List of Arjuna Award recipients (2010–2019)

Arjuna Award

Civilian award for outstanding individual achievements in National Sports

President Ram Nath Kovind presents the 2018 Arjuna Award to Hima Das for Athletics

Sponsored by| Government of India
Established| 1961
First award| 1961
Highlights
Total awarded| 178

<- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games,[1] 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.[2][3] As of 2020[update], the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Arjuna, certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh (US$18,000)."[a]

## Name

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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.[4] In Hindu mythology, he has been seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.[5]

## History

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Instituted in 1961 to honour the outstanding sportspersons of the country,[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[1]

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".[1]

## Recipients

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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.[9]

In the initial list of 2013, triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary was mentioned in the discipline of athletics.[9] 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.[10] Boxer Manoj Kumar, a gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at Delhi, was initially not on the 2014 awardees list.[9] 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.[11][12] 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.[13][14]

## List of Recipients

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Award recipients by year[9] | Year  | Number of recipients

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2010  |

2011  |

2012  |

2013  |

2014  |

2015  |

2016  |

2017  |

2018  |

2019  |

Award recipients by sport[9] | Sport  | Number of recipients

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Archery  |

Athletics  |

Badminton  |

Basketball  |

Billiards & Snooker  |

Powerlifting  |

Boxing  |

Chess  |

Cricket  |

Equestrian  |

Football  |

Golf  |

Gymnastics  |

Hockey  |

Judo  |

Kabaddi  |

Lawn Tennis  |

Motor Sports  |

Polo  |

Roller Skating  |

Rowing  |

Shooting  |

Squash  |

Swimming  |

Table Tennis  |

Volleyball  |

Weightlifting  |

Wrestling  |

Wushu  |

Yachting  |

Key  § | Indicates Para sports

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List of Arjuna award recipients, showing the year, sport, and gender[9] Year  | Recipient  | Sport  | Gender

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2010  | Joseph Abraham | Athletics | Male
2010  | Rajesh Chaudhary | Yachting | Male
2010  | K. J. Kapil Dev | Volleyball | Male
2010  | Jhulan Goswami | Cricket | Female
2010  | Jasjeet Kaur Handa | Hockey | Female
2010  | Dinesh Kumar | Boxing | Male
2010  | Dinesh Kumar | Kabaddi | Male
2010  | Deepak Mondal | Football | Male
2010  | Parimarjan Negi | Chess | Male
2010  | Rehan Poncha | Swimming | Male
2010  | Krishna Poonia | Athletics | Female
2010  | Sanjeev Rajput | Shooting | Male
2010  | Jagseer Singh | Athletics§ | Male
2010  | Sandeep Singh | Hockey | Male
2010  | Rajiv Tomar | Wrestling | Male
2011  | Rahul Banerjee | Archery | Male
2011  | Sunil Chhetri | Football | Male
2011  | W. Sandhyarani Devi | Wushu | Female
2011  | Somdev Devvarman | Lawn Tennis | Male
2011  | Vikas Gowda | Athletics | Male
2011  | Jwala Gutta | Badminton | Female
2011  | Prasanta Karmakar | Swimming§ | Male
2011  | Virdhawal Khade | Swimming | Male
2011  | Zaheer Khan | Cricket | Male
2011  | Ashish Kumar | Gymnastics | Male
2011  | Katulu Ravi Kumar | Weightlifting | Male
2011  | Rakesh Kumar | Kabaddi | Male
2011  | Sanjay Kumar | Volleyball | Male
2011  | Tejaswini Sawant | Shooting | Female
2011  | Rajpal Singh | Hockey | Male
2011  | Ravinder Singh | Wrestling | Male
2011  | Suranjoy Singh | Boxing | Male
2011  | Preeja Sreedharan | Athletics | Female
2011  | Tejaswini Bai V. | Kabaddi | Female
2012  | Ngangbam Soniya Chanu | Weightlifting | Female
2012  | Joydeep Karmakar | Shooting | Male
2012  | Parupalli Kashyap | Badminton | Male
2012  | Anup Kumar | Kabaddi | Male
2012  | Rajender Kumar | Wrestling | Male
2012  | Deepika Kumari | Archery | Female
2012  | Bombayla Devi Laishram | Archery | Female
2012  | Deepa Malik | Athletics§ | Female
2012  | Aditya Mehta | Billiards & Snooker | Male
2012  | Dipika Pallikal | Squash | Female
2012  | Geeta Phogat | Wrestling | Female
2012  | Ashwini Ponnappa | Badminton | Female
2012  | Kavita Raut | Athletics | Female
2012  | Sandeep Sejwal | Swimming | Male
2012  | Annu Raj Singh | Shooting | Female
2012  | M. Bimoljit Singh | Wushu | Male
2012  | Omkar Singh | Shooting | Male
2012  | Ramkaran Singh | Athletics§ | Male
2012  | Sardara Singh | Hockey | Male
2012  | Sudha Singh | Athletics | Female
2012  | Yuvraj Singh | Cricket | Male
2012  | Yashpal Solanki | Judo | Male
2012  | Samir Suhag | Polo | Male
2012  | Narsingh Yadav | Wrestling | Male
2012  | Vikas Krishan Yadav | Boxing | Male
2013  | Gaganjeet Bhullar | Golf | Male
2013  | Kavita Chahal | Boxing | Female
2013  | Joshna Chinappa | Squash | Female
2013  | Dharmender Dalal | Wrestling | Male
2013  | Mouma Das | Table Tennis | Female
2013  | Abhijeet Gupta | Chess | Male
2013  | Saba Anjum Karim | Hockey | Female
2013  | Virat Kohli | Cricket | Male
2013  | Neha Rathi | Wrestling | Female
2013  | Rajkumari Rathore | Shooting | Female
2013  | Amit Kumar Saroha | Athletics§ | Male
2013  | Rupesh Shah | Billiards & Snooker | Male
2013  | P. V. Sindhu | Badminton | Female
2013  | Chekrovolu Swuro | Archery | Female
2014  | Anaka Alankamony | Squash | Female
2014  | Ravichandran Ashwin | Cricket | Male
2014  | Jai Bhagwan | Boxing | Male
2014  | Renu Bala Chanu | Weightlifting | Female
2014  | Valiyaveetil Diju | Badminton | Male
2014  | H. N. Girisha | Athletics§ | Male
2014  | Geethu Anna Jose | Basketball | Female
2014  | Tom Joseph | Volleyball | Male
2014  | Manoj Kumar | Boxing | Male
2014  | Anirban Lahiri | Golf | Male
2014  | Tintu Luka | Athletics | Female
2014  | Mamatha Poojary | Kabaddi | Female
2014  | Sunil Kumar Rana | Wrestling | Male
2014  | Heena Sidhu | Shooting | Female
2014  | Saji Thomas | Rowing | Male
2014  | Abhishek Verma | Archery | Male
2015  | Manjeet Chhillar | Kabaddi | Male
2015  | Yumnam Sanathoi Devi | Wushu | Female
2015  | Sharath Gayakwad | Swimming§ | Male
2015  | Mandeep Jangra | Boxing | Male
2015  | Dipa Karmakar | Gymnastics | Female
2015  | Srikanth Kidambi | Badminton | Male
2015  | Sandeep Kumar | Archery | Male
2015  | Babita Kumari | Wrestling | Female
2015  | Abhilasha Mhatre | Kabaddi | Female
2015  | M. R. Poovamma | Athletics | Female
2015  | Bajrang Punia | Wrestling | Male
2015  | Jitu Rai | Shooting | Male
2015  | Rohit Sharma | Cricket | Male
2015  | Sawarn Singh | Rowing | Male
2015  | Sathish Sivalingam | Weightlifting | Male
2015  | P. R. Sreejesh | Hockey | Male
2015  | Anup Kumar Yama | Roller Skating | Male
2016  | Lalita Babar | Athletics | Female
2016  | Apurvi Chandela | Shooting | Female
2016  | Rajat Chauhan | Archery | Male
2016  | Amit Kumar Dahiya | Wrestling | Male
2016  | Soumyajit Ghosh | Table Tennis | Male
2016  | Sourav Kothari | Billiards & Snooker | Male
2016  | Raj Kumar | Badminton§ | Male
2016  | Sandeep Singh Maan | Athletics§ | Male
2016  | Subrata Pal | Football | Male
2016  | Vinesh Phogat | Wrestling | Female
2016  | V. R. Raghunath | Hockey | Male
2016  | Ajinkya Rahane | Cricket | Male
2016  | Ritu Rani | Hockey | Female
2016  | Gurpreet Singh | Shooting | Male
2016  | Virender Singh | Wrestling§ | Male
2016  | Shiva Thapa | Boxing | Male
2017  | Anthony Amalraj | Table Tennis | Male
2017  | Varun Singh Bhati | Athletics§ | Male
2017  | Shiv Chawrasia | Golf | Male
2017  | Oinam Bembem Devi | Football | Female
2017  | Satyawart Kadian | Wrestling | Male
2017  | Harmanpreet Kaur | Cricket | Female
2017  | Khushbir Kaur | Athletics | Female
2017  | Saketh Myneni | Lawn Tennis | Male
2017  | Prakash Nanjappa | Shooting | Male
2017  | Cheteshwar Pujara | Cricket | Male
2017  | Arokia Rajiv | Athletics | Male
2017  | Devendro Singh | Boxing | Male
2017  | Jasvir Singh | Kabaddi | Male
2017  | Prashanti Singh | Basketball | Female
2017  | S. V. Sunil | Hockey | Male
2017  | V. J. Sureka | Archery | Female
2017  | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Athletics§ | Male
2018  | Manika Batra | Table Tennis | Female
2018  | Rohan Bopanna | Lawn Tennis | Male
2018  | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Male
2018  | Hima Das | Athletics | Female
2018  | Ankur Dhama | Athletics§ | Male
2018  | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Table Tennis | Male
2018  | Jinson Johnson | Athletics | Male
2018  | Pooja Kadian | Wushu | Female
2018  | Satish Kumar | Boxing | Male
2018  | Sumit Malik | Wrestling | Male
2018  | Smriti Mandhana | Cricket | Female
2018  | Ankur Mittal | Shooting | Male
2018  | Savita Punia | Hockey | Female
2018  | Ravi Rathore | Polo | Male
2018  | N. Sikki Reddy | Badminton | Female
2018  | Manoj Sarkar | Badminton§ | Male
2018  | Rahi Sarnobat | Shooting | Female
2018  | Shubhankar Sharma | Golf | Male
2018  | Manpreet Singh | Hockey | Male
2018  | Shreyasi Singh | Shooting | Female
2019  | Muhammed Anas | Athletics | Male
2019  | Swapna Barman | Athletics | Female
2019  | Pramod Bhagat | Badminton§ | Male
2019  | S. Bhaskaran | Powerlifting | Male
2019  | Harmeet Desai | Table Tennis | Male
2019  | Sonia Lather | Boxing | Female
2019  | Gaurav Gill | Motor Sports | Male
2019  | Sundar Singh Gurjar | Athletics§ | Male
2019  | Ravindra Jadeja | Cricket | Male
2019  | Chinglensana Kangujam | Hockey | Male
2019  | Sonia Lather | Boxing | Female
2019  | Fouaad Mirza | Equestrian | Male
2019  | Anjum Moudgil | Shooting | Female
2019  | B. Sai Praneeth | Badminton | Male
2019  | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | Football | Male
2019  | Simran Singh Shergill | Polo | Male
2019  | Ajay Thakur | Kabaddi | Male
2019  | Tejinder Pal Singh Toor | Athletics | Male
2019  | Poonam Yadav | Cricket | Female

## Explanatory notes

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1. ^ The cash prize was introduced in the year 1977–1978 as a scholarship of ₹200 (US$2.40) a month for 2 years.[15] It was revised to one time cash prize of ₹5,000 (US$59) in 1986,[16] to ₹20,000 (US$240) in 1987,[17] to ₹50,000 (US$590) in 1993,[18] to ₹1.5 lakh (US$1,800) in 1998,[19] to ₹3 lakh (US$3,500) in 2001,[20] to ₹5 lakh (US$5,900) in 2009,[21] and to ₹15 lakh (US$18,000) in 2020.[22]

## References

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## External links

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* "Sports awards". yas.nic.in. Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Sports. 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020. (official website)

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Recipients|

| By year|

* 1961–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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By sport|

* Adventure Sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Ball Badminton
* Basketball
* Billiards & Snooker
* Bodybuilding
* Boxing
* Carrom
* Chess
* Cricket
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Hockey
* Judo
* Kabaddi
* Kho Kho
* Lawn Bowls
* Lawn Tennis
* Mallakhamb
* Motor Sports
* Mountaineering
* Parasports
* Polo
* Powerlifting
* Roller Skating
* Rowing
* Shooting
* Squash
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Winter Sports
* Wrestling
* Wushu
* Yachting

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National Sports Awards

Awards|

| Sports|

* Arjuna Award
* Dhyan Chand Award
* Dronacharya Award
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
* Khel Ratna Award
* Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

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Others|

* Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award (presented together)

Recipients|

| By year|

| Arjuna|

* Arjuna (1961–1969)
* Arjuna (1970–1979)
* Arjuna (1980–1989)
* Arjuna (1990–1999)
* Arjuna (2000–2009)
* Arjuna (2010–2019)
* Arjuna (2020–2029)

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Others|

* Dhyan Chand
* Dronacharya
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
* Khel Ratna
* Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

By sport|

| Olympic|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Hockey
* Judo
* Lawn Tennis
* Rowing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Winter Sports
* Wrestling

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Non-Olympic|

* Adventure Sports
* Ball Badminton
* Billiards & Snooker
* Bodybuilding
* Carrom
* Chess
* Cricket
* Kabaddi
* Kho Kho
* Lawn Bowls
* Mallakhamb
* Motor Sports
* Mountaineering
* Polo
* Powerlifting
* Roller Skating
* Squash
* Wushu
* Yachting

Others|

* Parasports
* Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

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