The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 300,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll. Arjuna awardees for 2007 Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Judiciary Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India High Courts District Courts Elections Political Parties Local & State Govt. ... The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the metal alloy. ... Charlie Chaplin Statue A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. ... For other uses, please see Arjun. ...

Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjuna Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.

The Government has recently revised the scheme for the Arjuna Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.

From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:

• Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
• Indigenous Games
• Sports for the Physically Challenged

Arjuna Awardees in Archery

Krishna Das (born May 23, 1959 in Calcutta) is a former Indian archer. ... Shyam Lal Meena (born May 4, 1965 in Banswara, Rajasthan, India) is an archer from India. ... Limba Ram is the most well known archer of India. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Athletics

Tarlok Singh may refer to any one of the following. ... Stephanie Stephie DSouza, nee Sequeira (December 26, 1936- September 11, 1998) was a sportsperson who represented India in athletics and womens hockey. ... Mike Shaw is a professional wrestler who best known for his stint in World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) as Bastion Booger Career Mike Shaw started wrestling in 1981. ... Praveen Kumar (born 15 May 1979 in Raghunathpur) is an Indian cricketer who has played One-day International cricket for his country and first-class cricket for Services in India. ... Sriram Singh (born 1948-11-14 in Badnagar, Rajastan) was an Indian middle distance runner. ... T. C. Yohannan is a former Indian long jumper who held the national record in long jump for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Geeta Zutshi was a famed Indian athlete. ... Suresh Babu has the unique record of holding the national title in the long, triple and high jump events in addition to the ten event decathlon. ... Gopal Saini is a former athlete of India. ... Sabir Ali is a former athlete of India. ... Charles Borromeo (December 01, 1958 – ) is a track and field athlete born at Devakottai in Tamil Nadu, India. ... Manathoor Devasia Valsamma (born 29 October 1960), was an Indian athlete. ... P.T Usha Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (b. ... Shiny Abraham (now Wilson) (b. ... Asha Agarwal is a former Indian women marathon champion and a recipient of Arjuna Award. ... Ashwini Nachappa is an accomplished athlete from Karnataka, India. ... Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a Member of Parliament, India representing Krishnagar constituency of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha. ... Reeth Abraham is an athlete from India and was once the national champion in long jump and heptathlon. ... Neelam Jaswant Singh (born 8 January 1971 in Farmana) is an Indian discus thrower. ... Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K M Beenamol (b. ... Anju Bobby George (born April 19, 1977) is an Indian athlete. ... Soma Biswas (born 16 May 1978 in Ranaghat) is an athlete who lives in Calcutta, India and who specialises in the heptathlon. ... Anil Kumar (born 20 June 1975) is an Indian discus thrower. ... Shobha with the 2003 Afro-Asian games Gold medal J. J. Shobha is a professional female athlete from a village called Pashupathipalle near Dharwad in Karnataka. ... Devendra Jhajharia is Indias first ever gold medalist at the Paralympics. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Badminton

Dipu Ghosh, along with his brother Raman Ghosh, represented India in several badminton tournaments in the 60s. ... Prakash Padukone (born June 10, 1955) is a famous badminton player from India. ... Raman Ghosh along with his brother Dipu Ghosh represented India in several badminton tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Syed Modi (1962-1988) was eight times National Badminton champion of India. ... Pullela Gopichand (born on November 16, 1973 in Nagandla, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian Badminton player. ... Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born in Allahabad October 22, 1979) is a male badminton player from India. ... Indias top woman shuttler Aparna Popat is one of the finest badminton players in the world. ... Chetan Anand was an acclaimed film producer and director from India, and the elder brother of Dev Anand and Vijay Anand. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Basketball

Gulam Abbas Moontasir (b. ... Hanuman Singh a is recipient of Arjuna Award the top sports award of India awarded by Government of India for achieving excellence in sports. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Ball Badminton

Arjuna Awardees in Boxing

Jitender Kumar is an Indian boxer, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Carrom

A. Maria Irudayam is a Two time World Carrom champion and Nine time National champion of India. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar

Image File history File links Sachin_Tendulkar. ... Image File history File links Sachin_Tendulkar. ... Salim Aziz Durani   (born December 11, 1934, Kabul, Afghanistan) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1960 to 1973. ... Mansoor (Mansur) Ali Khan, the 9th Nawab of Pataudi (Jr. ... Vijay Manjrekar is a former Indian cricketer. ... Chandu Borde (July 21, 1934-) is an Indian cricketer (batting allrounder) who was a member of the Indian national cricket team between 1958 and 1970. ... Ajit Laxman Wadekar[1]  (born April 1, 1941 in Bombay, India) is a former international cricketer. ... Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (born: May 22, 1940) is a famous cricket player from India. ... Bishan Singh Bedi   (sometimes spelt as Bishen Singh Bedi) born September 25, 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian former cricketer who specialised in slow left-arm orthodox bowling. ... Dilip Narayan Sardesai   (August 8, 1940, Margao, Goa - July 2, 2007, Mumbai) was a former Indian Test cricketer. ... Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan  , also known by his nickname of Venkat, (born 21 April 1945, in Madras) was formerly a cricketer. ... Eknath Dhondu Solkar (March 18, 1948 - June 26, 2005) was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Tests and seven One-Day Internationals for his country. ... Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (Chandra) (born May 17, 1945) is one of the legends of Indian cricket. ... Sunil Manohar Gavaskar   (Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. ... Gundappa R. Viswanath (born 12 February 1949) is an Indian cricketer, commonly regarded as one of the four great Indian batsmen along with his brother-in-law Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. ... Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. ... Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani (born December 29, 1949 in Madras) played cricket for the Indian cricket team as a wicket-keeper. ... Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer. ... Mohinder Amarnath   (born September 24, 1950, Patiala, India) is a former international cricketer (1969-1989) from India. ... Diana Fram Edulji (b. ... Ravishankar (Ravi) Jayadritha Shastri   (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. ... Shubhangi Kulkarni (born 19 July 1959) is a former Indian women cricketer. ... Mohammad Azharuddin   (born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. ... Sandhya Agarwal is a former captain of Indian womens cricket team. ... Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma[1]   (born March 20, 1951, Amritsar, India) is a former international cricketer (1974-1987) from India. ... Manoj Prabhakar (born April 15, 1963) is an Indian cricketer. ... Kiran Shankar More   (pronounced Mo-ray) (born September 4, 1962 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. ... Tendulkar redirects here. ... Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (Kannada:ಅನಿಲ್‌ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕುಂಬ್ಳೆ)   (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and currently the highest wicket-taker for India in both One-day International and Test matches. ... Javagal Srinath (Kannada:ಜಾವಗಲ್‌ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್‌)   (born August 31, 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. ... Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja   was born on February 1, 1971 in Jamnagar, Gujarat. ... Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Bengali: ) ( ) (first name occasionally spelt Saurav) is an Indian cricketer. ... Rahul Sharad Dravid (Kannada:ರಾಹುಲ್ ಶರದ್ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ,Marathi:राहुल शरद द्रविड )   (b. ... Nayan Mongia (born December 19, 1969 in Baroda) was an Indian cricketer, active from 1994 to 2004, when he retired. ... Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad(Kannada:ಬಾಪು ಕೃಷ್ಣರಾವ್‌ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್‌ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್‌)   (born August 5, 1969 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer, now retired. ... Virender Sehwag   (born 20 October 1978, in Delhi) also known as Veeru is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-dayers) and 2001 (Tests). ... Harbhajan Singh   (Punjabi: , born: 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and Indias most successful off spin bowler. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Cycling

Arjuna Awardees in Equestrian

Arjuna Awardees in Football

Pradip Kumar Banerjee (Bengali: )(October 15, 1936 – ) or PK Banerjee as he is called often, is one of the famous football players in India. ... Subimal Goswami (January 15, 1938 - , commonly known by his nickname Chuni Goswami (Bengali: )is a Bengali footballer, and cricketer. ... Yousuf Khan was an Indian soccer player who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics. ... In the death of hockey Olympian Inder Singh, who breathed his last in Italy on August 19, 2001 at the age of 56, India lost a versatile sportsman who not only inspired youngsters back home with his dazzling stickwork but also motivated youngsters to take up hockey overseas. ... Syed Naeemuddin is the best known football coach of India . ... Magan Singh Rajvi is a former Indian football player. ... {{Infobox Football biography | playername = Baichung Bhutia | image = | fullname = | dateofbirth = December 15, 1976 ) | cityofbirth = Tinkitam | countryofbirth = India | height = 1. ... Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (born April 25, 1969) is one of the leading Indian football players of modern times. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Gymnastics

Arjuna Awardees in Hockey

Prithipal Singh is a famous Indian hockey player. ... Charanjit Singh (born in 3 February 1931 in Nehari, Punjab) is a famous Indian hockey player. ... Udham Singh (Aug 4, 1928 - Mar 23, 2000) was a famous Indian hockey player. ... John Victor Peter (Jun 19, 1937 - Jun 30, 1998) was a famous Indian hockey player. ... Gurbux (Gurbaksh) Singh (born February 11, 1936) is a former field hockey player from India, who was a member of the India national field hockey team, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. ... Harbinder Singh is a famous indian hockey player. ... Mohinder Lal (Jun 1, 1936 - Jul 1, 2004) was a famous indian hockey player. ... Ajit Pal Singh was an Indian hockey player from Sansarpur, Punjab. ... Krishnamurthy Perumal (born September 26, 1943) is a two time Olympic medalist in field hockey and Arjuna Award winning sportsman for India. ... Ashok Kumar(b. ... Vasudevan Baskaran is a famous indian hockey player. ... Mohammed Shahid was one of Indias outstanding hockey players . ... Varsha Soni is a former national woman field hockey player of India. ... It has been suggested that Zafar Iqbal (hockey player) be merged into this article or section. ... Sommayya Maneypande is a famous indian hockey player. ... Prem Maya Bachchan (Sonir)married to basketball player Bachchan Prasad from indian railways she is currently serving as Assistant Sport Officer of North Eastern Railways Headquaters Gorakhpur . ... THE BEST HOCKEY PLAYER OF INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM The amazing part of Pargat Singhs personality is that he looks anything except a defender. ... Merwyn Fernandes is a famous indian hockey player. ... Dhanraj Pillai is the Field Hockey Captain of India This article is a substub, the first step on the way to becoming a full article. ... Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar (born April 16, 1970 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Mens National Team in early 1992. ... Surinder Singh Sodhi is a famous indian hockey player. ... Rajinder Singh is a famous indian hockey player. ... Mohammed Riaz is a former captain of Indian hockey team . ... Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947. ... Maharaj Krishan Kaushik (born May 2, 1955) is a former field hockey player from India, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ... Haripal Kaushik is an Indian field hockey player. ... Ramandeep Singh Grewal (born August 8, 1971 in Chandigarh) is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Mens National Team in 1995. ... Baljit (Baljeet) Singh Saini (born August 12, 1976 in Ropar, Punjab) is a field hockey defender and midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Mens National Team in 1995 during the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. ... Raghbir Singh Bhola is a famous Indian field hockey player. ... Balkrishan Singh {born March 10, 1933) is an indian hockey player who won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. ... (Dilip) Kumar Tirkey, (born November 24, 1977 in Savnamara near Sundargarh, Orissa) is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. ... Gagan Ajit Singh (born December 9, 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab) is a field hockey striker from India, whos father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. ... Devesh Singh Chauhan (born November 12, 1980 in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Mens National Team in early 2000. ... Deepak Thakur Sonkhla (born December 28, 1980 in Bhamowal, Hoshiarpur) is a field hockey forward from India, who made his international debut for the Mens National Team in June 1999 in a test serie against Germany. ... Helen Mary Innocent (born March 14, 1977 in Kerala) is a female field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made her international debut for her native country in 1992 in the test serie against Germany. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Judo

Arjuna Awardees in Lawn Tennis

Ramanathan Krishnan (born April 11, 1937, in Madras, India) was an Indian tennis player of the 1950s and 60s and one of the greatest Indian players of all time. ... Naresh Kumar (born December 22, 1928 in Lahore) is a former Indian tennis player. ... Jaidip Mukerjea (born April 21, 1942, in Calcutta) is a retired professional tennis player from India. ... Vijay in a scene from Octopussy Vijay Amritraj (Hindi: विजय अम्रित्रज, Urdu: وِجے اَمرِترج), born December 14, 1953, in Madras, India, is a former tennis champion and actor. ... Nirupama Mankad nee Vasant (born January 17, 1947 in Karachi, now in Pakistan) is a former Indian tennis player. ... Ramesh Krishnan (born June 5, 1961, in Madras, India) was one of Indias foremost tennis players. ... Anand Amritraj, born March 20, 1952, in Madras, India, is a former tennis champion. ... Leander Adrian Paes (born June 17, 1973) is an Indian male tennis professional, who currently features predominantly in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup events. ... Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born June 7, 1974, Chennai, India) is a professional tennis player from India. ... Asif Ismail is a former top tennis player of India. ... Akhtar Ali is a top former tennis player of India. ... Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Rowing

Arjuna Awardees in Shooting

// Maharaja Karni Singh was the ruler of the Princely State of Bikaner following its cession to India. ... Rajyashree Kumari is an ace shooter . ... Bhuvaneshwari Kumari of Kota is a distinguished sportswoman of India and a champion in trap shooting. ... Jaspal Rana was born 28 June 1976 in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand, India. ... Moraad Ali Khan is one of the top shooters of India. ... Manavjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian shooter. ... Vivek Singh is an Indian shooter. ... This biography does not cite any references or sources. ... Abhinav Bindra (b. ... Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born January 29, 1970, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian shooter who won the first individual silver medal for the country in 2004 Summer Olympics. ... ...

Arjuna Awardees in Table Tennis

Mir Khasim Ali was Indias Mens Singles Champion in table tennis from 1968 to 1969. ... Monalisa Baruah Mehta (Assamese: মনালিচা বৰুৱা মেহতা, Maiden Name: Monalisa Baruah ) is a renowned Table Tennis player of Assam. ... Chetan Baboor (born April 22, 1974) is one of Indias most respected international Table Tennis champions and winner of the prestigious Arjuna Award - the highest award recognizing outstanding achievement in sports in India. ... Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is a professional table tennis player hailing from Tamilnadu, India. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Swimming

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Arjuna Awardees in Volleyball

A. Palanisamy (died November 12, 2007) was a volleyball player from Tamilnadu, India. ... Jimmy George (March 8, 1955 - November 30, 1987) is a legendary volley ball player from Kerala, India. ... G E Sridharan is a volleyball player from Tamilnadu, India. ... R K Purohit is a former Indian Volleyball player. ... Abdul Basith was captain of Indian volleyball team . ...

Arjuna Awardees in Weightlifting

Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (born March 1, 1968) is an Indian sportswoman in weightlifting. ... Karnam Malleswari (born June 1, 1975) is an Indian Weightlifter. ... Sanamacha Chanu (born 2 October 1978) is an Indian weightlifter who competed in the womens 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Wrestling

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (15 January 1926 – 14 August 1984) or KD Jadhav was independent Indias first individual Olympic medalist when he won the wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. ... Naresh Kumar (born December 22, 1928 in Lahore) is a former Indian tennis player. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Yachting

Commander Pushpendra Kumar Garg (b. ... Homi Dady Motivala (b. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Billiards & Snooker

Pankaj Advani (born July 24, 1985, Bangalore) is a professional snooker player from India. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Chess

Manuel Aaron (born 30 December 1935, Toungoo, Burma) an Indian chess master. ... Dibyendu Barua (born October 27, 1966) is a chess Grandmaster hailing from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman (27th March, 1979) is a chess player of international repute from India. ... Krishnan Sasikiran (born January 7, 1981) is an Indian chess Grandmaster. ... Humpy Koneru (born 31 March 1987 in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh) is a chess grandmaster from India. ...

Arjuna Awardees in Kabaddi

Arjuna Awardees in Golf

Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) was the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. ... Shiv Kapur (born 12 February, 1982) is an Indian golfer. ... Jyoti Randhawa (born May 4, 1972) is a professional golfer who is ranked in the top 100 of the world and is currently the second highest Indian in the world rankings behind Jeev Milkha Singh. ...

See also

Category:Arjuna Award recipients

External links

• List of Award winners up to 2004
• winners for year 2006-2007

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