. Bhuvaneshwari Kumari (Shooting)
9. Baidyanath Nath (Swimming)
1970
Arjuna Awards
1. Ajit Pal Singh (Hockey)
2. G. Jagannath (Table Tennis)
3. Arun Kumar Dass (Weightlifting)
4. Sudesh Kumar (Wrestling)
5. S. J. Contractor (Yachting)
6. Mohinder Singh Gill (Athletics)
7. Damayanti Tambay (Badminton)
8. J. Pitchyya Ball (Badminton)
9. Gulam Abbas Moontasir (Basketball)
10. Dilip Sardesai (Cricket)
11. Syed Naeemuddin (Football)
1971
Arjuna Awards
1. Krishnamurthy Perumal (Hockey)
2. Bhim Singh II (Shooting)
3. Bhanwar Singh (Swimming)
4. K. F. Khodaiji (Table Tennis)
5. S.L. Salwan (Weightlifting)
6. Edward Sequeira (Athletics)
7. Shobha Moorthy (Badminton)
8. Man Mohan Singh (Basketball
9. Muniswamy Venu Boxing)
10. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Cricket)
11. C. P. Singh (Football)
1972
Arjuna Awards
1. Michael Kindo (Hockey)
2. Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 3rd Baronet (Shooting)
3. Balwant Singh Sagwal (Volleyball)
4. Anil Kumar Mandal (Weightlifting)
5. Prem Nath (Wrestling)
6. Vijay Singh Chauhan (Athletics)
7. Prakash Padukone (Badminton)
8. Km. J. Srinivasan (Badminton)
9. Km. J. Srinivasan Ball (Badminton)
10. Hav. Chandranarayanan (Boxing)
11. B. S. Chandrasekhar (Cricket)
12. Eknath Solkar (Cricket)
1973
Arjuna Awards
1. Sriram Singh (Athletics)
2. A. Kareem Ball (Badminton)
3. Surendra Kumar Kataria (Basketball)
4. Shyam Shroff (Billiards & Snooker)
5. Hav. Mehatab Singh (Boxing)
6. Dafadar Khan M. Khan (Equestrian)
7. Magan Singh Rajvi (Football)
8. Afsar Hussain (Yachting)
9. Jagroop Singh (Wrestling)
10. G.M. Reddy (Volleyball)
11. O. Mascarenhas (Hockey)
12. M. P. Ganesh (Hockey
13. D. (Tingoo) Khatau (Swimming)
14. N. R. Bajaj (Table Tennis)
1974
Arjuna Awards
1. Shivnath Singh (Athletics)
2. T. C. Yohannan (Athletics)
3. Raman Ghosh (Badminton)
4. A.K. Punj (Basketball)
5. Ashok Kumar (Hockey)
6. A. Kaur (Hockey)
7. Vijay Amritraj (Lawn Tennis)
8. A.B. Sarang (Swimming)
9. Manjari Bhargava (Swimming)
10. M.S. Rao (Volleyball)
11. S. Vellaiswamy (Weightlifting)
12. Satpal Singh (Wrestling)
1975
Arjuna Awards
1. L.A. Iqbal (Ball Badminton)
2. Hanuman Singh (Basketball)
3. Sunil Gavaskar (Cricket)
4. Amar Singh (Cycling)
5. Montu Debnath (Gymnastics)
6. B. P. Govinda (Hockey)
7. R. Saini (Hockey)
8. Smita Desai (Swimming)
9. M.S. Rana (Swimming)
10. K.C. Elamma (Volleyball)
11. R. Singh (Volleyball)
12. Dalbir Singh (Weightlifting)
13. V. Anusuya Bai (Athletics)
14. Hari Chand (Athletics)
15. Davinder Ahuja (Badminton)
1976
Arjuna Awards
1. Jimmy George (Volleyball)
2. K. Balamuruganandam (Weightlifting)
3. Geeta Zutshi (Athletics)
4. Bahadur Singh Chouhan (Athletics)
5. Ami Ghia (Badminton)
6. A. Sam Christ Das (Ball Badminton)
7. Shantha Rangaswamy (Cricket)
8. H.S. Sodhi (Equestrian)
9. Shailja (Table Tennis)
1977
Arjuna Awards
1. Satish Kumar (Athletics)
2. Kanwal Thakur Singh (Badminton)
3. B.S. Thapa (Boxing)
4. T. Vijayaragavan (Basketball)
5. Gundappa Vishwanath (Cricket)
6. Harcharan Singh (Hockey)
7. L. L. Fernandes (Hockey)
8. A. Ramana Rao (Volleyball)
9. M.T. Selvan (Weightlifting)
1978
Arjuna Awards
1. Nirupama Mankad (Lawn Tennis)
2. Subrata Dutta (Power Lifting)
3. Randhir Singh (Shooting)
4. Kutty Krishnan (Volleyball)
5. E. Karaunakaran (Weightlifting)
6. Rajinder Singh (Wrestling)
7. S. K. Mongia (Yachting)
8. Suresh Babu (Athletics)
9. Angel Mary Joseph (Athletics)
10. C. C. Machaiah (Boxing)
11. M. Mahapatra (Cycling)
12. Gurdev Singh Gill (Football)
1979
Arjuna Awards
1. Om Prakash (Basketball)
2. B. Singh (Boxing)
3. Kapil Dev (Cricket)
4. Prasun Banerjee (Football)
5. Vasudevan Baskaran (Hockey)
6. R. B. Mundphan (Hockey)
7. Indu Puri (Table Tennis)
8. Suresh Kumar Mishra (Volleyball)
9. R. Gyanasekaran (Athletics)
1980
Arjuna Awards
1. Issac Amaldas (Boxing)
2. Syed Modi (Badminton)
3. Gopal Saini (Athletics)
4. Rohini Khadilkar (Chess)
5. Chetan Chauhan (Cricket)
6. Syed Kirmani (Cricket)
7. Mohammed Habib (Football)
8. Eliza Nelson (Hockey)
9. Mohammed Shahid (Hockey)
10. Ramesh Krishnan (Lawn Tennis)
11. Manjit Dua (Table Tennis)
12. Jagminder Singh (Wrestling)
1981
Arjuna Awards
1. Zarir Karanjia (Yachting)
2. Sabir Ali (Athletics)
3. Krishna Das (Archery)
4. G. Manoharan (Boxing)
5. Dilip Vengsarkar (Cricket)
6. Sudhir Karmakar (Football)
7. Varsha Soni (Hockey)
8. Maj. Praveen Oberoi (Rowing)
9. S. P. Chauhan (Shooting)
10. B.K. Satpathy (Weightlifting)
1982
Arjuna Awards
1. Persis Madan (Swimming)
2. Venugopal Chandrasekhar (Table Tennis)
3. G. E. Sridharan (Volleyball)
4. Tara Singh (Weightlifting)
5. Kartar Singh (Wrestling)
6. Jeeja Unwalla (Yachting)
7. Farokh Tarapore (Yachting)
8. Fali Unwalla (Yachting)
9. M. D. Valsamma (Athletics)
10. Chand Ram (Athletics)
11. Charles Borromeo (Athletics)
12. Madhumita Bisht (Badminton)
13. Partho Ganguli (Badminton)
14. Ajmer Singh (Basketball)
15. Hav. Kaur Singh (Boxing)
16. Mohinder Amarnath (Cricket)
17. Raghubir Singh (Equestrian)
18. Maj. R. Singh Brar (Equestrian)
1983
Arjuna Awards
1. Dibyendu Barua (Chess)
2. Diana Edulji (Cricket)
3. A.R. Arthna (Cycling)
4. Shanti Mullick (Football)
5. Zafar Iqbal (Hockey)
6. Mohinder Lal (Shooting)
7. Anita Sood (Swimming)
8. R. K. Purohit (Volleyball)
9. Vispy K. Daroga (Weightlifting)
10. P. T. Usha (Athletics)
11. Suresh Yadav (Athletics)
12. Subhash Agarwal (Billiards & Snooker)
13. Jas Lal Pradhan (Boxing)
1984
Arjuna Awards
1. Saley Joseph (Volleyball)
2. Khajan Singh (Swimming)
3. Mohammed Amin Naik (Rowing)
4. P. J. Joseph (Power Lifting)
5. Rajbir Kaur (Hockey)
6. G. M. Khan (Equestrian)
7. Ravi Shastri (Cricket)
8. Praveen Thipsay (Chess)
9. D. Rajaraman Ball (Badminton)
10. Shiny Abraham (Athletics)
11. Raj Kumar (Athletics)
1985
Dronacharya Award(s)
O.M. Nambiar Athletics
Om Prakash Bhardwaj Boxing
Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat Wrestling
Arjuna Awards
1. Vishwanathan Anand (Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess) (Chess)
2. Shubhangi Kulkarni (Cricket)
3. M. M. Somaya (Hockey)
4. Prem Maya Sonir (Hockey)
5. Anand Amritraj (Lawn Tennis)
6. S. Sharma Gymnastics (Shooting)
7. Kamlesh Mehta (Table Tennis)
8. Mehar Chand Bhaskar (Weightlifting)
9. Mahabir Singh (Wrestling)
10. Adille Sumariwala (Athletics)
11. Asha Agarwal (Athletics)
12. Raghubir Singh Bal (Athletics)
13. Soma Dutta (Shooting)
1986
Dronacharya Award(s)
Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle Chess
Desh Prem Azad Cricket
Arjuna Awards
1. J.M. Carvalho (Hockey)
2. Bhagirath Samai (Shooting)
3. Cyril C. Valloor (Volleyball)
4. Jag Mohan Sapra (Weightlifting)
5. Lt. Dhruv Bhandari (Yachting)
6. Suman Rawat (Athletics)
7. Geet Sethi (Billiards & Snooker)
8. Jai Pal Singh (Boxing)
9. Mohammad Azharuddin (Cricket)
10. Sandhya Agarwal (Cricket)
1987
Dronacharya Award(s)
Guru Hanuman Wrestling
Gurcharan Singh Cricket
Arjuna Awards
1. Seeva Jayaram (Boxing)
2. Bhagyashree Thipsay (Chess)
3. D. V. Prasad (Chess)
4. Maj. J.S. Ahluwalia (Equestrian)
5. Vandana Shanbagh (Athletics)
6. Bagicha Singh (Athletics)
7. Vandana Rao (Athletics)
8. Balwinder Singh (Athletics)
9. Monalisa Baruah Mehta (Table Tennis)
10. G. Devan (Weightlifting)
11. Subhash Verma (Wrestling)
12. C. S. Pradipak (Yachting)
1988
Arjuna Awards
1. M. P. Singh (Hockey)
2. P. K. Yeshodhara (Power Lifting)
3. Wilson Cherian (Swimming)
4. Rajesh Kumar (Wrestling)
5. Ashwini Nachappa (Athletics)
1989
Arjuna Awards
1. Pargat Singh (Hockey)
2. Niyati Shah (Table Tennis)
3. Abdul Basith (Volleyball)
4. Jyotsna Dutta (Weightlifting)
5. Satywan (Wrestling)
6. Mercy Kuttan (Athletics)
7. Shyam Lal Meena (Archery)
8. Gopal Dewang (Boxing)
9. Madan Lal (Cricket)
10. S. Bhattacharjee (Football)
11. Krupali Patel (Gymnastics)
1990
Dronacharya Award(s)
Ramakant Achrekar Cricket
Syed Naeemuddin Football
A. Ramana Rao Volleyball
Arjuna Awards
1. Pushpendra Kumar Garg (Yachting)
2. Ombir Singh (Wrestling)
3. Kunjarani Devi (Weightlifting)
4. R. Chandra (Weightlifting)
5. Dalel Singh Ror (Volleyball)
6. M. S. Walia (Table Tennis)
7. Bula Choudhury (Swimming)
8. Leander Paes (Lawn Tennis)
9. Jagbir Singh (Hockey)
10. Anupama Gokhale (Chess)
11. Deena Ram (Athletics)
1991
Arjuna Awards
1. Limba Ram (Archery)
2. Rajeev Bagga (Badminton)
3. Radhey Shyam (Basketball)
4. S Sharma (Basketball)
5. D.S. Yadav (Boxing)
6. Capt. Adhiraj Singh (Equestrian)
7. Ali Sher (Golf)
8. Naib Subedar Dalvir Singh (Rowing)
9. K. Udaya Kumar (Volleyball)
10. Chhaya Adak (Weightlifting)
1992
Note: The full, proper name of the Khel Ratna awards, introduced in 1992, is the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna' awards
Khel Ratna
Viswanathan Anand, Chess
Arjuna Awards
1. Merwyn Fernandes (Hockey)
2. Sandeep Byala (Judo)
3. E. S. Baskaran (Power Lifting)
4. Pappu Yadav (Wrestling)
5. Bahadur Prasad (Athletics)
6. Sanjeev Kumar Singh (Archery)
7. Rajender Prasad (Boxing)
1993
Khel Ratna
Geet Sethi Billiards
Arjuna Awards
1. Cawas Billimoria (Judo)
2. Mansher Singh (Shooting)
3. Bharati Singh (Weightlifting)
4. Homi Motiwala (Yachting)
5. K. Saramma (Athletics)
6. Mukund Killekar (Boxing)
7. Kiran More (Cricket)
8. Manoj Pingale (Boxing)
9. Manoj Prabhakar (Cricket)
10. Ashok Kumar (Wrestling)
1994
Dronacharya Award(s)
Ilyas Babar Athletics
Arjuna Awards
1. Major R.S. Bhanwala (Rowing)
2. Jaspal Rana (Shooting)
3. Karman Malleswari (Weightlifting)
4. Rosa Kutty (Athletics)
5. Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket. See Sachin Tendulkar 1: A timeline
6. Jude Menezes (Hockey)
1995
Khel Ratna
Cdr. Homi D. Motivala yachting
Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg yachting
Dronacharya Award(s)
Karan Singh Athletics
M. Shyam Sunder Rao Volleyball
Arjuna Awards
1. Venkatesan Devarajan (Boxing)
2. Anil Kumble (Cricket)
3. Mukesh Kumar (Hockey)
4. Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey)
5. Mahesh Bhupathi (Lawn Tennis)
6. Mir Shakti Singh (Athletics)
7. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (Athletics)
8. Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla (Athletics)
1996
Khel Ratna
Karnam Malleswari
Dronacharya Award(s)
Wilson Jones Billiards & Snooker
Pal Singh Sandhu Weightlifting
Arjuna Awards
1. Lt. Cdr. Kelly Subbanand Rao (Posthumously) (Yachting)
2. Kutraleeshwaran (Swimming)
3. Moraad Ali Khan (Shooting)
4. Surender Singh Waldia (Rowing)
5. Gaurav Natekar Lawn (Tennis)
6. Poonam Chopra (Judo)
7. A. B. Subbaiah (Hockey)
8. Ashish Kumar Ballal (Hockey)
9. Javagal Srinath (Cricket)
10. A. Maria Irudayam (Carrom)
11. Raj Kumar Sangwan (Boxing)
12. Padmini Thomas (Athletics)
13. Ajit Bhaduria (Athletics)
14. Kallegowda (Athletics)
1997
Khel Ratna
Nameirakpam Kunjarani Weightlifting
Leander Paes – Tennis
Dronacharya Award(s)
Joginder Singh Saini Athletics
Arjuna Awards
1. Chetan Baboor (Table Tennis)
2. Paramjit Sharma (Weightlifting)
3. Sanjay Kumar (Wrestling)
4. Jagdish Singh (Wrestling)
5. Reeth Abraham (Athletics)
6. M. Mahadeva (Athletics)
7. Ajay Jadeja (Cricket)
8. Sourav Ganguly (Cricket)
9. Surinder Singh Sodhi (Hockey)
10. Harmik Singh (Hockey)
11. Rajinder Singh Jr. (Hockey)
12. Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (Football)
13. Asif Ismail (Lawn Tennis)
14. Satendra Kumar (Shooting)
15. Shilpi Singh (Shooting)
16. Naresh Kumar Sharma (Shooting)
17. N. Laxmi (Weightlifting)
1998
Khel Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket. See Sachin Tendulkar 1: A timeline
Dronacharya Award(s)
Bahadur Singh Athletics
Hargobind Singh Sandhu Athletics
G.S.Sandhu Boxing
Arjuna Awards
1. Pritam Rani Siwach (Hockey)
2. Surjit Singh Randhawa (Hockey)
3. B. S. Dhillon (Hockey)
4. S. Omana Kumari (Hockey)
5. Mohammed Riaz (Hockey)
6. Baldev Singh (Hockey)
7. Maharaj Krishan Kaushik (Hockey)
8. Narender Singh (Judo)
9. Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi)
10. Biswajit Palit (Kabaddi)
11. Roopa Unnikrishnan (Shooting)
12. Manavjit Sandhu (Shooting)
13. Bhanu Sachdeva (Swimming)
14. Subramaniam Raman (Table Tennis)
15. Satheesha Rai (Weightlifting)
16. Sirichand Ram (Athletics)
17. Neelam Jaswant Singh (Athletics)
18. S. D. Eshan (Athletics)
19. Rachita Mistry (Athletics)
20. Paramjit Singh (Athletics)
21. Dingko Singh (Boxing)
22. Kaka Pawar (Wrestling)
23. Rohtas Singh Dahiya (Wrestling)
24. Rahul Dravid (Cricket)
25. Nayan Mongia (Cricket)
26. Baichung Bhutia (Football)
1999
Khel Ratna
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Athletics
Dronacharya Award(s)
Kenneth Owen Bosen Athletics
Capt. Hawa Singh Boxing
Ajay Kumar Sirohi Weightlifting
Arjuna Awards
1. Nisha Millet (Swimming)
2. Sukhpal Singh (Volleyball)
3. Dalbir deol (Weightlifting)
4. Ashok Kumar (Wrestling)
5. Aashim Mongia (Yachting)
6. V. J. Phillips (Hockey)
7. Haripal Kaushik (Hockey)
8. Ramandeep Singh (Hockey)
9. Gulab Chand (Athletics)
10. G. Venkataravanappa (Athletics)
11. Gurmit Kaur (Athletics)
12. Parduman Singh (Athletics)
13. Sunita Rani (Athletics)
14. George Thomas (Badminton)
15. Sajjan Singh Cheema (Basketball)
16. Gurcharan Singh (Boxing)
17. Jitender Kumar (Boxing)
18. Jeev Milkha Singh (Golf)
19. Balbir Singh Kullar (Hockey)
20. Balwinder Singh (Kabaddi)
21. Tirath Raj (Kabaddi)
22. Jagjit Singh (Rowing)
23. Vivek Singh (Shooting)
24. Lt. Cdr. R. Mahesh (Yachting)
2000
Khel Ratna
Dhanraj Pillay, Hockey
Dronacharya Award(s)
S.M. Arif Badminton
Gudial Singh Bhangu Hockey
Phadke Gopal Pushottam Kho-Kho
Bhupender Dhawan Powerlifting
Hansa Sharma Weightlifting
Arjuna Awards
1. Venkatesh Prasad (Cricket)
2. Dr.Kalpana Debnath (Gymnastics)
3. Baljit Singh Saini (Hockey)
4. Tingonleima Chanu (Hockey)
5. Gp. Capt. R. S. Bhola (Hockey)
6. Balkishan Singh (Hockey)
7. Jalaluddin Rizvi (Hockey)
8. Madhu Yadav (Hockey)
9. C. Honappa (Kabaddi)
10. Akhtar Ali Lawn (Tennis)
11. Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Power Lifting)
12. K. M. Beenamol (Athletics)
13. Yadvendra Vashishta (Athletics)
14. Joginder Singh Bedi(Para Athlete For Lifetime Contribution) (Athletics)
15. Surender Singh Kanwasi (Rowing)
16. Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
17. Anjali Bhagwat (Shooting)
18. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (Chess)
19. Abhinav Bindra (Shooting)
20. Gurbir Singh (Shooting)
21. Sebastian Xavier (Swimming)
22. J. Abhijith (Swimming)
23. P.V. Ramana (Volleyball)
24. Sanamacha Chanu (Weightlifting)
25. Randhir Singh (Wrestling)
26. Kripa Shankar Patel (Wrestling)
27. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (Wrestling)
28. Naresh Kumar (Wrestling)
29. Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Athletics)
30. Milkha Singh (Athletics)
31. Rachana Govil (Athletics)
32. Vijayamala Bhanot (Athletics)
2001
Khel Ratna
Pullela Gopichand, Badminton
Dronacharya Award(s)
Prof. Sunny Thomas Shooting
Michael Joseph Ferreira Billiards & Snooker
Arjuna Awards
1. K.R. Shankar Iyer (Athletics)
2. Parminder Singh (Basketball)
3. V. V. S. Laxman (Cricket)
4. Amir Singh (Volleyball)
2002
Khel Ratna
Abhinav Bindra , Shooting
Dronacharya Award(s)
Renu Kohli Athletics
Jaswant Singh Athletics
M.K. Kaushik Hockey
E. Prasad Rao Kabaddi
Cdr. H.D. Motivala Yachting
Arjuna Awards
1. Anju Bobby George (Athletics)
2. Saraswati Saha (Athletics)
3. Ramesh Tikaram (Physically Challenged) (Badminton)
4. Alok Kumar (Billiards & Snooker)
5. Mohammed Ali Qamar (Boxing)
6. Krishnan Sasikiran (Chess)
7. Virender Sehwag (Cricket)
8. I. M. Vijayan (Football)
9. Shiv Kapur (Golf)
10. Dilip Tirkey (Hockey)
11. Gagan Ajit Singh (Hockey)
12. Mamta Kharab (Hockey)
13. Ram Mehar Singh (Kabaddi)
14. Anwer Sultan (Shooting)
15. Suma Shirur (Shooting)
16. Mantu Ghosh (Table Tennis)
17. Ravikant Reddy (Volleyball)
18. Thandava Murthy Muthu (Weightlifting)
19. Palwinder Singh Cheema (Wrestling)
20. Sujeet Mann (Wrestling)
21. Nitin Mongia (Yachting)
2003
Khel Ratna
Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat, Shooting
K. M. Beenamol, Athletics
Dronacharya Award(s)
Robert Bobby George Athletics
Anoopkumar Saharan Women's boxing
Rajinder Singh Hockey
Sukhchain Singh Cheema Wrestling
Arjuna Awards
1. Soma Biswas (Athletics)
2. Madhuri Saxena (Athletics)
3. Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged) (Badminton)
4. Satya (Sports) (Basketball)
5. Pankaj Advani (Billiards & Snooker)
6. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (Boxing)
7. Koneru Humpy (Chess)
8. Harbhajan Singh (Cricket)
9. Mithali Raj (Cricket)
10. Capt. Rajesh Pattu (Equestrian)
11. Deepak Kumar Mandal (Football)
12. Devesh Chauhan (Hockey)
13. Suraj Lata Devi (Hockey)
14. Akram Shah (Judo)
15. Sanjeev Kumar (Kabaddi)
16. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Shooting)
17. Shokhinder Tomar (Wrestling)
2004
Khel Ratna
Anju Bobby George, Athletics
Dronacharya Award(s)
Arvind Savur Billiards & Snooker
Sunita Sharma Cricket
Cyrus Poncha Squash
Gurcharan Singh Boxing
Arjuna Awards
1. Anuj Kumar (Wrestling)
2. Achanta Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis)
3. Deepali A. Deshpande (Shooting)
4. Jenil Krishnan (Rowing)
5. Sania Mirza (Lawn Tennis)
6. Sunder Singh (Kabaddi)
7. Angom Anita Chanu (Judo)
8. Deepak Thakur (Hockey)
9. Innocent Helen Mary (Hockey)
10. Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (Jyoti Randhawa) (Golf)
11. Maj. Deep Kumar Ahlawat (Equestrian)
12. Abhinn Shyam Gupta (Badminton)
13. Anil Kumar (Athletics)
14. J. J. Shobha (Athletics)
15. Devendra Jhajharia (Physically Challenged) (Athletics)
2005
Khel Ratna
Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Shooting
Dronacharya Award(s)
Hony. Captain M Venu Boxing
Balwan Singh Kabaddi
Maha Singh Rao Wrestling
Ismail Baig Rowing
Arjuna Awards
1. Tarundeep Rai (Archery)
2. Dola Banerjee (Archery)
3. Manjit Kaur (Athletics)
4. Aparna Popat (Badminton)
5. Anuja Prakash Thakur (Billiards & Snooker)
6. Akhil Kumar (Boxing)
7. Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Chess)
8. Anju Jain (Cricket)
9. Viren Rasquinha (Hockey)
10. Ramesh Kumar (Kabaddi)
11. Gagan Narang (Shooting)
12. Shikha Tandon (Swimming)
13. Soumyadeep Roy (Table Tennis)
15. B C Ramesh (Kabaddi)
16. Rajinder Singh Rahul (Power Lifting)
2006
Khel Ratna
Pankaj Advani, Billiards and Snooker
Dronacharya Award(s)
R.D. Singh Athletics
Damodaran Chandralal Boxing
Koneru Ashok Chess
Arjuna Awards
1. Jayanta Talukdar (Archery)
2. K. M. Binu (Athletics)
3. Rohit Bhakar (Badminton)
4. Vijender Singh (Boxing)
5. Pentyala Harikrishna (Chess)
6. Anjum Chopra (Cricket)
7. Jyoti Sunita Kullu (Hockey)
8. Naveen Gautam (Kabaddi)
9. Vijay Kumar (Shooting)
10. Saurav Ghosal (Squash)
11. Subhajit Saha (Table Tennis)
12. Geetika Jakhar (Wrestling)
13. Geeta Rani (Weightlifting)
14. Chetan Anand (Badminton)
2007
Khel Ratna
Manavjit Sandhu , Shooting
Dronacharya Award(s)
Sanjeev Kumar Singh Archery
Jagdish Singh Boxing
G.E. Sridharan Volleyball
Jagminder Singh Wrestling
Arjuna Awards
1. Avneet Sidhu (Shooting)
2. Alka Tomar (Wrestling)
3. Chitra Soman (Athletics)
4. Arjun Atwal (Golf)
5. Khumujam Tombi Devi (Judo)
6. Farman Bashan Power (Lifting)
2008
Khel Ratna
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cricket
Arjuna Awards
1. Anup Sridhar (Badminton)
2. Varghese Johnson (Boxing)
3. Dronavalli Harika (Chess)
4. Prabhjot Singh (Hockey)
5. Pankaj Navnath Shrisat (Kabaddi)
6. Bajrang Lal Takhar (Rowing)
2009
Khel Ratna
Mary Kom , Boxing
Vijender Singh, Boxing
Dronacharya Award(s)
Pullela Gopichand Badminton
Satpal Wrestling
J. Uday Kumar Kabaddi
Baldev Singh Hockey
Jaidev Bisht Boxing
Arjuna Awards
1. Mangal Singh Champia (Archery)
2. Sinimol Paulose (Athletics)
3. Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
4. Laishram Sarita Devi (Boxing)
5. Tania Sachdev (Chess)
6. Gautam Gambhir (Cricket)
7. Ignace Tirkey (Hockey)
8. Satish Joshi (Rowing)
9. Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting)
10. Poulomi Ghatak (Table Tennis)
11. Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
12. Girdhari Lal Yadav (Yachting)
13. Surinder Kaur (Hockey)
2010
Khel Ratna
Saina Nehwal , Badminton
Dronacharya Award(s)
AK Kutty Athletics
Captain Chandrup Wrestling
Ajay Kumar Bansal Hockey
Subhash Agarwal Billiards & Snooker
L Ibomcha Singh Boxing
Arjuna Awards
1. K. J. Kapil Dev (Volleyball)
2. Rajiv Tomar (Wrestling)
3. Joseph Abraham (Athletics)
4. Krishna Poonia (Athletics)
5. Jagseer Singh (Athletics)
6. Dinesh Kumar (Boxing)
7. Parimrajan Negi (Chess)
8. Jhulan Goswami (Cricket)
9. Deepak Mondal (Football)
10. Jasjeet Kaur Handa (Hockey)
11. Dinesh (Kabaddi)
12. Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting)
13. Rehan Poncha (Swimming)
2011
Khel Ratna
Gagan Narang , Shooting
Dronacharya Award(s)
Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao Boxing
Devender Kumar Rathore Gymnastics
Ramphal Athletics
Kuntal Roy Athletics
Rajinder Singh Hockey
Arjuna Awards
1. Zaheer Khan (Cricket)
2. Sunil Chhetri (Football)
3. Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics)
4. Rajpal Singh (Hockey)
5. Rakesh kumar (Kabaddi)
6. Somdev Devvarman (Lawn Tennis)
7. Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting)
8. Virdhawal Khade (Swimming)
9. Sanjay kumar (Volleyball)
10. Katulu Ravi Kumar (Weightlifting)
11. Ravinder Singh (Wrestling)
12. Rahul Banerjee (Archery)
13. Jwala Gutta (Badminton)
14. Suranjoy Singh (Boxing)
15. Preeja Sreedharan (Athletics)
16. Tejaswini bai (Kabaddi)
2012
Khel Ratna
Vijay Kumar, Shooting
Yogeshwar Dutt, Wrestling
Dronacharya Award(s)
Virendra Poonia Athletics
Sunil Dabas Kabaddi (Women)
Yashvir Singh Wrestling
Harendra Singh Hockey
Satyapal Singh Para Sports(Athletics)
J.S. Bhatia Athletics
Bhavani Mukharjee Table Tennis
B.I. Fernandez (Cuba) Boxing
Arjuna Awards
1. Bombayla Devi Laishram (Archery)
2. Ramkaran Singh (Athletics)
3. Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton)
4. Aditya Mehta (Billiards & Snooker)
5. Vikas Krishan Yadav (Boxing)
6. Yuvraj Singh (Cricket)
7. Sardar Singh (Hockey)
8. Yashpal Solanki (Judo)
9. Anup Kumar (Kabaddi)
10. Samir Suhag (Polo)
11. Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting)
12. Deepika Pallikal (Squash)
13. Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming)
14. Ngangbam Soniya Chanu (Weightlifting)
15. Geeta Phogat (Wrestling)
16. M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu)
17. Annu Raj Singh (Shooting)
18. Omkar Singh (Shooting)
19. Narsingh Pancham Yadav (Wrestling)
20. Deepa Mullick (Athletics)
21. Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics)
22. Sudha Singh (Athletics)
23. Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton)
24. Deepika Prajapati (Archery)
25. Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling)
2013
Khel Ratna
Ronjan Sodhi
Dronacharya Award(s)
Poornima Mahato Archery
Mahavir Singh Boxing
Narinder Singh Saini Hockey
K P Thomas Athletics
Raj Singh Wrestling
Arjuna Awards
Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery),
Renjith Maheshwary (Athletics)
PV Sindhu (Badminton)
Kavita Chahal (Boxing)
Rupesh Shah (Snooker and Billiards)
Virat Kohli (Cricket)
Abhijeet Gupta (Chess)
Gaganjeet Bhullar (Golf)
Saba Anjum (Hockey)
Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting)
Joshna Chinappa (Squash)
Mouma Das (Table Tennis)
Neha Rathi (Wrestling)
Dharmender Dalal (Wrestling)
Amit Kumar Saroha (Athletics)
Those considered for Khel Ratna 2013
But did not make it
Somdev Devvarman (tennis)
Jeev Milkha Singh (golf)
HN Girisha (para athletics)
Krishna Poonia (athletics)
Sandeep Singh (hockey)
Bhupinder (powerlifting)
2013 awards: highlights
Gunmaster Sodhi gets coveted Khel Ratna
Biswajyoti Brahma | TNN
The Times of India 2013/08/14
Ronjan Sodhi got lucky the third time. The ace shooter was picked to receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, a decision which fulfilled a long-cherished dream of the Delhi-based marksman.
Sodhi, who won a silver medal in the World Cup finals 2013, got the nod of the selection panel on his third nomination — he was also nominated for the Khel Ratna in 2011 and 2012. 2013 is the third straight year that a shooter will receive the country’s highest sporting honour — Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar got it 2011 and 2012 respectively – and Sodhi will become the seventh shooter to get it since the inception of the award in 1991.
“In 2009 when I went to the Rashtrapati Bhawan for the Arjuna award, wearing a red blazer, I couldn’t take my eyes off the three sportspersons in blue blazers who had won the Khel Ratna that year — Vijender Kumar, Sushil Kumar and MC Mary Kom. I thought that probably I would also get to wear the coveted blazer one day,” Sodhi told The Times of India.
The shooter said the award would motivate him to work harder to ensure a podium-finish in the Rio Olympics. “London was my first Olympics and I went there as one of the favourites. I went there with a lot of pressure on me. I was in extremely good form and my training was good. I was leading in the first round. Everything was on a platter for me. Somehow, London was not for me,” he said looking back.
“After London, a lot of things were written and spoken about me. That was one stage where I slipped and I had to prove myself again. I think I did that by winning the silver in the World Cup finals. Now awards like this can only encourage and motivate me to do well in the future. I am definitely going to work harder now and ensure that whatever disappointment was there in London should not be there in Rio.”
2013: controversies
Controversy strikes as awardees are named
SAI DG Dissents After An Arjuna Pick Is Dropped; Poonia, Girisha Livid After Snub
V Narayan Swamy, Srivathsa Sridhar & Ritu Sejwal | TNN
The Times of India 2013/08/14
Sports Authority of India (SAI) director general Jiji Thomson, who was one of the members of the committee, expressed his displeasure to the sports ministry that the name of former international volleyball player Tom Joseph, who was one of the 16 athletes chosen for the Arjuna, was removed from the list in his absence. He made it clear that he had nothing against the other 15 chosen.
The Khel Ratna row revolved around discus thrower Krishna Poonia and Paralympic silver medallist HN Girisha who lost out to shooter Ronjan Sodhi.
Sources in the selection committee contended that Poonia and Girisha were shortlisted for voting by 11 out of 12 panelists with Sodhi’s name not in contention. Poonia garnered an 8-3 verdict before one panel member made a late entry and swung the vote in favour of Sodhi.
Poonia was disappointed. “We talk about bringing change in the society, but no one supports you when it is time to encourage. My achievements, despite having a 12-year-old son, speak for themselves” she fumed.
Girisha, 25-year-old, who was awarded the Padma Shri this year, said the snub was a double blow after the ministry “failed to honour its promise” of giving him a job as a coach in the Sports Authority of India. “All other medal winners from the London Games have been treated with utmost respect and I’m still struggling for recognition,” Girisha said.
2014
Dronacharya Award(s)
Mahabir Prasad Wrestling
Jose Jacob Rowing
N.Lingappa Athletics
G. Manoharan Boxing
Gurcharan Singh Gogi Judo
Arjuna Awards
1. Abhishek Verma (Archery)
2. Tintu Luka (Athletics)
3. Valiyaveetil Diju (Badminton)
4. Geetu Anna Jose (Basketball)
5. Jai Bhagwan (Boxing)
6. Anirban Lahiri (Golf)
7. Mamta Pujari (Kabaddi)
8. Heena Sidhu (Shooting)
9. Anaka Alankamony (Squash)
10. Tom Joseph (Volleyball)
11. Yumnam Chanu (Weightlifting)
12. Sunil Kumar Rana (Wrestling)
13. Saji Thomas (Rowing)
14. Garish Hosanagara Nagarajegowda (Athletics)
15. Ravichandran Ashwin (Cricket)
2015
The Times of India, Aug 30 2015
In 2015, Sania Mirza became the world's women's doubles No. 1 the second tennis player to receive the prestigious Arjuna Award after Leander Paes.
A total of 12 athletes including Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold-winning shooter Jitu Rai, World wrestling bronze medalist Bajrang, world No. 4 shuttler K Srikanth and para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad were conferred the Arjuna award, which carries a statuette, certificate and cash award of Rs 5 lakh. Nihar Ameen became the first swimming coach to get the Dronacharya Award, which also carries a cash award of Rs 5 lakh.
Arjuna awards
Bajrang Singh (wrestler),
Kidambi Srikanth (Badminton),
Sandeep Kumar (Archery),
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics),
Manjeet Chillar (Kabaddi),
Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre (Kabaddi),
Anup Kumar Yama (Roller skater),
Sivalingam Sathish Kumar Sathish Sivalingam (weightlifting),
Y Sanathoi Devi (Wushu) and Sharath M. Gaekwad (Para-swimming),
Mandeep Jangra (Boxer),
MR Poovamma (400m runner),
Babita Kumari (Wrestling),
Rohit Sharma (Cricket),
Swarn Singh Virk (Rowing)
Dronacharya awards
Anoop Kumar Dahiya (wrestling),
Harbans Singh (athletics),
Swatantar Raj Singh (boxing),
Nihar Ameen (swimming)
Naval Singh (para-athletics).
Dhyan Chand
TPP Nair (Volleyball),
SP Misra (Tennis),
Romeo James (Hockey)
2016
Aug 23 2016: The Times of India, Khel Ratna for four
The country's highest sporting award -Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -will be conferred upon four athletes this year. Two of them returned with medals from Rio. The ministry also selected 15 athletes for this year's Arjuna Award.
The complete list:
Khel Ratna
PV Sindhu (badminton),
Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics),
Jitu Rai (shooting)
Sakshi Malik (wrestling).
Dronacharya Awards
Nagapuri Ramesh (athletics),
Sagar Mal Dhayal (boxing),
Raj Kumar Sharma (cricket),
Bishweshwar Nandi (gymnastics),
S Pradeep Kumar (swimming,lifetime)
Mahabir Singh (wrestling,lifetime).
Arjuna Awards
Rajat Chauhan (archery),
Lalita Babar (athletics),
Sourav Kothari (billiards and snooker),
Shiva Thapa (boxing),
Ajinkya Rahane (cricket),
Subrata Paul (football),
Rani (hockey),
VR Raghunath (hockey),
Gurpreet Singh (shooting),
Apurvi Chandela (shooting),
Soumyajit Ghosh (table tennis),
Vinesh Phogat (wrestling),
Amit Kumar (wrestling),
Sandeep Singh Mann (para-athletics),
Virender Singh (wrestling, deaf).
Other awards
Dhyan Chand Award:
Satti Geetha (athletics),
Sylvanus Dung Dung (hockey),
Rajendra Pralhad Shelke (rowing).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2016:
1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent:
Hockey Citizen Group,
Dadar Parsee Zorostrian cricket club,
Usha School of Athletics,
STAIRS.
2. Encouragement to sports through corporate social responsibility:
India Infrastructure Finance Corporate Limited.
3. Employment to sportspersons and other welfare measures:
Reserve Bank of India.
4. Sports for Development:
Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2015-16:
Punjabi University, Patiala.
Acknowledgements
All missing details were obtained from Experts Brain and Experts Brain
