Award ceremony 2024

 The Arjuna Award, which is regarded as the second-highest athletic distinction in India, is given to those who have demonstrated leadership, sportsmanship, discipline, and outstanding performance during the previous four years.Four days prior

The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting accolade of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. One of the protagonists of the ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, Arjuna, is honored with this prize.He has been seen as a representation of diligence, focus, and hard work in Hinduism.Every year, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports bestows this honor. Prior to the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna's inception in 1991–1992, India's top athletic honor was the Arjuna award.The Indian Olympic Association, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Sports Federations of all states that are recognized by the government, the Sports

GOT FIRST ARJUNA AWARD 

 Six athletes received the 1961 Arjuna Award. Krishna Das was the inaugural winner of the Arjuna Award in the discipline of archery.

National Sports Awards 2024:

 Mohammed Shami, Ojas Deotale, Antim Panghal, Aishwary Tomar & Para-archer Sheetal Win Arjuna Award, Sat-Chi Get Khel Ratna.Four days prior

Cricketer Mohammed Shami Among Arjuna Awardees

Cricketer Mohammed Shami was conferred with the the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award for his exploits at the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023.

The best athletes in the nation received the prestigious National Sports Awards from President of India Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday, January 9, in a lavish ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

This year's other notable athletes who have been nominated for the Arjuna award are para-archer Sheetal Devi, who won two gold medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Due to a rare condition known as phocomelia, she is the first para-archer in the world to be without upper limbs.

The Arjuna Award was also won by wrestler Antim Panghal, a former junior world champion and bronze medallist at the Asian Games, and boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin, who finished third in the global championship last year.

• Arjuna Awards: Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Murali Sreeshankar (athletics), Parul Chaudhary (athletics), Mohammad Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Mohammed Shami (cricket), Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasreen (kho-kho), Pinki (lawn bowls), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Esha Singh (shooting), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing).

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• • Dronacharya Award (regular category) for outstanding coaches: Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Mahaveer Prasad Saini (para athletics), Shivendra Singh (hockey), Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (mallakhamb).

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  • • Dronacharya Award (life-time category) for outstanding coaches: Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi), Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (table tennis).

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    • Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement: Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey), Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi).

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    • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (overall winner university); Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st runner -up), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd runner-up).

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• Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, 2022: Late Savita Kanswal (land adventure), Tulasi Chaitanya Mothukuri (Water Adventure), Anshu Kumar Tiwari and Parveen Singh (land adventure).