List of Arjuna Award recipients 2000 2009

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The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games,[1] is the sports honour of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India.[2][3] Template:As of, the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Arjuna, certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of Template:INRConvert."Template:Efn

Name

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 and 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

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 away of at least one award to 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

A total of 151 awards were presented in the 2000sTemplate:Dash thirty-one in 2000, followed by fourteen in 2001, twenty-one in 2002, fifteen in 2003, fifteen in 2004, fifteen in 2005, fourteen in 2006, eleven in 2007 and fifteen in 2009. Individuals from twenty-six different sports were awarded, which includes nineteen from hockey, eighteen from athletics, thirteen from wrestling, twelve from shooting, nine from badminton, eight each from cricket and kabaddi, seven from chess, six each from boxing and rowing, five from table tennis, four each from archery and billiards & snooker, three each from golf, judo, lawn tennis, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting and yachting, two each from equestrian, football and powerlifting, and one each from basketball, gymnastics and squash.[9]

A major controversy arose in 2001 when Milkha Singh refused to accept the lifetime contribution honour in athletics, being the only sportsperson to date to do so.[10] Milkha Singh, nicknamed The Flying Sikh, was the first Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth Games and is best remembered for his fourth-place finish in the 400 metres final at the 1960 Summer Olympics in which he had entered as one of the favourites; his time of 45.73 seconds stood as the Indian national record for almost 40 years.[11][12] A biographical Bollywood film based on his life, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, was released in 2013 to critical and commercial success.[13][14] His reasoning for declining the award included being clubbed with other sportspersons who were not deserving, politicization and lobbying for the award instead of specialists selecting the winners, and the awarding of players who had one good performance in their lifetime in a non-notable competition rather than awarding consistent performers and medalists at the most prestigious international competitions.[15] The "other sportspersons" have been commonly interpreted as Rachna Govil, awarded the lifetime contribution honour of 2000 in athletics, and Kalpana Debnath, awarded the lifetime contribution honour of 2000 in gymnastics.[16] The former was then the deputy director of Sports Authority of India and the latter was then warden of the National Institute of Sports girls hostel in Patiala.[16] Asian discus champion Anil Kumar challenged both the awards in the Delhi High Court, claiming that both awards seemed less on their individual merits and achievements and more on the political influence and lobbying.[10] Due to the stature of Milkha Singh and the attention the controversy garnered, the Sports Ministry revamped the selection system from the year 2002 onwards and introduced a new award for lifetime achievement in sports, the Dhyan Chand Award.[17] Despite him never accepting the award, Singh's name is on the official awardees list.[9]

List of recipients

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Key
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List of Arjuna award recipients, showing the year, sport, and gender[9]
Year Recipient Sport Gender
2000 Template:Sortname Swimming Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Lawn Tennis Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup AthleticsTemplate:Small Male
2000 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2000 Template:Sortname Shooting Female
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Athletics Female
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Hockey Male
2000 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2000 Template:Sortname Weightlifting Female
2000 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Gymnastics Female
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Athletics Female
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Shooting Male
2000 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2000 Template:SortnameTemplate:Sup Template:Sup Wrestling Template:Sup Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Rowing Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Wrestling Male
2000 Template:Sortname Athletics & PowerliftingTemplate:Small Male
2000 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2000 Template:Sortname Cricket Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Volleyball Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Hockey Male
2000 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Hockey Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Athletics Male
2000 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2000 Template:Sortname Badminton Male
2000 Template:Sortname AthleticsTemplate:Small Male
2000 Template:Sortname Chess Female
2000 Template:Sortname Swimming Male
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sup Hockey Female
2001 Template:Sortname Football Male
2001 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2001 Template:Sortname AthleticsTemplate:Small Male
2001 Template:Sortname Billiards & Snooker Male
2001 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2001 Template:Sortname Rowing Male
2001 Template:Sortname Lawn Tennis Male
2001 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2001 Template:Sortname Cricket Male
2001 Template:Sortname Yachting Male
2001 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2001 Template:Sortname Volleyball Male
2001 Template:Sortname Basketball Male
2001 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2002 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2002 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2002 Template:Sortname Table Tennis Female
2002 Template:Sortname Golf Male
2002 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2002 Template:Sortname Billiards & Snooker Male
2002 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2002 Template:Sortname Yachting Male
2002 Template:Sortname Weightlifting Male
2002 Template:Sortname Boxing Male
2002 Template:Sortname Volleyball Male
2002 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2002 Template:Sortname Chess Male
2002 Template:Sortname Cricket Male
2002 Template:Sortname Shooting Female
2002 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2002 Template:Sortname Rowing Male
2002 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2002 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2002 Template:Sortname Badminton & AthleticsTemplate:Small Male
2002 Template:Sortname Football Male
2003 Template:Sortname Billiards & Snooker Male
2003 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2003 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2003 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2003 Template:Sortname Chess Female
2003 Template:Sortname Boxing Female
2003 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2003 Template:Sortname Equestrian Male
2003 Template:Sortname Cricket Female
2003 Template:Sortname BadmintonTemplate:Small Male
2003 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2003 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2003 Template:Sortname Judo Male
2003 Template:Sortname Cricket Male
2003 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2004 Template:Sortname Equestrian Male
2004 Template:Sortname Judo Female
2004 Template:Sortname Shooting Female
2004 Template:Sortname Badminton Male
2004 Template:Sortname AthleticsTemplate:Small Male
2004 Template:Sortname Table Tennis Male
2004 Template:Sortname Rowing Male
2004 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2004 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2004 Template:Sortname Lawn Tennis Female
2004 Template:Sortname Athletics Male
2004 Template:Sortname Golf Male
2004 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2004 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2004 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2005 Template:Sortname Archery Female
2005 Template:Sortname Chess Male
2005 Template:Sortname Cricket Female
2005 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2005 Template:Sortname Boxing Male
2005 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2005 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2005 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2005 Template:Sortname Badminton Female
2005 Template:Sortname PowerliftingTemplate:Small Male
2005 Template:Sortname Archery Male
2005 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2005 Template:Sortname Table Tennis Male
2005 Template:Sortname Swimming Female
2005 Template:Sortname Billiards & Snooker Female
2006 Template:Sortname Badminton Male
2006 Template:Sortname BadmintonTemplate:Small Male
2006 Template:Sortname Athletics Male
2006 Template:Sortname Cricket Female
2006 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2006 Template:Sortname Squash Male
2006 Template:Sortname Chess Male
2006 Template:Sortname Wrestling Female
2006 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2006 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2006 Template:Sortname Weightlifting Female
2006 Template:Sortname Table Tennis Male
2006 Template:Sortname Boxing Male
2006 Template:Sortname Archery Male
2007 Template:Sortname Golf Male
2007 Template:Sortname PowerliftingTemplate:Small Male
2007 Template:Sortname Judo Female
2007 Template:Sortname Chess Female
2007 Template:Sortname Boxing Male
2007 Template:Sortname Shooting Female
2007 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2007 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2007 Template:Sortname Badminton Male
2007 Template:Sortname Rowing Male
2007 Template:Sortname Wrestling Female
2009 Template:Sortname Archery Male
2009 Template:Sortname Boxing Female
2009 Template:Sortname Wrestling Male
2009 Template:Sortname Cricket Male
2009 Template:Sortname Table Tennis Female
2009 Template:Sortname Rowing Male
2009 Template:Sortname Hockey Female
2009 Template:Sortname Badminton Female
2009 Template:Sortname BadmintonTemplate:Small Female
2009 Template:Sortname Athletics Female
2009 Template:Sortname Chess Female
2009 Template:Sortname Kabaddi Male
2009 Template:Sortname Shooting Male
2009 Template:Sortname Hockey Male
2009 Template:Sortname Yachting Male

Explanatory notes

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Reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Scheme
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  3. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  4. ↑ The Bhagavad Gita{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(26 October 2014). ISBN 978-0-691-13996-8
  5. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  6. ↑ India in Sports: Some Fabulous Achievements. Press Information Bureau, India.
  7. ↑ Template:Cite press release
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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ArjunaAward
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 India's national sports awards have lost meaning thanks to the government's constant tinkering. Scroll India(9 August 2017).
  11. ↑ India's first celebrity athlete, Sharma, Aabhas(5 July 2013).
  12. ↑ 38 Year Old Indian Record Falls, Pritam, Norris. IAAF(6 November 1998).
  13. ↑ Bhaag Milkha Bhaag box office collections top Rs 102 crore. Business Today(12 August 2013).
  14. ↑ Winners Honoured at 61st National Film Award Function. NDTV(3 May 2014).
  15. ↑ Milkha Singh not to accept Arjuna Award. The Tribune(16 August 2001).
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Template:Cite magazine
  17. ↑ An illogical points system for Arjuna award. The Hindu(10 January 2014).

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