List of Arjuna Award recipients (2010–2019) explained

Arjuna Award
Subheader:Civilian award for outstanding individual achievements in National Sports
Sponsor:Government of India
Established:1961
Year:1961
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:178
Previous:Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

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

Name

The award is named after Arjuna, a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. He is one of the Pandavas, depicted as a skilled archer winning the hand of Draupadi in marriage. In the Kurukshetra War, Lord Krishna becomes his charioteer teaching him the sacred knowledge of Gita.[2] In Hindu mythology, he has been seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.[3]

History

Instituted in 1961 to honour the outstanding sportspersons of the country,[4] the award over the years has undergone a number of expansions, reviews, and rationalizations. The award was expanded to include all the recognised disciplines in 1977, has introduced indigenous games and physically handicapped categories in 1995 and introduced a lifetime contribution category in 1995 leading to creation of a separate Dhyan Chand Award in 2002.[5] [6] The latest revision in 2018 stipulates that the award is given only to the disciplines included in the events like Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup along with Cricket, Indigenous Games, and Parasports. It also recommends giving only fifteen awards in a year, relaxing in case of excellent performance in major multi-sport events, team sports, across gender and giving at least one award to the physically challenged category.

The nominations for the award are received from all government-recognised National Sports Federations, the Indian Olympic Association, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Sports Promotion and Control Boards, the state and the union territory governments and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awardees of the previous years. The recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their "good performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at international level and for having shown "qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline".

Recipients

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

In the initial list of 2013, triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary was mentioned in the discipline of athletics. However, after reports surfaced of him failing a doping test in 2008, he was denied the award, making him the first person to be recommended by the Sports Ministry and then denied the award on the day of the function.[7] Boxer Manoj Kumar, a gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at Delhi, was initially not on the 2014 awardees list. He filed a case in Delhi High Court and the Sports Ministry was directed by the court to present him with the award. The ministry blamed the issue on mistakenly believing him to be involved in a doping case and presented him with the award in November 2014, instead of at the official ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in August 2014.[8] [9] Another sportsperson, para-badminton player Raj Kumar, a gold medalist in the 2015 Para-Badminton World Championships in England, approached the Delhi High Court after not being awarded the Arjuna Award in 2016. He finally won the legal battle over having higher points than the other para-athlete awarded, and two years later, in September 2018 was given the award for the year 2016.[10] [11]

List of Recipients

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RecipientSportGender
2010Athletics Male
2010Yachting Male
2010Volleyball Male
2010Cricket Female
2010Hockey Female
2010Boxing Male
2010Kabaddi Male
2010Football Male
2010Chess Male
2010Swimming Male
2010Athletics Female
2010Shooting Male
2010Athletics Male
2010Hockey Male
2010Wrestling Male
2011Archery Male
2011Football Male
2011Wushu Female
2011Lawn Tennis Male
2011Athletics Male
2011Badminton Female
2011Swimming Male
2011Swimming Male
2011Cricket Male
2011Gymnastics Male
2011Weightlifting Male
2011Kabaddi Male
2011Volleyball Male
2011Shooting Female
2011Hockey Male
2011Wrestling Male
2011Boxing Male
2011Athletics Female
2011Kabaddi Female
2012Weightlifting Female
2012Shooting Male
2012Badminton Male
2012Kabaddi Male
2012Wrestling Male
2012Archery Female
2012Archery Female
2012Athletics Female
2012Billiards & Snooker Male
2012Squash Female
2012Wrestling Female
2012Badminton Female
2012Athletics Female
2012Swimming Male
2012Shooting Female
2012Wushu Male
2012Shooting Male
2012Athletics Male
2012Hockey Male
2012Athletics Female
2012Cricket Male
2012Judo Male
2012Polo Male
2012Wrestling Male
2012Boxing Male
2013Golf Male
2013Boxing Female
2013Squash Female
2013Wrestling Male
2013Table Tennis Female
2013Chess Male
2013Hockey Female
2013Cricket Male
2013Wrestling Female
2013Shooting Female
2013Athletics Male
2013Billiards & Snooker Male
2013Badminton Female
2013Archery Female
2014Squash Female
2014Cricket Male
2014Boxing Male
2014Weightlifting Female
2014Badminton Male
2014Athletics Male
2014Basketball Female
2014Volleyball Male
2014Boxing Male
2014Golf Male
2014Athletics Female
2014Kabaddi Female
2014Wrestling Male
2014Shooting Female
2014Rowing Male
2014Archery Male
2015Kabaddi Male
2015Wushu Female
2015Swimming Male
2015Boxing Male
2015Gymnastics Female
2015Badminton Male
2015Archery Male
2015Wrestling Female
2015Kabaddi Female
2015Athletics Female
2015Wrestling Male
2015Shooting Male
2015Cricket Male
2015Rowing Male
2015Weightlifting Male
2015Hockey Male
2015Roller Skating Male
2016Athletics Female
2016Shooting Female
2016Archery Male
2016Wrestling Male
2016Table Tennis Male
2016Billiards & Snooker Male
2016Badminton Male
2016Athletics Male
2016Football Male
2016Wrestling Female
2016Hockey Male
2016Cricket Male
2016Hockey Female
2016Shooting Male
2016Wrestling Male
2016Boxing Male
2017Table Tennis Male
2017Athletics Male
2017Golf Male
2017Football Female
2017Wrestling Male
2017Cricket Female
2017Athletics Female
2017Lawn Tennis Male
2017Shooting Male
2017Cricket Male
2017Athletics Male
2017Boxing Male
2017Kabaddi Male
2017Basketball Female
2017Hockey Male
2017Archery Female
2017Athletics Male
2018Table Tennis Female
2018Lawn Tennis Male
2018Athletics Male
2018Athletics Female
2018Athletics Male
2018Table Tennis Male
2018Athletics Male
2018Wushu Female
2018Boxing Male
2018Wrestling Male
2018Cricket Female
2018Shooting Male
2018Hockey Female
2018Polo Male
2018Badminton Female
2018Badminton Male
2018Shooting Female
2018Golf Male
2018Hockey Male
2018Shooting Female
2019Athletics Male
2019Athletics Female
2019Badminton Male
2019Powerlifting Male
2019Table Tennis Male
2019Boxing Female
2019Motor Sports Male
2019Athletics Male
2019Cricket Male
2019Hockey Male
2019Boxing Female
2019Equestrian Male
2019Shooting Female
2019Badminton Male
2019Football Male
2019Polo Male
2019Kabaddi Male
2019Athletics Male
2019Cricket Female

External links

Notes and References

  1. Vishwanathan Anand gets Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Press Information Bureau, India. 22 September 2020. 18 August 1992. 29 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1992-MIN-OF-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-%26-SPORTS/PDF/YTH-1992-08-18_084.pdf. live.
  2. Book: The Bhagavad Gita. 26 October 2014. 978-0-691-13996-8. Davis. Richard H..
  3. Sports Ministry unveils new look Sports Awards. Press Information Bureau, India. 22 September 2020. 26 August 2009. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128112951/https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=52143. live.
  4. Web site: India in Sports: Some Fabulous Achievements. Press Information Bureau, India. 11 February 2017. Bhardwaj, D. K.. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813230542/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/ffeb2000/f100220001.html. 13 August 2017. live.
  5. Cash awards for Arjuna winners. Press Information Bureau, India. 22 September 2020. 12 October 1977. 29 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-DEC-AWARDS/PDF/DEF-1977-10-12_084.pdf. live.
  6. Arjuna Awards further expanded. Press Information Bureau, India. 22 September 2020. 24 May 1995. 29 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1995-JAN-DEC-MO-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-%26-SPORTS-NO-9/PDF/YTH-1995-05-24_023.pdf. live.
  7. News: Dope-tainted Maheshwary not to get Arjuna Award . 30 September 2020 . Hindustan Times . 20 September 2013 . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229201401/https://www.hindustantimes.com/other/dope-tainted-maheshwary-not-to-get-arjuna-award/story-Ily0WidXmSEa7PuuSzCKfM.html . live .
  8. News: Boxer Manoj Kumar to get Arjuna Award tomorrow . 30 September 2020 . The Economic Times . Press Trust of India . 25 November 2014 . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229201349/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/boxer-manoj-kumar-to-get-arjuna-award-tomorrow/articleshow/45276496.cms?from=mdr . live .
  9. News: Boxer Manoj Kumar Gets Arjuna Award After Winning High Court Case . 30 September 2020 . NDTV . 26 November 2014 . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229201356/https://sports.ndtv.com/boxing/boxer-manoj-kumar-gets-arjuna-award-after-winning-high-court-case-1509047 . live .
  10. News: Cyriac . Biju Babu . Arjuna at last for para shuttler Raj Kumar . 30 September 2020 . The Times of India . 19 September 2018 . 29 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201229201352/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/arjuna-at-last-for-para-shuttler-raj-kumar/articleshow/65863180.cms . live .
  11. News: Para shuttler Raj Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award after long court battle . 30 September 2020 . DNA India . ANI . 19 September 2018.