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List of Arjuna Award recipients (2010–2019)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arjuna Award
Civilian award for outstanding individual achievements in National Sports
President Ram Nath Kovind presents the 2018 Arjuna Award to Hima Das for Athletics
Sponsored byGovernment of India
Established1961
First awarded1961
Highlights
Total awarded178

The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games,[1] is the sports honour of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India.[2][3] As of 2020, the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Arjuna, certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of 15 lakh (US$19,000)."[a]

Name

The award is named after Arjuna, a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. He is one of the Pandavas, depicted as a skilled archer winning the hand of Draupadi in marriage. In the Kurukshetra War, Lord Krishna becomes his charioteer teaching him the sacred knowledge of Gita.[4] In Hindu mythology, he has been seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.[5]

History

Instituted in 1961 to honour the outstanding sportspersons of the country,[6] the award over the years has undergone a number of expansions, reviews, and rationalizations. The award was expanded to include all the recognised disciplines in 1977, has introduced indigenous games and physically handicapped categories in 1995 and introduced a lifetime contribution category in 1995 leading to creation of a separate Dhyan Chand Award in 2002.[7][8] The latest revision in 2018 stipulates that the award is given only to the disciplines included in the events like Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup along with Cricket, Indigenous Games, and Parasports. It also recommends giving only fifteen awards in a year, relaxing in case of excellent performance in major multi-sport events, team sports, across gender and giving at least one award to the physically challenged category.[1]

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 previous years. The recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their "good performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at international level and for having shown "qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline".[1]

Recipients

A total of 178 awards were presented in the 2010s: fifteen in 2010, followed by nineteen in 2011, twenty-five in 2012, fourteen in 2013, sixteen in 2014, seventeen in 2015, sixteen in 2016, seventeen in 2017, twenty in 2018 and nineteen in 2019. Individuals from thirty different sports were awarded, including twenty-seven from athletics, sixteen from wrestling, fifteen from shooting, twelve each from cricket and hockey, eleven each from badminton and boxing, nine from kabaddi, eight from archery, six from table tennis, five each from football and swimming, four each from golf, weightlifting and wushu, three each from billiards & snooker, lawn tennis, polo, squash and volleyball, two each from basketball, chess, gymnastics and rowing, and one each from bodybuilding, equestrian, judo, motor sports, roller skating and yachting.[9]

In the initial list of 2013, triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary was mentioned in the discipline of athletics.[9] However, after reports surfaced of him failing a doping test in 2008, he was denied the award, making him the first person to be recommended by the Sports Ministry and then denied the award on the day of the function.[10] Boxer Manoj Kumar, a gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at Delhi, was initially not on the 2014 awardees list.[9] He filed a case in Delhi High Court and the Sports Ministry was directed by the court to present him with the award. The ministry blamed the issue on mistakenly believing him to be involved in a doping case and presented him with the award in November 2014, instead of at the official ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in August 2014.[11][12] Another sportsperson, para-badminton player Raj Kumar, a gold medalist in the 2015 Para-Badminton World Championships in England, approached the Delhi High Court after not being awarded the Arjuna Award in 2016. He finally won the legal battle over having higher points than the other para-athlete awarded, and two years later, in September 2018 was given the award for the year 2016.[13][14]

List of Recipients

Award recipients by year[9]
Year Number of recipients
2010
15
2011
19
2012
25
2013
14
2014
16
2015
17
2016
16
2017
17
2018
20
2019
19
Award recipients by sport[9]
Sport Number of recipients
Archery
8
Athletics
27
Badminton
11
Basketball
2
Billiards & Snooker
3
Powerlifting
1
Boxing
11
Chess
2
Cricket
12
Equestrian
1
Football
5
Golf
4
Gymnastics
2
Hockey
12
Judo
1
Kabaddi
9
Lawn Tennis
3
Motor Sports
1
Polo
3
Roller Skating
1
Rowing
2
Shooting
15
Squash
3
Swimming
5
Table Tennis
6
Volleyball
3
Weightlifting
4
Wrestling
16
Wushu
4
Yachting
1
Key
§ Indicates Para sports
List of Arjuna award recipients, showing the year, sport, and gender[9]
Year Recipient Sport Gender
2010 Joseph  Abraham Athletics Male
2010 Rajesh  Chaudhary Yachting Male
2010 K. J. Kapil  Dev Volleyball Male
2010 Jhulan  Goswami Cricket Female
2010 Jasjeet Kaur  Handa Hockey Female
2010 Dinesh  Kumar Boxing Male
2010 Dinesh Kumar Kabaddi Male
2010 Deepak  Mondal Football Male
2010 Parimarjan  Negi Chess Male
2010 Rehan  Poncha Swimming Male
2010 Krishna  Poonia Athletics Female
2010 Sanjeev  Rajput Shooting Male
2010 Jagseer  Singh Athletics§ Male
2010 Sandeep  Singh Hockey Male
2010 Rajiv  Tomar Wrestling Male
2011 Rahul  Banerjee Archery Male
2011 Sunil  Chhetri Football Male
2011 W. Sandhyarani  Devi Wushu Female
2011 Somdev  Devvarman Lawn Tennis Male
2011 Vikas  Gowda Athletics Male
2011 Jwala  Gutta Badminton Female
2011 Prasanta  Karmakar Swimming§ Male
2011 Virdhawal  Khade Swimming Male
2011 Zaheer  Khan Cricket Male
2011 Ashish  Kumar Gymnastics Male
2011 Katulu Ravi  Kumar Weightlifting Male
2011 Rakesh  Kumar Kabaddi Male
2011 Sanjay Kumar Volleyball Male
2011 Tejaswini  Sawant Shooting Female
2011 Rajpal  Singh Hockey Male
2011 Ravinder  Singh Wrestling Male
2011 Suranjoy  Singh Boxing Male
2011 Preeja  Sreedharan Athletics Female
2011 Tejaswini Bai V. Kabaddi Female
2012 Ngangbam Soniya  Chanu Weightlifting Female
2012 Joydeep  Karmakar Shooting Male
2012 Parupalli  Kashyap Badminton Male
2012 Anup  Kumar Kabaddi Male
2012 Rajender  Kumar Wrestling Male
2012 Deepika  Kumari Archery Female
2012 Bombayla Devi  Laishram Archery Female
2012 Deepa  Malik Athletics§ Female
2012 Aditya  Mehta Billiards & Snooker Male
2012 Dipika  Pallikal Squash Female
2012 Geeta  Phogat Wrestling Female
2012 Ashwini  Ponnappa Badminton Female
2012 Kavita  Raut Athletics Female
2012 Sandeep  Sejwal Swimming Male
2012 Annu Raj  Singh Shooting Female
2012 M. Bimoljit  Singh Wushu Male
2012 Omkar  Singh Shooting Male
2012 Ramkaran Singh Athletics§ Male
2012 Sardara  Singh Hockey Male
2012 Sudha  Singh Athletics Female
2012 Yuvraj  Singh Cricket Male
2012 Yashpal Solanki Judo Male
2012 Samir Suhag Polo Male
2012 Narsingh  Yadav Wrestling Male
2012 Vikas Krishan  Yadav Boxing Male
2013 Gaganjeet  Bhullar Golf Male
2013 Kavita  Chahal Boxing Female
2013 Joshna  Chinappa Squash Female
2013 Dharmender Dalal Wrestling Male
2013 Mouma  Das Table Tennis Female
2013 Abhijeet  Gupta Chess Male
2013 Saba Anjum  Karim Hockey Female
2013 Virat  Kohli Cricket Male
2013 Neha  Rathi Wrestling Female
2013 Rajkumari Rathore Shooting Female
2013 Amit Kumar  Saroha Athletics§ Male
2013 Rupesh  Shah Billiards & Snooker Male
2013 P. V.  Sindhu Badminton Female
2013 Chekrovolu  Swuro Archery Female
2014 Anaka  Alankamony Squash Female
2014 Ravichandran  Ashwin Cricket Male
2014 Jai  Bhagwan Boxing Male
2014 Renu Bala  Chanu Weightlifting Female
2014 Valiyaveetil  Diju Badminton Male
2014 H. N.  Girisha Athletics§ Male
2014 Geethu Anna  Jose Basketball Female
2014 Tom  Joseph Volleyball Male
2014 Manoj  Kumar Boxing Male
2014 Anirban  Lahiri Golf Male
2014 Tintu  Luka Athletics Female
2014 Mamatha  Poojary Kabaddi Female
2014 Sunil Kumar Rana Wrestling Male
2014 Heena  Sidhu Shooting Female
2014 Saji  Thomas Rowing Male
2014 Abhishek  Verma Archery Male
2015 Manjeet  Chhillar Kabaddi Male
2015 Yumnam Sanathoi  Devi Wushu Female
2015 Sharath  Gayakwad Swimming§ Male
2015 Mandeep  Jangra Boxing Male
2015 Dipa  Karmakar Gymnastics Female
2015 Srikanth  Kidambi Badminton Male
2015 Sandeep  Kumar Archery Male
2015 Babita  Kumari Wrestling Female
2015 Abhilasha  Mhatre Kabaddi Female
2015 M. R.  Poovamma Athletics Female
2015 Bajrang  Punia Wrestling Male
2015 Jitu  Rai Shooting Male
2015 Rohit  Sharma Cricket Male
2015 Sawarn  Singh Rowing Male
2015 Sathish  Sivalingam Weightlifting Male
2015 P. R.  Sreejesh Hockey Male
2015 Anup Kumar  Yama Roller Skating Male
2016 Lalita  Babar Athletics Female
2016 Apurvi  Chandela Shooting Female
2016 Rajat  Chauhan Archery Male
2016 Amit Kumar  Dahiya Wrestling Male
2016 Soumyajit  Ghosh Table Tennis Male
2016 Sourav  Kothari Billiards & Snooker Male
2016 Raj  Kumar Badminton§ Male
2016 Sandeep Singh  Maan Athletics§ Male
2016 Subrata  Pal Football Male
2016 Vinesh  Phogat Wrestling Female
2016 V. R.  Raghunath Hockey Male
2016 Ajinkya  Rahane Cricket Male
2016 Ritu  Rani Hockey Female
2016 Gurpreet  Singh Shooting Male
2016 Virender  Singh Wrestling§ Male
2016 Shiva  Thapa Boxing Male
2017 Anthony  Amalraj Table Tennis Male
2017 Varun Singh  Bhati Athletics§ Male
2017 Shiv  Chawrasia Golf Male
2017 Oinam Bembem  Devi Football Female
2017 Satyawart  Kadian Wrestling Male
2017 Harmanpreet  Kaur Cricket Female
2017 Khushbir  Kaur Athletics Female
2017 Saketh  Myneni Lawn Tennis Male
2017 Prakash  Nanjappa Shooting Male
2017 Cheteshwar  Pujara Cricket Male
2017 Arokia  Rajiv Athletics Male
2017 Devendro  Singh Boxing Male
2017 Jasvir  Singh Kabaddi Male
2017 Prashanti  Singh Basketball Female
2017 S. V.  Sunil Hockey Male
2017 V. J. Sureka Archery Female
2017 Mariyappan  Thangavelu Athletics§ Male
2018 Manika  Batra Table Tennis Female
2018 Rohan  Bopanna Lawn Tennis Male
2018 Neeraj  Chopra Athletics Male
2018 Hima  Das Athletics Female
2018 Ankur Dhama Athletics§ Male
2018 Sathiyan  Gnanasekaran Table Tennis Male
2018 Jinson  Johnson Athletics Male
2018 Pooja  Kadian Wushu Female
2018 Satish  Kumar Boxing Male
2018 Sumit  Malik Wrestling Male
2018 Smriti  Mandhana Cricket Female
2018 Ankur  Mittal Shooting Male
2018 Savita  Punia Hockey Female
2018 Ravi  Rathore Polo Male
2018 N. Sikki  Reddy Badminton Female
2018 Manoj  Sarkar Badminton§ Male
2018 Rahi  Sarnobat Shooting Female
2018 Shubhankar  Sharma Golf Male
2018 Manpreet  Singh Hockey Male
2018 Shreyasi  Singh Shooting Female
2019 Muhammed  Anas Athletics Male
2019 Swapna  Barman Athletics Female
2019 Pramod  Bhagat Badminton§ Male
2019 S. Bhaskaran Powerlifting Male
2019 Harmeet  Desai Table Tennis Male
2019 Sonia Lather Boxing Female
2019 Gaurav  Gill Motor Sports Male
2019 Sundar Singh  Gurjar Athletics§ Male
2019 Ravindra  Jadeja Cricket Male
2019 Chinglensana  Kangujam Hockey Male
2019 Sonia  Lather Boxing Female
2019 Fouaad  Mirza Equestrian Male
2019 Anjum  Moudgil Shooting Female
2019 B. Sai  Praneeth Badminton Male
2019 Gurpreet Singh  Sandhu Football Male
2019 Simran Singh Shergill Polo Male
2019 Ajay  Thakur Kabaddi Male
2019 Tejinder Pal Singh  Toor Athletics Male
2019 Poonam  Yadav Cricket Female

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ The cash prize was introduced in the year 1977–1978 as a scholarship of 200 (US$2.50) a month for 2 years.[15] It was revised to one time cash prize of 5,000 (US$63) in 1986,[16] to 20,000 (US$250) in 1987,[17] to 50,000 (US$630) in 1993,[18] to 1.5 lakh (US$1,900) in 1998,[19] to 3 lakh (US$3,800) in 2001,[20] to 5 lakh (US$6,300) in 2009,[21] and to 15 lakh (US$19,000) in 2020.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ Chhetri, Vivek (30 May 2015). "Team spirit at its peak for Arjuna". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Vishwanathan Anand gets Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 18 August 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ Davis, Richard H. (26 October 2014). The Bhagavad Gita. ISBN 978-0-691-13996-8.
  5. ^ "Sports Ministry unveils new look Sports Awards" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 26 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ Bhardwaj, D. K. "India in Sports: Some Fabulous Achievements". Press Information Bureau, India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Cash awards for Arjuna winners" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 12 October 1977. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Arjuna Awards further expanded" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 24 May 1995. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Dope-tainted Maheshwary not to get Arjuna Award". Hindustan Times. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Boxer Manoj Kumar to get Arjuna Award tomorrow". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Boxer Manoj Kumar Gets Arjuna Award After Winning High Court Case". NDTV. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  13. ^ Cyriac, Biju Babu (19 September 2018). "Arjuna at last for para shuttler Raj Kumar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Para shuttler Raj Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award after long court battle". DNA India. ANI. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Two years Scholarship for winners" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 27 October 1978. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Arjuna Award for 1986 to 13 Sports persons" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 12 January 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Value of cash prize enhanced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 30 May 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Arjuna awards, Dronachrya awards for 1998 Presented" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 22 July 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Value of cash prize enhanced" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 1 September 1998. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Arjuna Awards scheme Revised" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 3 April 2002. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Several initiatives undertaken for transformation of sports" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Enhancement of cash amount of Sports Awards 2020" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 27 August 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

External links

  • "Sports awards". yas.nic.in. Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Sports. 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020. (official website)
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