List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

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National Sports Awards in Olympic sports
Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
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Awarded forVarious sports honour of India
Sponsored by Government of India
Location Rashtrapati Bhavan
Country Republic of India
Presented by President of India
First awarded1961
Last awarded2022
Highlights
Total awarded827
Awards

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2020, a total of eight hundred and twenty-seven individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in Olympic sports. The four awards presented in Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [1]

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First presented in the year 1961, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with twenty individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. [2] First presented in the year 1985, a total of hundred coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with thirty coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. [3] First presented in the year 1994–1995, a total of thirty-one sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [4] First presented in the year 2002, a total of sixty-seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over." [5] Five awardees have been honoured posthumously including Sachin Nag, who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award posthumously in the year 2020 in the discipline of swimming. [1]

Recipients

Archery

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1981 Krishna Das Arjuna AwardFemale
1989 Shyam Lal Meena Arjuna AwardMale
1991 Limba Ram Arjuna AwardMale
1992 Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Dola Banerjee Arjuna AwardFemale
2005 Tarundeep Rai Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Jayanta Talukdar Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Mangal Singh Champia Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Rahul Banerjee Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Deepika Kumari Arjuna AwardFemale
2012 Bombayla Devi Laishram Arjuna AwardFemale
2013 Chekrovolu Swuro Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Abhishek Verma Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Sandeep Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Rajat Chauhan Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Jyothi Surekha Vennam Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Atanu Das Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Satyadev Prasad Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2019C. LalremsangaDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020Dharmendra Tiwary+Dronacharya AwardMale
2007 Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
2013 Purnima Mahato Dronacharya AwardFemale
2022Jiwanjot Singh TejaDronacharya AwardMale

Athletics

Aquatics

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1961Bajarangi PrasadArjuna AwardMale
1966Rima DuttaArjuna AwardFemale
1967Arun ShawArjuna AwardMale
1969Baidyanath NathArjuna AwardMale
1971Bhanwar SinghArjuna AwardMale
1973Dhanvir KhatauArjuna AwardMale
1974 Manjari Bhargava Arjuna AwardFemale
1974Avinash B. SarangArjuna AwardMale
1975Smita DesaiArjuna AwardFemale
1975M. S. RanaArjuna AwardMale
1982Persis MadanArjuna AwardFemale
1983 Anita Sood Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Khajan Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1988Wilson CherianArjuna AwardMale
1990 Bula Choudhury Arjuna AwardFemale
1996 V. Kutraleeswaran Arjuna AwardMale
1998Bhanu SachdevaArjuna AwardMale
1999 Nisha Millet Arjuna AwardFemale
2000J. AbhijithArjuna AwardMale
2000 Sebastian Xavier Arjuna AwardMale
2005 Shikha Tandon Arjuna AwardFemale
2010 Rehan Poncha Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Virdhawal Khade Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Sandeep Sejwal Arjuna AwardMale
2011Sushil KohliDhyan Chand AwardMale
2014K. P. ThakkarDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Sachin Nag #Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2015 Nihar Ameen +Dronacharya AwardMale
2016S. Pradeep Kumar+Dronacharya AwardMale
2021Tapan Kumar Panigrahi+Dronacharya AwardMale

Badminton

Basketball

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1961Sarbjit SinghArjuna AwardMale
1967 Khushi Ram Arjuna AwardMale
1968Gurdial SinghArjuna AwardMale
1969Hari DuttArjuna AwardMale
1970 Gulam Abbas Moontasir Arjuna AwardMale
1971M. M. SinghArjuna AwardMale
1973 Surendra Kumar Kataria Arjuna AwardMale
1974Anil Kumar PunjArjuna AwardMale
1975 Hanuman Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1977–1978T. VijayaraghavaArjuna AwardMale
1979–1980Om PrakashArjuna AwardMale
1982 Ajmer Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1983 Suman Sharma Arjuna AwardFemale
1983 Radhey Shyam Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Sajjan Singh Cheema +Arjuna AwardMale
2001Parmender SinghArjuna AwardMale
2014 Geethu Anna Jose Arjuna AwardFemale
2017 Prashanti Singh Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Arjuna AwardMale
2002Aparna GhoshDhyan Chand AwardFemale
2003 Ram Kumar Dhyan Chand AwardMale

Boxing

Cycling

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1975Amar SinghArjuna AwardMale
1978–1979Minati MahapatraArjuna AwardFemale
1983Armin R. ArthanArjuna AwardFemale

Equestrian

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1973Dafadar Md. KhanArjuna AwardMale
1976H. S. SodhiArjuna AwardMale
1982Rupinder Singh BrarArjuna AwardMale
1982 Raghubir Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Ghulam Mohammed Khan Arjuna AwardMale
1987J. S. AhluwaliaArjuna AwardMale
1991Adhiraj SinghArjuna AwardMale
2003Rajesh PattuArjuna AwardMale
2004Deep Kumar AhlawatArjuna AwardMale
2019 Fouaad Mirza Arjuna AwardMale
2020Sawant Ajay AnantArjuna AwardMale

Fencing

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2021 C. A. Bhavani Devi Arjuna AwardFemale

Football

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2021 Sunil Chhetri Major Dhyan Chand Khel RatnaMale
1961 P. K. Banerjee Arjuna AwardMale
1962 Tulsidas Balaram Arjuna AwardMale
1963 Chuni Goswami Arjuna AwardMale
1964 Jarnail Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1965 Arun Ghosh Arjuna AwardMale
1966 Yousuf Khan Arjuna AwardMale
1967 Peter Thangaraj Arjuna AwardMale
1969 Inder Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1970 Syed Nayeemuddin Arjuna AwardMale
1971C. P. SinghArjuna AwardMale
1973 Magan Singh Rajvi Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 Gurdev Singh Gill Arjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Prasun Banerjee Arjuna AwardMale
1980–1981 Mohammed Habib Arjuna AwardMale
1981Sudhir KarmakarArjuna AwardMale
1983Shanti MullickArjuna AwardFemale
1989 Subrata Bhattacharya Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Brahmanand Sankhwalkar Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Bhaichung Bhutia Arjuna AwardMale
2001 Bruno Coutinho Arjuna AwardMale
2002 I. M. Vijayan Arjuna AwardMale
2010 Deepak Mondal Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Sunil Chhetri Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Subrata Pal Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Oinam Bembem Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
2019 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Sandesh Jhingan Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Shabbir Ali Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2017 Syed Shahid Hakim Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2020Sukhvinder Singh SandhuDhyan Chand AwardMale
1990 Syed Nayeemuddin Dronacharya AwardMale
2022Bimal Prafulla GhoshDronacharya AwardMale

Golf

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1961 P. G. Sethi Arjuna AwardMale
1963Ashok MalikArjuna AwardMale
1967Raj Kumar PitambarArjuna AwardMale
1972Anjani N. DesaiArjuna AwardFemale
1973Vikramjit SinghArjuna AwardMale
1975S. K. JamshedArjuna AwardMale
1977–1978Sita RawlleyArjuna AwardFemale
1982 Lakshman Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1987Nonita LalArjuna AwardFemale
1991Ali SherArjuna AwardMale
1996 Amit Luthra Arjuna AwardMale
1997Harmik KahlonArjuna AwardMale
1999 Jeev Milkha Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Shiv Kapur Arjuna AwardMale
2004 Jyoti Randhawa Arjuna AwardMale
2007 Arjun Atwal Arjuna AwardMale
2013 Gaganjeet Bhullar Arjuna AwardMale
2014 Anirban Lahiri Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Shiv Chawrasia Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Shubhankar Sharma Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Aditi Ashok Arjuna AwardFemale

Gymnastics

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2016 Dipa Karmakar Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
1961 Sham Lal Arjuna AwardMale
1975 Mantu Debnath Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Sunita Sharma Arjuna AwardFemale
1989 Krupali Patel Arjuna AwardFemale
2000 Kalpana Debnath +Arjuna AwardFemale
2011 Ashish Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Dipa Karmakar Arjuna AwardFemale
2011Devender Kumar RathoreDronacharya AwardMale
2016Bishweshwar NandiDronacharya AwardMale

Hockey

Judo

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1992 Sandeep Byala Arjuna AwardMale
1993 Cawas Billimoria Arjuna AwardMale
1996Poonam ChopraArjuna AwardFemale
1998 Narender Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Akram Shah Arjuna AwardMale
2004 Angom Anita Chanu Arjuna AwardFemale
2007 Tombi Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
2012Yashpal SolankiArjuna AwardMale
2022 Shushila Devi Likmabam Arjuna AwardFemale
2014Gurcharan Gogi+Dronacharya AwardMale
2018Jiwan Kumar Sharma+Dronacharya AwardMale

Lawn Tennis

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1996–1997 Leander Paes Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2015 Sania Mirza Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
1961 Ramanathan Krishnan Arjuna AwardMale
1962 Naresh Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
1966 Jaidip Mukerjea Arjuna AwardMale
1967 Premjit Lall Arjuna AwardMale
1974 Vijay Amritraj Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 Nirupama Mankad Arjuna AwardFemale
1980–1981 Ramesh Krishnan Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Anand Amritraj Arjuna AwardMale
1990 Leander Paes Arjuna AwardMale
1995 Mahesh Bhupathi Arjuna AwardMale
1996 Gaurav Natekar Arjuna AwardMale
1997 Asif Ismail Arjuna AwardMale
2000 Akhtar Ali +Arjuna AwardMale
2001 Sandeep Kirtane Arjuna AwardMale
2004 Sania Mirza Arjuna AwardFemale
2011 Somdev Devvarman Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Saketh Myneni Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Rohan Bopanna Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Divij Sharan Arjuna AwardMale
2021 Ankita Raina Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Zeeshan Ali Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2015Shiv Prakash MishraDhyan Chand AwardMale
2019 Nitin Kirtane Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2020Nandan P. BalDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Naresh Kumar +Dronacharya AwardMale

Rowing

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1983Parvin K. UberoyArjuna AwardMale
1984Mohd. Amin NaikArjuna AwardMale
1991Dalvir SinghArjuna AwardMale
1994R. S. BhanwalaArjuna AwardMale
1996Surender Singh WaldiaArjuna AwardMale
1999 Jagjit Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2000Surender Singh Kanwasi+Arjuna AwardMale
2001 Kasam Khan Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Inderpal Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2004Jenil KrishnanArjuna AwardMale
2007 Bajrang Lal Takhar Arjuna AwardMale
2009Satish JoshiArjuna AwardMale
2014 Saji Thomas Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Sawarn Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Dattu Baban Bhokanal Arjuna AwardMale
2003Smita Shirole YadavDhyan Chand AwardFemale
2016Rajendra Pralhad ShelkeDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Manjeet Singh Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2014Jose Jacob+Dronacharya AwardMale
2005Ismail BaigDronacharya AwardMale

Shooting

Table Tennis

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2020 Manika Batra Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
2022 Sharath Kamal Major Dhyan Chand Khel RatnaMale
1961J. C. VohraArjuna AwardMale
1964Gautam R. DiwanArjuna AwardMale
1966Usha Sunder DasArjuna AwardFemale
1967Faruk R. KhodaijiArjuna AwardMale
1969 Mir Khasim Ali Arjuna AwardMale
1970Gudalore JagannathArjuna AwardMale
1971Kaity Farookh KhodaijiArjuna AwardFemale
1973Niraj Ramkrishna BajajArjuna AwardMale
1976 Shailaja Salokhe Arjuna AwardFemale
1979–1980 Indu Puri Arjuna AwardFemale
1980–1981Manjit DuaArjuna AwardMale
1982 Venugopal Chandrasekhar Arjuna AwardMale
1985 Kamlesh Mehta Arjuna AwardMale
1987 Monalisa Baruah Mehta Arjuna AwardFemale
1989 Niyati Shah Arjuna AwardFemale
1990M. S. WaliaArjuna AwardMale
1997 Chetan Baboor Arjuna AwardMale
1998 Subramaniam Raman Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Mantu Ghosh Arjuna AwardFemale
2004 Sharath Kamal Arjuna AwardMale
2005Soumyadeep RoyArjuna AwardMale
2006 Subhajit Saha Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Poulomi Ghatak Arjuna AwardFemale
2013 Mouma Das Arjuna AwardFemale
2016 Soumyajit Ghosh Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Anthony Amalraj Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Manika Batra Arjuna AwardFemale
2018 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Harmeet Desai Arjuna AwardMale
2020 Madhurika Patkar Arjuna AwardFemale
2022 Sreeja Akula Arjuna AwardFemale
2019Arup BasakDhyan Chand AwardMale
2012Bhawani Mukherjee+Dronacharya AwardMale
2018A. Srinivasa RaoDronacharya AwardMale
2019Sandip GuptaDronacharya AwardMale
2021Subramanian RamanDronacharya AwardMale

Volleyball

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1961 A. Palanisamy Arjuna AwardMale
1962 Nripjit Singh Bedi Arjuna AwardMale
1972 Balwant Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1973G. Mulilini ReddyArjuna AwardFemale
1974M. Syamsunder RaoArjuna AwardMale
1975K. C. ElammaArjuna AwardFemale
1975Ranvir SinghArjuna AwardMale
1976 Jimmy George Arjuna AwardMale
1977–1978 A. Ramana Rao Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979Kutty KrishnanArjuna AwardMale
1979–1980 Suresh Kumar Mishra Arjuna AwardMale
1982 G. E. Sridharan Arjuna AwardMale
1983 R. K. Purohit Arjuna AwardFemale
1984Saly JosephArjuna AwardFemale
1986 Cyril C. Valloor Arjuna AwardMale
1989 Abdul Basith Arjuna AwardMale
1990 Dalel Singh Ror Arjuna AwardMale
1991 K. Udayakumar Arjuna AwardMale
1999Sukhpal SinghArjuna AwardMale
2000 P. V. Ramana +Arjuna AwardMale
2001Amir SinghArjuna AwardMale
2002Ravikant ReddyArjuna AwardMale
2010 K. J. Kapil Dev Arjuna AwardMale
2011Sanjay KumarArjuna AwardMale
2014 Tom Joseph Arjuna AwardMale
2003Om PrakashDhyan Chand AwardMale
2015T. P. Padmanabhan NairDhyan Chand AwardMale
1990 A. Ramana Rao Dronacharya AwardMale
1995 Shyam Sunder Rao Dronacharya AwardMale
2007 G. E. Sridharan Dronacharya AwardMale

Weightlifting

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
1994–1995 Karnam Malleswari Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
1995–1996 Nameirakpam Kunjarani Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
2018 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
1961A. N. GhoshArjuna AwardMale
1962L. K. DassArjuna AwardMale
1963 Kamineni Eswara Rao Arjuna AwardMale
1965Balbir Singh BhatiaArjuna AwardMale
1966 Mohon Lal Ghosh Arjuna AwardMale
1967Savarimuthu John CabrielArjuna AwardMale
1970Arun Kumar DassArjuna AwardMale
1971Shyamlal SalwanArjuna AwardMale
1972 Anil Mondal Arjuna AwardMale
1974S. VellaiswamyArjuna AwardMale
1975Dalbir SinghArjuna AwardMale
1976K. BalamuruganandamArjuna AwardMale
1977–1978M. T. SelvanArjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 Ekambaram Karunakaran Arjuna AwardMale
1981 Bijay Kumar Satpathy Arjuna AwardMale
1982 Tara Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1983Vispy K. DarogaArjuna AwardMale
1985 Mehar Chand Bhaskar Arjuna AwardMale
1986Jagmohan SapraArjuna AwardMale
1987 G. Devan Arjuna AwardMale
1989Jyotsna DuttaArjuna AwardFemale
1990R. ChandraArjuna AwardMale
1990 Kunjarani Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
1991Chhaya AdakArjuna AwardFemale
1993Bharati SinghArjuna AwardFemale
1994 Karnam Malleswari Arjuna AwardMale
1997N. LaxmiArjuna AwardFemale
1997Paramjit SharmaArjuna AwardMale
1998 Satheesha Rai Arjuna AwardMale
1999Dalbir SinghArjuna AwardMale
2000 Sanamacha Chanu Arjuna AwardFemale
2002 Thandava Murthy Muthu Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Geeta Rani Arjuna AwardFemale
2011 Katulu Ravi Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Ngangbam Soniya Chanu Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Renu Bala Chanu Arjuna AwardFemale
2015 Sathish Sivalingam Arjuna AwardMale
2022 Vikas Thakur Arjuna AwardMale
2010Anita ChanuDhyan Chand AwardFemale
1996Pal Singh SandhuDronacharya AwardMale
1999Ajay Kumar SirohiDronacharya AwardMale
2000Hansa SharmaDronacharya AwardFemale
2018Vijay SharmaDronacharya AwardMale

Winter Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2020 Shiva Keshavan Arjuna AwardMale

Wrestling

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dronacharya Award</span> Indian sports award

The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. He was master of advanced military warfare and was appointed as the royal preceptor to the Kaurava and the Pandava princes for their training in military arts and astras. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured to have done "outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in international events" over a period of four years. Two awards are designated for the lifetime contribution in coaching where the achievements in producing "outstanding sportspersons" over a period of 20 years or more are considered. As of 2020, the award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh (US$18,000).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dhyan Chand Award</span> Lifetime achievement sporting honour of the Republic of India

The Major Dhyan Chand Award, officially known as Major Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games, is the lifetime achievement sporting honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand (1905–79), a legendary Indian field hockey player who scored more than 1000 international goals during a career which spanned over 20 years from 1926 to 1948. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their contributions to sport both during their active sporting career and after retirement. As of 2020, the award comprises a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹10 lakh (US$12,000).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Sports Awards</span> Indian sports awards

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually on 29 August. Since 2004, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is also given alongside the other sports awards. As of 2020, a total of 1,259 individuals and organizations have been awarded the various National Sports Awards.

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  3. ↑ "Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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