List of Arjuna Award recipients (2020–2029) explained

Arjuna Award
Subheader:Civilian award for outstanding individual achievements in National Sports
Sponsor:Govt. of India
Established:1961
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:113
Previous:Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Firstawarded:1961

The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the sports honour of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi 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 and in the Kurukshetra War, 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 away of at least one award to 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

In 2020, a total of twenty-seven individuals were conferred with the award. Individuals from nineteen different sports were awarded, which includes three from shooting, two each from athletics, badminton, boxing, cricket, hockey and wrestling, and one each from archery, basketball, equestrian, football, golf, kabaddi, kho kho, lawn tennis, rowing, swimming, table tennis and winter sports. Three individuals were also awarded from parasports.

In 2022, a total of twenty-five individuals have been conferred with the award. Individuals from fourteen different sports were awarded, which includes three from athletics, two each from badminton, boxing, chess, shooting and wrestling, and one each from hockey, judo, kabaddi, lawn bowls, mallakhamb, table tennis, weightlifting and wushu. Four individuals were also awarded from parasports.

List of recipients

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Key
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RecipientSportGender
2020Archery Male
2020Athletics Female
2020Badminton Male
2020Badminton Male
2020Basketball Male
2020Boxing Male
2020Boxing Female
2020Cricket Male
2020Cricket Female
2020Equestrian Male
2020Football Male
2020Golf Female
2020Hockey Male
2020Hockey Female
2020Kabaddi Male
2020Kho Kho Female
2020Rowing Male
2020Shooting Female
2020Shooting Male
2020Table Tennis Female
2020Tennis Male
2020Winter Sports Male
2020Wrestling Female
2020Wrestling Male
2020Swimming Male
2020Athletics Male
2020Shooting Male
2021Athletics Male
2021Boxing Female
2021Cricket Male
2021Fencing Female
2021Hockey Female
2021Hockey Female
2021Kabaddi Male
2021Mallakhamba Female
2021Shooting Male
2021Tennis Female
2021Wrestling Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Hockey Male
2021Athletics Male
2021Athletics Male
2021Athletics Male
2021Badminton Male
2021Shooting Male
2021Table Tennis Female
2021Archery Male
2021Athletics Male
2022Athletics Female
2022Athletics Male
2022Athletics Male
2022Badminton Male
2022Badminton Male
2022Boxing Male
2022Boxing Female
2022Chess Female
2022Chess Male
2022Hockey Female
2022Judo Female
2022Kabaddi Female
2022Lawn Bowls Female
2022Mallakhamba Male
2022Shooting Female
2022Shooting Male
2022Table Tennis Female
2022Weightlifting Male
2022Wrestling Female
2022Wrestling Female
2022Wushu Male
2022Badminton Female
2022Badminton Male
2022Swimming Male
2022Badminton Female
2023Archery Male
2023Archery Female
2023Athletics Male
2023Athletics Female
2023Boxing Male
2023Chess Female
2023Cricket Male
2023Equestrian Male
2023Equestrian Female
2023Golf Female
2023Hockey Male
2023Hockey Female
2023Kabaddi Male
2023Kabaddi Female
2023Nasreen ShaikhKho Kho Female
2023Lawn Bowls Female
2023Shooting Male
2023Shooting Female
2023Squash Male
2023Table Tennis Female
2023Wrestling Male
2023Wrestling Female
2023Wushu Female
2023Archery Female
2023Cricket Male
2023Canoeing Female

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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. en. 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.

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