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Know the names of national sports awardees!

Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia and hockey wizard Sardar Singh will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Know the names of national sports awardees!

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Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia and hockey wizard Sardar Singh will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting announced on Tuesday, naming all recipients of the National Sports Awards.

(i)         Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017

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S. No. Name of the Awardee discipline
1. Devendra Jhajharia Para Athlete
2. Sardar Singh Hockey

 

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(ii)        Dronacharya Awards 2017

S. No. Name of the Awardee Discipline
1. Dr. R. Gandhi Athletics
2. Heera Nand Kataria Kabaddi
3. G.S.S.V. Prasad Badminton (Lifetime)
4. Brij Bhushan Mohanty Boxing (Lifetime)
5. P.A. Raphel Hockey (Lifetime)
6. Sanjoy Chakraverthy Shooting (Lifetime)
7. Roshan Lal Wrestling (Lifetime)

 

(iii)       Arjuna Awards 2017

S. No. Name of the Awardees Discipline
1. V.J. Surekha Archery
2. Khushbir Kaur Athletics
3. Arokia Rajiv Athletics
4. Prasanthi Singh Basketball
5. Sub. Laishram Debendro Singh Boxing
6. CheteshwarPujara Cricket
7. Harmanpreet Kaur Cricket
8. Oinam Bembem Devi Football
9. S.S.P. Chawrasia Golf
10. S.V. Sunil Hockey
11. Jasvir Singh Kabaddi
12. P. N. Prakash Shooting
13. A. Amalraj Table Tennis
14. Saketh Myneni Tennis
15. Satyawart Kadian Wrestling
16. Mariyappan Para-Athlete
17. Varun Singh Bhati Para-Athlete

 

(iv)       Dhyan Chand Award

S. No. Name (S/Shri) Discipline
1 . Bhupender Singh Athletics
2. Syed Shahid Hakim Football
3. Sumarai Tete Hockey

 

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29 August 2017.

Along with a medal and citation, the awardees will receive cash rewards for their service in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee will get a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh, while Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees will receive Rs.5 lakh each.

Besides Sardar Singh, the list saw the names of hockey professionals like PA Raphel, SV Sunil and Sumarai Tete in the prestigious national awards’ list. Raphel, Sunil and Tete will be bestowed with Dronacharya, Arjuna and Dhyan Chand award respectively.

From the most followed game in India – Cricket, Cheteshwar Pujara and Harmanpreet Kaur made a cut for the Arjuna award. Female cricketer Harmanpreet earned nationwide acclaim after she scored 171 runs (not out) against Australia in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final match.

Para-athletes also got recognition in the recent past and thus the Indian government decided to honour them as well. Besides Devendra Jhajharia, who has won two Paralympic gold medals for India, the awardees’ list saw the names of Mariyappan and Varun Singh Bhati. In the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Mariyappan won gold, while Varun brought home a bronze medal.

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