List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports

Template:Infobox award The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. Template:As of, a total of two hundred and sixty-six individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in non-Olympic sports. The four awards presented in non-Olympic sports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.^[1]

First presented in the year 1961, a total of two hundred and twenty-nine individuals (including one group award to twenty individuals) have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in non-Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with two individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution.^[2] First presented in the year 1986, a total of twenty-five coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in non-Olympic sports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with four coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category.^[3] First presented in the year 1991–1992, a total of nine sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in non-Olympic sports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years.^[4] First presented in the year 2005, a total of three retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in non-Olympic sports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over."^[5] One awardee Kelly Subbanand Rao was honoured Arjuna Award posthumously in the year 1996 in the discipline of yachting.^[1]

Recipients

Adventure Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Ball Badminton

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Billiards & Snooker

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1992–1993	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
1962	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1989	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2013	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2016	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Bodybuilding

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1979–1980	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Carrom

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Chess

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1991–1992	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
2024	Template:Sortname	Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna	Male
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1980–1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2000	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2007	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2013	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2024	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2021	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Kabaddi

Key
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List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1972	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1980–1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1994	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1994	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1995	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1997	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2004	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2014	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2017	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2021	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2007	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2021	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2022	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Dhyan Chand Award	Female
2019	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2021	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Dronacharya Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2005	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Female
2017	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Kho Kho

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1971	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1974	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1976	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1998	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2000	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Lawn Bowls

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female

Mallakhamb

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2021	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2020	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Motor Sports

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Mountaineering

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1965	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award (Group)	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
1985	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Polo

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1961	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1963	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1964	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1975	V. P. Singh (Brigadier)	Arjuna Award	Male
1983	R. S. Sodhi	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2019	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Powerlifting

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1988	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1992	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2000	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Roller Skating

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male

Wushu

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2011	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2012	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2015	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2018	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2022	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2023	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Female
2020	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

Yachting

Key
Template:Legend

List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender^[1]
Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
1993–1994	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
1993–1994	Template:Sortname	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna	Male
1970	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1973	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1978–1979	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1981	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1982	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1986	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1990	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1993	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
1996	Template:Sortname Template:Sup	Arjuna Award	Male
1999	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2001	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2009	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2010	Template:Sortname	Arjuna Award	Male
2002	Template:Sortname	Dronacharya Award	Male

References

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External links

Official Website

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