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চান্দ খেলৰত্ন বঁটা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="খেল রত্ন পুরস্কার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="খেল রত্ন পুরস্কার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna" title="Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko 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गान्धी खेल रत्न" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khel_Ratna_mukofoti" title="Khel Ratna mukofoti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Khel Ratna mukofoti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0" title="ਖੇਡ ਰਤਨ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਖੇਡ ਰਤਨ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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data-file-height="1832" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Virat Kohli receiving Khel Ratna Award in 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Sporting excellence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Sponsored by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Indian sportsperson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Formerly called</th><td class="infobox-data">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (1992–2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Reward(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>25 lakh</span> (US$29,000) and a medallion</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">In force</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First award</th><td class="infobox-data">1991–92</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Final award</th><td class="infobox-data">2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Most recent winner</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gukesh_Dommaraju" title="Gukesh Dommaraju">Gukesh Dommaraju</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Harmanpreet_Singh" title="Harmanpreet Singh">Harmanpreet Singh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Praveen_Kumar_(para-athlete,_born_2003)" title="Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003)">Praveen Kumar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Bhaker" title="Manu Bhaker">Manu Bhaker</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Highlights</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Total awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">62</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First winner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data">Arjuna Award</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Khel Ratna Award</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox 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of India">Government of India</a>. </p><p>Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and honoured for their "spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at an international level. As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khel_Ratna_Award&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the award comprises a <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medallion</a>, a certificate, and a cash prize of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>25 lakh</span> (US$29,000).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instituted in 1991–1992, the award was given for the performance by a sportsperson in a year. Based on the suggestions provided by 2014 award selection committee, the Ministry revised the criteria in February 2015 to consider the performance over a period of four years. The nominations for a given year are accepted till 30 April or last working day of April with not more than two sportspersons nominated for each sports discipline. A twelve-member committee evaluates the performances of a sportsperson at various international events which include the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>. The committee later submits its recommendations to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)">Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports</a> for further approval. </p><p>From 1991 to 2021, the award was named after <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> (1944–1991), the 6th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>. On August 6, 2021, the government of India renamed the award<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> <a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand" title="Dhyan Chand">Dhyan Chand</a> (1905–1979), an Indian <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a> player, widely regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time, who scored more than 1000 goals over a 20-year career from 1926 to 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While announcing the renaming of the award, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that he was responding to "many requests from citizens across India."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian opposition parties claimed that this was a "political game".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first recipient of the award was <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">chess Grandmaster</a> <a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a>, who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–1992. In 2001, <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting sport">sport shooter</a> <a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a>, then aged 18, became the youngest recipient of the award.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Usually conferred upon only one sportsperson in a year, a few exceptions have been made (1993–1994, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2016–2021 and 2024) when multiple recipients were awarded in a year. </p><p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khel_Ratna_Award&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there have been 62 recipients across sixteen sport disciplines: <a href="/wiki/Sport_of_athletics" title="Sport of athletics">athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">badminton</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_billiards" title="English billiards">billiards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Professional_boxing" title="Professional boxing">boxing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Para-athletics" title="Para-athletics">para-athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Para-badminton" title="Para-badminton">para-badminton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_shooting" title="Paralympic shooting">para-shooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">shooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snooker" title="Snooker">snooker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">table tennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">weightlifting</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yacht_racing" title="Yacht racing">yacht racing</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nominations">Nominations</h2></div> <p>The nominations for the award are received from all government recognised National Sports Federations, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Olympic_Association" title="Indian Olympic Association">Indian Olympic Association</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_of_India" title="Sports Authority of India">Sports Authority of India</a> (SAI), the Sports Promotion and Control Boards, and the state and the union territory governments with not more than two eligible sportspersons nominated for each sports discipline. In case of cricket, the nominations are received from the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India" title="Board of Control for Cricket in India">Board of Control for Cricket in India</a> and SAI is authorised to submit the nominations on behalf of all the de-recognised or under suspension National Sports Federations.<sup id="cite_ref-cricket_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricket-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The previous award recipients can also nominate one sportsperson for the discipline for which they themselves were awarded. The Government can nominate up to two sportspersons in deserving cases where no such nominations have been received from the nominating authorities. The nominations for a given year are accepted till 30 April or last working day of April.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process">Selection process</h2></div> <p>All the received nominations are sent to SAI and <a href="/wiki/National_Anti-Doping_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="National Anti-Doping Agency">National Anti-Doping Agency</a> for the verification against the claimed achievements and doping clearance respectively. Any sportsperson who is either penalised or being enquired for usage of drugs or substances banned by the <a href="/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency" title="World Anti-Doping Agency">World Anti-Doping Agency</a> is not eligible for the award. A committee consisting of the Joint Secretary and the Director/Deputy Secretary of Department of Sports, the Secretary and the Executive Director/Director (TEAMS) of SAI verify and validate the nominations.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The valid nominations are placed before the selection committee constituted by the Government. This twelve member committee consists of a chairperson nominated by the Ministry, four Olympians or previous recipients of Khel Ratna or <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a>, three sports journalists/experts/commentators, one sportsperson/expert/administrator associated with <a href="/wiki/Disabled_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled sports">parasports</a>, one sports administrator, the Director General of SAI, and the Joint Secretary of Department of Sports, with no more than one sportsperson from a particular discipline included in the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When instituted in 1991–92, the award was given for the performance by a sportsperson in a year.<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR98_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR98-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the suggestions provided by 2014 award selection committee headed by <a href="/wiki/Kapil_Dev" title="Kapil Dev">Kapil Dev</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR14_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Ministry revised the criteria in February 2015 to consider the performance over a period of four years.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The medals won in various international championships and events of the disciplines which include Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games are given 80% weightage. The remaining 20% weightage is given to the profile and standard of the events. For any other games not included in Olympic, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games like cricket and indigenous games, the individual's performance of a sportsperson is taken into consideration. The sportsperson with maximum points is given 80 marks. Rest of the sportspersons are given marks in proportion to the maximum points. For team events, marks are given as per the strength of the team.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following are the points defined for medals at the given events: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;width:60%"> <caption>Points for winning medals for the performance during the last four years </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Event </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Medal </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Gold</span> </th> <th scope="col"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Silver</span> </th> <th scope="col"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Bronze</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>/<a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a> </th> <td>80</td> <td>70</td> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/World_championship" title="World championship">World Championship</a>/<a href="/wiki/World_cup_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="World cup competition">World Cup</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>40</td> <td>30</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a> </th> <td>30</td> <td>25</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a> </th> <td>25</td> <td>20</td> <td>15 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For a given discipline, not more than two sportspersons, one male and one female, are given highest marks. The committee may not recommend the award to the sportsperson with the highest marks across disciplines but can only recommend the recipient of the highest aggregate marks in a particular sports discipline. The recommendations of the selection committee are submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)">Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports</a> for further approval.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" style="width:30px;background-color:#CEE8F0"># </td> <td>Indicates a joint award for the given year </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A photograph of a man playing chess with blue sweater." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg/170px-London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg/255px-London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg/340px-London_Chess_Classic_2010_Anand_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1644" data-file-height="1679" /></a><figcaption>The first recipient of the award <a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> is the country's first chess <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> and a five-time winner of <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A photograph of a man playing Snooker wearing a white shirt and black waistcoat." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg/170px-Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg/255px-Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg/340px-Pankaj_Advani_PHC_2012-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3116" data-file-height="2428" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Advani_(billiards_player)" title="Pankaj Advani (billiards player)">Pankaj Advani</a> is the only sportsperson to have won the award for two sports disciplines: billiards and snooker.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gukesh_in_2024_(cropped_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/170px-Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/255px-Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/340px-Gukesh_in_2024_%28cropped_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3578" data-file-height="4676" /></a><figcaption>Most recent recipient (2024) – <a href="/wiki/Gukesh_Dommaraju" title="Gukesh Dommaraju">Gukesh Dommaraju</a> for chess</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harmanpreet_Singh_in_August_2024_with_his_Paris_Olympics_bronze_medal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Harmanpreet_Singh_in_August_2024_with_his_Paris_Olympics_bronze_medal.jpg/170px-Harmanpreet_Singh_in_August_2024_with_his_Paris_Olympics_bronze_medal.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Harmanpreet_Singh_in_August_2024_with_his_Paris_Olympics_bronze_medal.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="319" /></a><figcaption>Most recent recipient (2024) – <a href="/wiki/Harmanpreet_Singh" title="Harmanpreet Singh">Harmanpreet Singh</a> for hockey</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Praveen_Kumar_(para_high_jump)_in_September_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg/170px-Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg/255px-Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg/340px-Praveen_Kumar_%28para_high_jump%29_in_September_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption>Most recent recipient (2024) – <a href="/wiki/Praveen_Kumar_(para-athlete,_born_2003)" title="Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003)">Praveen Kumar</a> for para athletics</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg/170px-Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg/255px-Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg/340px-Paris_Olympics_double_bronze_medalist_Manu_Bhaker_in_August_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="908" /></a><figcaption>Most recent recipient (2024) – <a href="/wiki/Manu_Bhaker" title="Manu Bhaker">Manu Bhaker</a> for shooting</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <caption>List of award recipients, showing the year, and discipline(s) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col">Discipline(s) </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1991–1992 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Anand, Viswanathan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">Chess</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1992–1993 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sethi, Geet"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Geet_Sethi" title="Geet Sethi">Geet Sethi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cue_sports" title="Cue sports">Billiards</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">1993–1994 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Motivala, Homi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Homi_Motivala" title="Homi Motivala">Homi Motivala</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yachting" title="Yachting">Yachting</a> (Team event) </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR93_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR93-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Garg, Pushpendra Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pushpendra_Kumar_Garg" title="Pushpendra Kumar Garg">Pushpendra Kumar Garg</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yachting" title="Yachting">Yachting</a> (Team event) </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR93_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR93-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1994–1995 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Malleswari, Karnam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karnam_Malleswari" title="Karnam Malleswari">Karnam Malleswari</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">Weightlifting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1995–1996 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kunjarani, Nameirakpam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kunjarani_Devi" title="Kunjarani Devi">Nameirakpam Kunjarani</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">Weightlifting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1996–1997 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Paes, Leander"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1997–1998 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Tendulkar, Sachin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1998–1999 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sikdar, Jyotirmoyee"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jyotirmoyee_Sikdar" title="Jyotirmoyee Sikdar">Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR98_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR98-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1999–2000 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Pillay, Dhanraj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dhanraj_Pillay" title="Dhanraj Pillay">Dhanraj Pillay</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR99_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR99-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2000–2001 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gopichand, Pullela"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pullela_Gopichand" title="Pullela Gopichand">Pullela Gopichand</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR2000_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR2000-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bindra, Abhinav"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2002 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Beenamol, K. M."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/K._M._Beenamol" title="K. M. Beenamol">K. M. Beenamol</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhagwat, Anjali"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anjali_Bhagwat" title="Anjali Bhagwat">Anjali Bhagwat</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2003 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="George, Anju Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anju_Bobby_George" title="Anju Bobby George">Anju Bobby George</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rathore, Rajyavardhan Singh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR4_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Advani, Pankaj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Advani_(billiards_player)" title="Pankaj Advani (billiards player)">Pankaj Advani</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cue_sports" title="Cue sports">Billiards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snooker" title="Snooker">Snooker</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR5_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR5-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2006 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sandhu, Manavjit Singh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manavjit_Singh_Sandhu" title="Manavjit Singh Sandhu">Manavjit Singh Sandhu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR6_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR6-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dhoni, Mahendra Singh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Singh_Dhoni" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahendra Singh Dhoni">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR7_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR7-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2008 </td> <th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">No award<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR8_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR8-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="3">2009 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kom, Mary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">Mary Kom</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR9_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Vijender"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vijender_Singh" title="Vijender Singh">Vijender Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR9_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kumar, Sushil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sushil Kumar (wrestler)">Sushil Kumar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR9_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2010 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Nehwal, Saina"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Saina_Nehwal" title="Saina Nehwal">Saina Nehwal</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR10_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR10-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Narang, Gagan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gagan_Narang" title="Gagan Narang">Gagan Narang</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR11_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR11-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2012 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kumar, Vijay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_(sport_shooter)" title="Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)">Vijay Kumar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR12_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR12-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dutt, Yogeshwar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Yogeshwar_Dutt" title="Yogeshwar Dutt">Yogeshwar Dutt</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR12_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR12-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sodhi, Ronjan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ronjan_Sodhi" title="Ronjan Sodhi">Ronjan Sodhi</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR13_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR13-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2014 </td> <th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">No award </th> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR14_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR14-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2015 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Mirza, Sania"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">Tennis</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR15_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR15-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="4">2016 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sindhu, P. V."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Sindhu" title="P. V. Sindhu">P. V. Sindhu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR16_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR16-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Karmakar, Dipa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dipa_Karmakar" title="Dipa Karmakar">Dipa Karmakar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">Gymnastics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR16_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR16-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rai, Jitu"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jitu_Rai" title="Jitu Rai">Jitu Rai</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR16_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR16-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Malik, Sakshi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sakshi_Malik" title="Sakshi Malik">Sakshi Malik</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR16_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR16-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2017 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jhajharia, Devendra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Jhajharia" title="Devendra Jhajharia">Devendra Jhajharia</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic</a> <a href="/wiki/Javelin_throw" title="Javelin throw">javelin</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR17_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR17-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Sardara"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sardara_Singh" title="Sardara Singh">Sardara Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR17_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR17-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2018 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chanu, Saikhom Mirabai"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Saikhom_Mirabai_Chanu" title="Saikhom Mirabai Chanu">Saikhom Mirabai Chanu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">Weightlifting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR18_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR18-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kohli, Virat"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Virat_Kohli" title="Virat Kohli">Virat Kohli</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR18_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR18-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2019 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Malik, Deepa"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Deepa_Malik" title="Deepa Malik">Deepa Malik</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shot_put" title="Shot put">shot put</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javelin_throw" title="Javelin throw">javelin</a>, others) </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR19_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR19-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Punia, Bajrang"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bajrang_Punia" title="Bajrang Punia">Bajrang Punia</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR19_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR19-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="5">2020 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sharma, Rohit"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rohit_Sharma" title="Rohit Sharma">Rohit Sharma</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR20_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR20-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Thangavelu, Mariyappan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mariyappan_Thangavelu" title="Mariyappan Thangavelu">Mariyappan Thangavelu</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic</a> <a href="/wiki/High_jump" title="High jump">high jump</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR20_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR20-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Batra, Manika"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manika_Batra" title="Manika Batra">Manika Batra</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">Table tennis</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR20_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR20-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Phogat, Vinesh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vinesh_Phogat" title="Vinesh Phogat">Vinesh Phogat</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR20_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR20-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rampal, Rani"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rani_Rampal" title="Rani Rampal">Rani Rampal</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR20_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR20-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="12">2021 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chopra, Neeraj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Neeraj_Chopra" title="Neeraj Chopra">Neeraj Chopra</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sport_of_athletics" title="Sport of athletics">Athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dahiya, Ravi Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Dahiya" title="Ravi Kumar Dahiya">Ravi Kumar Dahiya</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Borgohain, Lovlina"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lovlina_Borgohain" title="Lovlina Borgohain">Lovlina Borgohain</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Sreejesh, P. R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._R._Sreejesh" title="P. R. Sreejesh">P. R. Sreejesh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Lekhara, Avani"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Avani_Lekhara" title="Avani Lekhara">Avani Lekhara</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_shooting" title="Paralympic shooting">Paralympic shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Antil, Sumit"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sumit_Antil" title="Sumit Antil">Sumit Antil</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Para-athletics" title="Para-athletics">Para-athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhagat, Pramod"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Bhagat" title="Pramod Bhagat">Pramod Bhagat</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Para-badminton" title="Para-badminton">Para-badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Nagar, Krishna"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Nagar_(para-badminton)" title="Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)">Krishna Nagar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Para-badminton" title="Para-badminton">Para-badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Narwal, Manish"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manish_Narwal" title="Manish Narwal">Manish Narwal</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_shooting" title="Paralympic shooting">Paralympic shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Raj, Mithali"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mithali_Raj" title="Mithali Raj">Mithali Raj</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Chhetri, Sunil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Chhetri" title="Sunil Chhetri">Sunil Chhetri</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Manpreet"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manpreet_Singh_(field_hockey)" title="Manpreet Singh (field hockey)">Manpreet Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR21_44-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR21-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1">2022 </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kamal, Sharath"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sharath_Kamal" title="Sharath Kamal">Sharath Kamal</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">Table tennis</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR22_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR22-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="2">2023 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Shetty, Chirag"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Shetty" title="Chirag Shetty">Chirag Shetty</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR23_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR23-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Rankireddy, Satwiksairaj"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Satwiksairaj_Rankireddy" title="Satwiksairaj Rankireddy">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR23_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR23-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0;" rowspan="4">2024 # </td> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Dommaraju, Gukesh"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gukesh_Dommaraju" title="Gukesh Dommaraju">Gukesh Dommaraju</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">Chess</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR24_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR24-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Singh, Harmanpreet"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harmanpreet_Singh" title="Harmanpreet Singh">Harmanpreet Singh</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR24_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR24-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kumar, Praveen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Praveen_Kumar_(para-athlete,_born_2003)" title="Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003)">Praveen Kumar</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Para-athletics" title="Para-athletics">Para-athletics</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR24_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR24-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Bhaker, Manu"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manu_Bhaker" title="Manu Bhaker">Manu Bhaker</a></span></span></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Shooting</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR24_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR24-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2></div> <p>The 2002 selection committee, headed by former football player <a href="/wiki/Pradip_Kumar_Banerjee" class="mw-redirect" title="Pradip Kumar Banerjee">Pradip Kumar Banerjee</a> made twenty one recommendations for the <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a> and two recommendations for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (then known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award), athlete <a href="/wiki/K._M._Beenamol" title="K. M. Beenamol">K. M. Beenamol</a> and shooter <a href="/wiki/Anjali_Bhagwat" title="Anjali Bhagwat">Anjali Bhagwat</a>. The government rejected the recommendations and asked the committee to cut down the list to comply with the award guidelines, where only one sportsperson for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and fifteen sportspersons along with one disabled athlete for the Arjuna Awards could be recommended each year.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee revised the list to recommend Beenamol for the award over Bhagwat but also put a request "to consider everyone".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision spurred criticism for ignoring the achievements of the shooter and Bhagwat and the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_India" title="National Rifle Association of India">National Rifle Association of India</a> expressed their "disappointment" with the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, the government accepted all the recommendations "as an exception" and jointly awarded Beenamol and Bhagwat for the year 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2013, the selection committee, headed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ferreira" title="Michael Ferreira">Michael Ferreira</a> recommended <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting sport">sport shooter</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronjan_Sodhi" title="Ronjan Sodhi">Ronjan Sodhi</a> for the award, with some committee members questioning the process of selection.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A committee member noted that <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus thrower</a> <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Poonia" title="Krishna Poonia">Krishna Poonia</a> and Paralympic athlete <a href="/wiki/Girisha_Nagarajegowda" title="Girisha Nagarajegowda">Girisha Nagarajegowda</a> were shortlisted and Sodhi was not the initial choice. However, Girisha's name was removed, and the final voting was done between Sodhi and Poonia.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poonia was accused of lobbying for the award by one of the committee member Anjali Bhagwat,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the accused met the then Union Sports Minister <a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(Congress_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitendra Singh (Congress politician)">Jitendra Singh</a> to promote her case and also rubbished the lobbying allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR13Sportstar_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR13Sportstar-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ministry conducted a separate enquiry by Secretary of Department of Sports and decided not to increase the number of awards "to maintain the stature of the awards".<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR13Sportstar_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR13Sportstar-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following an announcement, in August 2015, that tennis player <a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a> was to be awarded, a <a href="/wiki/Public_interest_law" title="Public interest law">Public-Interest Litigation</a> was filed in the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_High_Court" title="Karnataka High Court">Karnataka High Court</a>. The petitioner, who was again Girisha, mentioned that his performance was ignored by the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR15DNA_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR15DNA-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Girisha claimed to be a top contender for the award with 90 points, owing to his silver medal-winning act at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_high_jump" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump">Men's High Jump F42 event</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The petition mentioned that the points for Mirza's <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> titles from 2011 until 2015 should not be counted as the events were not a part of the list of sports events to be considered for the performance evaluation.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court withheld the conferment and sought replies from the Ministry about the selection process. The Ministry nevertheless presented the award to Mirza on 29 August 2015 amidst the case processing.<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR15IE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR15IE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The cash prize was revised from <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1 lakh</span> (US$1,200) to <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>3 lakh</span> (US$3,500) in 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR98_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR98-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RGKR99_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR99-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>5 lakh</span> (US$5,800) in 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>7.5 lakh</span> (US$8,700) in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR9_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR9-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>25 lakh</span> (US$29,000) in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cricket-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cricket_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For cricket, there is no National Sports Federation recognised by the Government.<sup id="cite_ref-scheme_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scheme-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A World Championship/World Cup is generally organised every four years. For different cyclicities, proportionate marks are given.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RGKR8-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RGKR8_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The award for the performance in 2008 is being referred to as award for 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-RGKR_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RGKR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mirza has won <a href="/wiki/2012_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Mixed_Doubles" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 French Open – Mixed Doubles">2012 French Open – Mixed Doubles</a> with <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhupathi" title="Mahesh Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Mixed_Doubles" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 US Open – Mixed Doubles">2014 US Open – Mixed Doubles</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Soares" title="Bruno Soares">Bruno Soares</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2015_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Doubles" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 US Open – Women's Doubles">2015 US Open – Women's Doubles</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Doubles" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles">2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles</a> with <a href="/wiki/Martina_Hingis" title="Martina Hingis">Martina Hingis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RGKR15IE-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RGKR15IE_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RGKR15IE_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183252/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/sania-mirza-conferred-with-rajiv-gandhi-khel-ratna-award/">"Sania Mirza conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award"</a>. <i>The Indian Express</i>. 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Press Information Bureau, India. 29 August 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160426061643/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=11669">Archived</a> from the original on 26 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Press Information Bureau, India. 23 August 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160426044314/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=20149">Archived</a> from the original on 26 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Press Information Bureau, India. 8 November 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160426035926/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=66811">Archived</a> from the original on 26 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Press Information Bureau, India. 18 August 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160426044433/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=74755">Archived</a> from the original on 26 April 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Press Information Bureau, India. 20 September 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195611/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Press%20release%20for%20Sports%20Awards%202018.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 20 September 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Pushpendra Kumar Garg">Pushpendra Kumar Garg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–1994)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karnam_Malleswari" title="Karnam Malleswari">Karnam Malleswari</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1994–1995)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kunjarani_Devi" title="Kunjarani Devi">Kunjarani Devi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–1996)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996–1997)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997–1998)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jyotirmoyee_Sikdar" title="Jyotirmoyee Sikdar">Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–1999)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dhanraj_Pillay" title="Dhanraj Pillay">Dhanraj Pillay</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999–2000)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pullela_Gopichand" title="Pullela Gopichand">Pullela Gopichand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000–2001)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/K._M._Beenamol" title="K. M. Beenamol">K. M. Beenamol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anjali_Bhagwat" title="Anjali Bhagwat">Anjali Bhagwat</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anju_Bobby_George" title="Anju Bobby George">Anju Bobby George</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Arjan_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Pankaj Arjan Advani">Pankaj Advani</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manavjit_Singh_Sandhu" title="Manavjit Singh Sandhu">Manavjit Singh Sandhu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/MS_Dhoni" title="MS Dhoni">MS Dhoni</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No award <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">Mary Kom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijender_Singh" title="Vijender Singh">Vijender Singh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar" title="Sushil Kumar">Sushil Kumar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saina_Nehwal" title="Saina Nehwal">Saina Nehwal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gagan_Narang" title="Gagan Narang">Gagan Narang</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_(sport_shooter)" title="Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)">Vijay Kumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yogeshwar_Dutt" title="Yogeshwar Dutt">Yogeshwar Dutt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ronjan_Sodhi" title="Ronjan Sodhi">Ronjan Sodhi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No award <span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Sindhu" title="P. V. Sindhu">P. V. Sindhu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dipa_Karmakar" title="Dipa Karmakar">Dipa Karmakar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jitu_Rai" title="Jitu Rai">Jitu Rai</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sakshi_Malik" title="Sakshi Malik">Sakshi Malik</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Jhajharia" title="Devendra Jhajharia">Devendra Jhajharia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sardara_Singh" title="Sardara Singh">Sardara Singh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saikhom_Mirabai_Chanu" title="Saikhom Mirabai Chanu">Saikhom Mirabai Chanu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virat_Kohli" title="Virat Kohli">Virat Kohli</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deepa_Malik" title="Deepa Malik">Deepa Malik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bajrang_Punia" title="Bajrang Punia">Bajrang Punia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rohit_Sharma" title="Rohit Sharma">Rohit Sharma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariyappan_Thangavelu" title="Mariyappan Thangavelu">Mariyappan Thangavelu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manika_Batra" title="Manika Batra">Manika Batra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinesh_Phogat" title="Vinesh Phogat">Vinesh Phogat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rani_Rampal" title="Rani Rampal">Rani Rampal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–2030</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Avani_Lekhara" title="Avani Lekhara">Avani Lekhara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neeraj_Chopra" title="Neeraj Chopra">Neeraj Chopra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Dahiya" title="Ravi Kumar Dahiya">Ravi Kumar Dahiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lovlina_Borgohain" title="Lovlina Borgohain">Lovlina Borgohain</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._R._Sreejesh" title="P. R. Sreejesh">P. R. Sreejesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumit_Antil" title="Sumit Antil">Sumit Antil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pramod_Bhagat" title="Pramod Bhagat">Pramod Bhagat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Nagar_(para-badminton)" title="Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)">Krishna Nagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manish_Narwal" title="Manish Narwal">Manish Narwal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mithali_Raj" title="Mithali Raj">Mithali Raj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Chhetri" title="Sunil Chhetri">Sunil Chhetri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manpreet_Singh_(field_hockey)" title="Manpreet Singh (field hockey)">Manpreet Singh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sharath_Kamal" title="Sharath Kamal">Sharath Kamal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Shetty" title="Chirag Shetty">Chirag Shetty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satwiksairaj_Rankireddy" title="Satwiksairaj Rankireddy">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2023)</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gukesh_Dommaraju" title="Gukesh Dommaraju">Gukesh Dommaraju</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manu_Bhaker" title="Manu Bhaker">Manu Bhaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmanpreet_Singh" title="Harmanpreet Singh">Harmanpreet Singh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Praveen_Kumar_(para-athlete,_born_2003)" title="Praveen Kumar (para-athlete, born 2003)">Praveen Kumar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2024)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=India&#124;link=India_National_Sports_Awards136" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand_Award" title="Dhyan Chand Award">Dhyan Chand Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dronacharya_Award" title="Dronacharya Award">Dronacharya Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Trophy" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Khel Ratna Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Khel_Protsahan_Puruskar" title="Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar">Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay_National_Adventure_Award" title="Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award">Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award</a> (presented together)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/43px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="43" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/65px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/86px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recipients</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arjuna</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(1961%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (1961–1969)">Arjuna (1961–1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (1970–1979)">Arjuna (1970–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (1980–1989)">Arjuna (1980–1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (1990–1999)">Arjuna (1990–1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (2000–2009)">Arjuna (2000–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (2010–2019)">Arjuna (2010–2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arjuna_Award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Arjuna Award recipients (2020–2029)">Arjuna (2020–2029)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dhyan_Chand_Award_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Dhyan Chand Award recipients">Dhyan Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dronacharya_Award_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Dronacharya Award recipients">Dronacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Trophy_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy recipients">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipients">Khel Ratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rashtriya_Khel_Protsahan_Puruskar_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar recipients">Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Sports award recipients in Olympic sports">Olympic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Archery" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Archery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_athletics" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_badminton" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in badminton">Badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Basketball" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_boxing" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in boxing">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Cycling" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Equestrian" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Equestrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Fencing" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Fencing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Football" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Golf" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Gymnastics" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in hockey">Hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Judo" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Judo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Lawn_Tennis" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Lawn Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Rowing" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Rowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_shooting" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in shooting">Shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Swimming" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Table_Tennis" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Table Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Volleyball" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Weightlifting" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Weightlifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_Olympic_sports#Winter_Sports" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports">Winter Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_wrestling" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in wrestling">Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Non-Olympic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Adventure_Sports" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Adventure Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Ball_Badminton" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Ball Badminton</a></li> <li><a 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Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Kabaddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Kho_Kho" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Kho Kho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Lawn_Bowls" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Lawn Bowls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Mallakhamb" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Mallakhamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Motor_Sports" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Motor Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Sports_Award_recipients_in_non-Olympic_sports#Mountaineering" title="List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports">Mountaineering</a></li> 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title="National Bal Shree Honour">National Bal Shree Honour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nari_Shakti_Puraskar" title="Nari Shakti Puraskar">Nari Shakti Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Police</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png/31px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png/47px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png/62px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png 2x" data-file-width="186" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Police_Medal" title="President's Police Medal">President's Police Medal for Gallantry</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png/31px-IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png/47px-IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry.png 1.5x, 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Sharan_Singh_Award" title="Ganga Sharan Singh Award">Ganga Sharan Singh Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._George_Grierson_Award" title="Dr. George Grierson Award">George Grierson Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmabhushan_Dr._Moturi_Satyanarayan_Award" title="Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award">Moturi Satyanarayan Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Award_for_Child_Welfare" title="National Award for Child Welfare">National Award for Child Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahapandit_Rahul_Sankrityayan_Award" title="Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award">Rahul Sankriryayan Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subramanyam_Bharti_Award" title="Subramanyam Bharti Award">Subramanyam Bharti Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Puraskar" title="Rashtriya Puraskar">Rashtriya Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By field</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghalib_Award" title="Ghalib Award">Mirza Ghalib Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Cinema</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other arts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lalit_Kala_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows">Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilp_Guru" title="Shilp Guru">Shilp Guru Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Handicrafts_Award" title="National Handicrafts Award">National Handicrafts Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kabir_Award" title="Sant Kabir Award">Sant Kabir Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross,_Silver" title="Gallantry Cross, Silver">Gallantry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/32px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/48px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/64px-IND_Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarvottam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak" title="Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak">Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/32px-IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/48px-IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/64px-IND_Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Uttam_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak" title="Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak">Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/32px-IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/48px-IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png/64px-IND_Jeevan_Raksha_Padak_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Jeevan_Raksha_Padak" title="Jeevan Raksha Padak">Jeevan Raksha Padak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Journalism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ram_Mohan_Roy_Award" title="Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award">Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medical" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical">Medical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr._B._C._Roy_Award" title="Dr. B. C. Roy Award">Dr. B. C. Roy Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Disaster_Management_Authority_(India)" title="National Disaster Management Authority (India)">National<br />Disaster <br />Management</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose_Aapda_Prabandhan_Puraskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar">Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Sports_Awards" title="National Sports Awards">Sports and<br />adventure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_Dhyan_Chand_Khel_Ratna" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna">Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dronacharya_Award" title="Dronacharya Award">Dronacharya Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyan_Chand_Award" title="Dhyan Chand Award">Dhyan Chand Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_Trophy" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Khel_Protsahan_Puraskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar">Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay_National_Adventure_Award" title="Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award">Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science and<br />technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Swarup_Bhatnagar_Prize_for_Science_and_Technology" title="Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology">Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_Prize" title="Kalinga Prize">Kalinga Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryabhata_Award" title="Aryabhata Award">Aryabhata Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/37px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/55px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png/73px-Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="243" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman">Pravasi Bharatiya Samman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Peace_Prize" title="Gandhi Peace Prize">Gandhi Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Prize" title="Indira Gandhi Prize">Indira Gandhi Peace Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagore_Award" title="Tagore Award">Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Award" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Award">Jawaharlal Nehru Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalluvar_Award" title="Thiruvalluvar Award">Thiruvalluvar Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/50px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/75px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/100px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wartime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/37px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/55px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg/73px-Param-Vir-Chakra-ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vir_Chakra" title="Param Vir Chakra">Param Vir Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Maha_Vir_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vir_Chakra" title="Maha Vir Chakra">Maha Vir Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/37px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/55px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg/73px-Vir_Chakra_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vir_Chakra" title="Vir Chakra">Vir Chakra</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peacetime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">Kirti Chakra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/37px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/55px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg/73px-Shaurya_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shaurya_Chakra" title="Shaurya Chakra">Shaurya Chakra</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Distinguished<br />service and gallantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sena_Medal" title="Sena Medal">Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Army</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nau_Sena_Medal" title="Nau Sena Medal">Nau Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Navy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Vayusena_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vayu_Sena_Medal" title="Vayu Sena Medal">Vayu Sena Medal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Air Force</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wartime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarvottam_Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal">Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Uttam_Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Uttam Yudh Seva Medal">Uttam Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Yudh_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yudh_Seva_Medal" title="Yudh Seva Medal">Yudh Seva Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peacetime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Param Vishisht Seva Medal">Param Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Ati Vishisht Seva Medal">Ati Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/37px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/55px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg/73px-Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vishisht_Seva_Medal" title="Vishisht Seva Medal">Vishisht Seva Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Service and<br />campaign medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wound_Medal-India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/37px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/55px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Wound_Medal-India.svg/73px-Wound_Medal-India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wound_Medal_(India)" title="Wound Medal (India)">Wound Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/37px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/55px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg/73px-India_General_Service_Medal_1947.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/General_Service_Medal_(India)" title="General Service Medal (India)">General Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/37px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/55px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg/73px-IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Samanya_Seva_Medal" title="Samanya Seva Medal">Samanya Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Special_Service_Medal_(India)" title="Special Service Medal (India)">Special Service Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Samar_Seva_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Samar_Seva_Star" title="Samar Seva Star">Samar Seva Star</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Poorvi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Poorvi_Star" title="Poorvi Star">Poorvi Star</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Paschimi_Star_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paschimi_Star" title="Paschimi Star">Paschimi Star</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg/37px-IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg/55px-IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg/73px-IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vijay_Star" title="Operation Vijay Star">Operation Vijay Star</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Siachen_Glacier_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Siachen_Glacier_Medal" title="Siachen Glacier Medal">Siachen Glacier Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Raksha_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Raksha_Medal" title="Raksha Medal">Raksha Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Sangram_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sangram_Medal" title="Sangram Medal">Sangram Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg/37px-IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg/55px-IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg/73px-IND_Operation_Vijay_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vijay_Medal" title="Operation Vijay Medal">Operation Vijay Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg/37px-IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg/55px-IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg/73px-IND_Operation_Parakram_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Parakram_Medal" title="Operation Parakram Medal">Operation Parakram Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sainya_Seva_Medal" title="Sainya Seva Medal">Sainya Seva Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_High_Altitude_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/High_Altitude_Medal" title="High Altitude Medal">High Altitude Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/37px-IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/55px-IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg/73px-IND_Videsh_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Videsh_Seva_Medal" title="Videsh Seva Medal">Videsh Seva Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Independence awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg/37px-Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg/55px-Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg/73px-Indian_Independence_medal_1947.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Medal" title="Indian Independence Medal">Indian Independence Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:75yearmedal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/75yearmedal.svg/37px-75yearmedal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/75yearmedal.svg/55px-75yearmedal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/75yearmedal.svg/73px-75yearmedal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/75th_Independence_Anniversary_Medal" title="75th Independence Anniversary Medal">75th Independence Anniversary Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/37px-IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/55px-IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/73px-IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/50th_Independence_Anniversary_Medal" title="50th Independence Anniversary Medal">50th Independence Anniversary Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/37px-IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/55px-IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg/73px-IND_25th_Anniversary_Independence_medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/25th_Independence_Anniversary_Medal" title="25th Independence Anniversary Medal">25th Independence Anniversary Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Mention in Dispatches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Commendation_Card_(Indian_Army)" title="Commendation Card (Indian Army)">Commendation Card</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MacGregor_Medal_Ribbon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/MacGregor_Medal_Ribbon.jpg/32px-MacGregor_Medal_Ribbon.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="9" class="mw-file-element" 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Year">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Sportspersonality_of_the_year" title="Latvian Sportspersonality of the year">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Sportsperson_of_the_Year" title="Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_Sportspeople_of_the_Year" title="Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anugerah_Sukan_Negara" title="Anugerah Sukan Negara">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_Sportsman_of_the_year" title="Moldovan Sportsman of the year">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_of_the_Montenegrin_Olympic_Committee" title="Awards of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Sportsman_of_the_year" title="Dutch Sportsman of the year">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halberg_Awards" title="Halberg Awards">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sportsperson_of_the_Year" title="Norwegian Sportsperson of the 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