Shiv Chhatrapati Award

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Shiv Chhatrapati Award
Maharashtra state award for outstanding individual achievements in Sports
Sponsored by Govt. of Maharashtra
Reward(s)₹ 300,000
First award1970
Final award2019

Shiv Chhatrapati Award (also known as Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Award) is the highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of Maharashtra by the Government of Maharashtra in India . [1]

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The Government of Maharashtra instituted in 1969–70 a scheme for giving the Shiv Chhatrapati State Awards to sportsmen and women. The State Government has approved 24 games for men and 12 for women for this purpose. [2]

A cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh, a memento with a headgear of Shiv Chhatrapati, along with lifetime right to travel by MSRTC bus free of cost are the benefits of the award. The winners are selected by a committee appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. [3]

Award categories

List of recipients

Football

YearRecipient NameRefs
2018 Atharva Gupta [4]

Taekwondo

YearRecipient NameRefs
2001-02 Yogesh H. Kapri [5]

Chess

YearRecipient NameRefs
2002-03Chandrashekhar Gokhale [6]
2014-18 Akshayraj Kore [7]
Vidit Gujrathi
Rucha Pujari
Nubairshah Shaikh
Sagar Shah
Abhishek Kelkar
Abhimanyu Puranik
Shashikant Kutwal
Aakanksha Hagawane
Sameer Kathmale
2019Swapnil Dhopade [8]
Divya Deshmukh
Harshit Raja
Rakesh Kulkarni
Raunak Sadhwani

Judo

YearRecipient NameRefs
2010-11Kiran bundele [9]

Mountaineering

YearRecipient NameRefs
2014-15 Ashish Mane [10]

Wrestling

YearRecipient NameRefs
2012-13Prathamesh Sobnar
2013-14Sandeep Tulsi Yadav [11]

Weightlifting

YearRecipient NameRefs
2012-13 Chandrakant Mali [11]

Cricket

YearRecipient NameRefs
2000-01 Hrishikesh Kanitkar [12]
2015-16 Rohit Sharma [13]
2016-17 Ajinkya Rahane [3]
2017-18 Smriti Mandhana [14]

Cycling

YearRecipient NameRefs
2007-08 Vrushali Gaikwad [15]

Badminton

YearRecipient NameRefs
2018-19 Vighnesh Devlekar [16]

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Rope Mallakhamb

YearRecipient NameRefs
2008-09 Ruta Deshmukh Uday Deshpande Aditi Deshpande Himani Parab

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WUSHU

YearRecipient NameRefs
2020-21 Mitali Wani [19]

References

  1. ↑ Lok Rajya, Volume 29. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1973.
  2. ↑ Lokrajya, Volume 33. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1977. p. 48.
  3. 1 2 "Awards for Rohit and Rahane". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards". Hindustan Times. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards". 2018-02-19.
  6. ↑ "Shiv Chhatrapati award winners list" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "19 players from Maharashtra feted with the Shiv Chhatrapati Award - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. February 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. February 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ "शिवछत्रपती पुरस्कार अखेर जाहीर". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Shiv Chhatrapati awards - Hindustan Times 13th Feb 2018". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 Feb 2018. Retrieved 13 Feb 2018.
  11. 1 2 "शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्‍कार जाहीर". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19". Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2002.
  13. ↑ "Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Maharashtra : Shiv Chhatrapati awards for Smriti Mandhana, Uday Deshpande". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  15. ↑ "Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19". Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "महाराष्र िासन" (PDF) (in Marathi). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-06.
  17. ↑ Unknown [ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Fergusson College, Pune".
  19. ↑ "sakal 'शिवछत्रपती'".
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