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The award was instituted in the year 1991-92, to supply the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports. The Arjuna awards, which predate the RGKR, have always been given to outstanding sportspersons in each of several sporting disciplines every year. Conversely, the Khel Ratna was devised to be an overarching honour, conferred for outstanding sporting performance, whether by an individual or a team, across all sporting disciplines in a given year. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. ...

Selection

A selection committee consisting of eminent people affiliated to sports is constituted every year by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to evaluate sporting performances. Usually, performance between April 1 of one year to March 31 of the next year is considered. To qualify for this award, a sportsperson or team must take part in discipline that is included in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games or the Commonwealth Games. Professional sportsmen competing in billiards, snooker and chess are also eligible for this honour. A person can receive this award only once in his lifetime and must be nominated for the award by a member of parliament, state governments, the Sports Authority of India or national sports federations.^[2] The committee make a recommendation to the ministry, and after this is vetted at various levels in the government, the nominee is invested with the award by the President of India. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Asian Games Logo The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is a body set up by the Government of India. ... The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ...

Whereas the trend has generally been for one outstanding sportsperson to be honoured every year, that is not mandatory.^[3] The award need not be bestowed if no candidate is found to have met historic standards of excellence; conversely, two or more individuals or teams may be honoured in the same year. So far, only once has a team rather than an indivudual been honoured. On two occasions, two individual sportspersons have shared the accolade.

List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees

• The award was not conferred upon any sportsperson or team in the year 1993-94.

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Notes

1. ^ Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of (2005-08-30). Awards – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (HTML). NIC. Retrieved on 2006-05-15.
2. ^ Tamil Nadu, Sports Development Authority of. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (ASP). Retrieved on 2006-05-15.
3. ^ WEBINDIA123.COM. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-05-15.

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References

• Government of India. "President presents Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards", Press Information Bureau, 2001-09-29. Retrieved on 2006-05-15. 
• WEBINDIA123.COM. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-05-15.
• Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of (2005-08-30). List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners (HTML). NIC. Retrieved on 2006-05-15.

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External links

• Khel Ratna award 2007