Arjuna Award


The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in sports. Started in 1961, the award carries a cash prize of ₹5,00,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.
Over the years, the scope of the award has been expanded and many athletes 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 revises the criteria for the Arjuna Award over the years. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous four 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.

History

Since the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
In mid-August 2011, 20 athletes were announced as Arjuna recipients; the high number was due to the inclusion of both the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games in the Arjuna qualifying year.
In 2015, 25 sports-persons were conferred with the Arjuna awards.
In the year 2017, 17 sports-persons, including para-athletes were honoured with Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Archery

S.No.YearName
11981Krishna Das
21989Harish Nangunuri
31991baba sravan kishore
41992Sanjeev Kumar Singh
52005Tarundeep Rai
62005Dola Banerjee
72006Jayanta Talukdar
82009Mangal Singh Champia
92011Rahul Banerjee
102012Deepika Kumari
112012Laishram Bombayla Devi
122013Chekrovolu Swuro
132014Abhishek Verma
142015Sandeep Kumar
152016Rajat Chauhan
162017V J Surekha

Athletics

‡ - Para Athlete
§ - Lifetime Contribution
S.No.YearName
11961Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
21962Tarlok Singh
31963Stephie D'Souza
41964Makhan Singh
51965Kenneth Powell
61966Ajmer Singh
71966Bhogeswar Baruah
81967Praveen Kumar
91967Bhim Singh
101968Joginder Singh
111968Manjit Walia
121969Harnek Singh
131970Mohinder Singh Gill
141971Edward Sequeira
151972Vijay Singh Chauhan
161973Sriram Singh
171974T. C. Yohannan
181974Shivnath Singh
191975Hari Chand
201975V. Anusuya Bai
211976Bahadur Singh
221976Geeta Zutshi
231977–78Satish Kumar
241978–79Suresh Babu
251978–79Angel Mary Joseph
261979–80R. Gyanasekaran
271980–81Gopal Saini
281981Sabir Ali
291982Charles Borromeo
301982Chand Ram
311982M. D. Valsamma
321983Suresh Yadav
331983P. T. Usha
341984Raj Kumar
351984Shiny Abraham
361985Raghubir Singh Bal
381985Asha Agarwal
391985Adille Sumariwala
391986Suman Rawat
401987Balwinder Singh
411987Vandana Rao
421987Bagicha Singh
431987Vandana Shanbagh
441988Ashwini Nachappa
451989Mercy Kuttan
461990Deena Ram
471992Bahadur Prasad
481993K. Saramma
491994Rosa Kutty
501995Shakti Singh
511995Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
521995Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla
531996Kallegowda
541996Ajit Bhaduria
551996Padmini Thomas
561997M. Mahadeva ‡
571997Reeth Abraham
581998Sirichand Ram
591998Neelam Jaswant Singh
601998S. D. Eshan
611998Rachita Mistry
621998Paramjit Singh
631999Gulab Chand
641999G. Venkataravanappa ‡
651999Gurmit Kaur
661999Parduman Singh
671999Sunita Rani
682000K. M. Beenamol
692000Yadvendra Vashishta
702000Joginder Singh Bedi ‡ §
712001K.R. Shankar Iyer ‡
722002Anju Bobby George
732002Saraswati Saha
742003Soma Biswas
752003Madhuri Saxena
762004Anil Kumar
772004J. J. Shobha
782004Devendra Jhajharia
792005Manjit Kaur
802006K. M. Binu
812007Chitra K. Soman
822009Sinimol Paulose
832010Joseph Abraham
842010Krishna Punia
852010Jagseer Singh
862011Preeja Sreedharan
872012Sudha Singh
882012Kavita Ramdas Raut
892012Deepa Malik
902012Ramkaran Singh
912013Amit Kumar Saroha
922014Tintu Luka
932015M. R. Poovamma
942016Lalita Babar
952016Sandeep Singh Maan
962017Khushbir Kaur
972017Arokia Rajiv
982017Mariyappan Thangavelu
992017Varun Bhati
1002018Jinson Johnson
1012018Hima Das
1022018Neeraj Chopra
1032018Ankur Dhama ‡
1042019Mohammed Anas Yahiya
1052019Tajinder Pal Singh
1062019Swapna Barman
1072019Sundar Singh Gurjar

Badminton

‡ - Para Athlete
S.No.YearName
11961Nandu Natekar
21962Meena Shah
31965Dinesh Khanna
41967Suresh Goel
51969Dipu Ghosh
61970Damayanti Tambay
71971Shobha Moorthy
81972Prakash Padukone
91974Raman Ghosh
101975Davinder Ahuja
111976Ami Ghia
121977–78Kanwal Thakur Singh
131980–81Syed Modi
141982Partho Ganguli
151982Madhumita Bisht
161991Rajeev Bagga
172000Pullela Gopichand
181999George Thomas
192002Ramesh Tikaram
202003Madasu Srinivas Rao
212004Abhinn Shyam Gupta
222005Aparna Popat
232006Chetan Anand
242006Rohit Bhakar
252008Anup Sridhar
262009Saina Nehwal
272009Parul Parmar
282011Jwala Gutta
292012Ashwini Ponnappa
302012Parupalli Kashyap
312013P.V. Sindhu
322014Valiyaveetil Diju
332015Srikanth Kidambi
342016Raj Kumar ‡
352018Sikki Reddy
362018Manoj Sarkar
372019B. Sai Praneeth
382019Pramod Bhagat

Ball Badminton

Basketball

S.No.YearName
11961Sarbjit Singh
21967Khushi Ram
31968Gurdial Singh
41969Hav. Hari Dutt
51970Gulam Abbas Moontasir
61971Man Mohan Singh
71973S. K. Kottailaya
81974A.K. Punj
91975Hanuman Singh
101977–78T. Selvaragavan
111979–80Om Prakash
121982Ajmer Singh
131983Suman Sharma
141982Radhey Shyam
151991Ms. S Sharma
161999Sajjan Singh Cheema
172001Parminder Singh
182003Satya
192014Geethu Anna Jose
202017Prashanti Singh
212018Jagrit Ahuja

Billiards & Snooker

Boxing

S.No.YearName
11961L. Buddy D' Souza
21962Hav. P. Badadur Mal
31966Hawa Singh
41968Hav. Dennis Swamy
51971Hav. Muniswamy Venu
61972Hav. Chandranarayanan
71973Hav. Mehatab Singh
81977–78B.S. Thapa
91978–79C. C. Machaiah
101979–80B. Singh
111980–81Issac Amaldas
121981Hav. G. Manoharan
131982Hav. Kaur Singh
141983Jas Lal Pradhan
151986Jai Pal Singh
161987Seeva Jayaram
171989Gopal Dewang
181991Dharmendra Singh Yadav
191992Rajendra Prasad
201993Manoj Pingale
211993Mukund Killekar
221995V. Devarajan
231996Raj Kumar Sangwan
241998Dingko Singh
251999Gurcharan Singh
261999Jitender Kumar
272002Mohammed Ali Qamar
282003Mary Kom
292005Akhil Kumar
302006Vijender Singh
312008Verghese Johnson
322009Laishram Sarita Devi
332010Dinesh Kumar
342011Suranjoy Singh
352012Vikas Krishan
362013Kavita Chahal
372014Manoj Kumar
382015Mandeep Jangra
392016Shiva Thapa
402017Devendro Laishram
412019Sonia Lather

Carrom

Chess

S.No.YearName
11961Manuel Aaron
21980–81Rohini Khadilkar
31983Dibyendu Barua
41984Pravin Thipsay
51985Viswanathan Anand
61987D. V. Prasad
71987Bhagyashree Thipsay
81990Anupama Gokhale
92000Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
102002Krishnan Sasikiran
112003Koneru Humpy
122005Surya Shekhar Ganguly
132006Pentyala Harikrishna
142008Dronavalli Harika
152009Tania Sachdev
162010Parimarjan Negi
172013Abhijeet Gupta

Cricket

S.No.YearName
11961Saleem Durani
21964Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
31965Vijay Manjrekar
41966Chandu Borde
51967Ajit Wadekar
61968E.A.S. Prasanna
71969Bishan Singh Bedi
81970Dilip Sardesai
91971Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
101972Eknath Solkar
111972B.S. Chandrashekhar
121974Anjan Bhattacharjee
131975Sunil Gavaskar
141976Shanta Rangaswamy
151977–78Gundappa Vishwanath
161979–80Kapil Dev Nikhanj
171980–81Chetan Chauhan
181980–81Syed Kirmani
191981Dilip Vengsarkar
201982Mohinder Amarnath
211983Diana Edulji
221984Ravi Shastri
231985Shubhangi Kulkarni
241986Mohammad Azharuddin
251986Sandhya Agarwal
261989Madan Lal
271993Manoj Prabhakar
281993Kiran More
291994Sachin Tendulkar
301995Anil Kumble
311996Javagal Srinath
321997Ajay Jadeja
331997Sourav Ganguly
341998Rahul Dravid
351998Nayan Mongia
362000Venkatesh Prasad
372001VVS Laxman
382002Virender Sehwag
392003Harbhajan Singh
402003Mithali Raj
412005Anju Jain
422006Anjum Chopra
432009Gautam Gambhir
442010Jhulan Goswami
452011Zaheer Khan
462012Yuvraj Singh
472013Virat Kohli
482014Ravichandran Ashwin
492015Rohit Sharma
502016Ajinkya Rahane
512017Cheteshwar Pujara
522017Harmanpreet Kaur
532018Smriti Mandhana
542019Poonam Yadav
552019Ravindra Jadeja

Cycling

Equestrian

Football

S.No.YearName
11961P. K. Banerjee
21962Tulsidas Balaram
31963Chuni Goswami
41964Jarnail Singh
51965Arun Lal Ghosh
61966Yousuf Khan
71967Peter Thangaraj
81969Inder Singh
91970Syed Naeemuddin
101971C. P. Singh
111973Magan Singh
121978–79Gurdev Singh Gill
131979–80Prasun Banerjee
141980–81Mohammed Habib
151981Sudhir Karmakar
161983Shanti Mullick
171989Subrata Bhattacharya
181997Brahmanand Sankhwalkar
191998Baichung Bhutia
202002Bruno Coutinho
212003I. M. Vijayan
222010Deepak Kumar Mondal
232011Sunil Chhetri
242016Subrata Paul
252017Oinam Bembem Devi
262019Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Golf

S.No.YearName
11961P. G. Sethi
21963Ashok Malik
31967Raj Kumar Pitambar
41972Anjali N Desai
51973Vikramjit Singh
61977Sita Rawlley
71982Lakshman Singh
81987Nonita Lall
91991Ali Sher
101999Jeev Milkha Singh
112002Shiv Kapur
122004Jyoti Randhawa
132007Arjun Atwal
142013Gagan Jeet Bhullar
152014Anirban Lahiri
162017Shiv Chawrasia
172018Shubhankar Sharma

Gymnastics

Hockey

S.No.YearName
11961Prithipal Singh
21961Ann Lumsden
31963Charanjit Singh
41964S. Laxman
51965Udham Singh
61965E. Britto
71966John Peter
81966Sunita Puri
91966Gurbaksh Singh
101967Harbinder Singh
111967Mohinder Lal
121968Balbir Singh Kular
131970Ajit Pal Singh
141971P. Krishnamurthy
151972Michael Kindo
161973M. P. Ganesh
171973O. Mascarenhas
181974Ashok Kumar
191974A. Kaur
201975B. P. Govinda
211975Rupa Saini
221977–78Capt. Harcharan Singh
231977–78Leslie Fernandez
241979–80Vasudevan Baskaran
251979–80R. B. Mundphan
261980–81Mohammed Shahid
271980–81Eliza Nelson
281981Versha Soni
291983Zafar Iqbal
301984Rajbir Kaur
311984S. Maney
321985Prem Maya Sonir
331985Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya
341986J.M. Carvalho
351988M. P. Singh
361989Pargat Singh
371990Jagbir Singh
381992Mervyn Fernandes
391994Jude Felix Sabastain
401995Dhanraj Pillai
411995Mukesh Kumar
421996A. B. Subbaiah
431996Ashish Ballal
441997Harmik Singh
451997Surinder Singh Sodhi
461997Rajinder Singh
471998Surjit Singh Randhawa
481998Pritam Rani Siwach
491998Baljit Singh Dhillon
501998S. Omana Kumari
511998Mohammed Riaz
521998Baldev Singh
531998Maharaj Krishna Kaushik
541999Balbir Singh Kullar
551998Haripal Kaushik
561998Ramandeep Singh
571998Victor Philips
582000Baljeet Singh Saini
592000Tingonleima Chanu
602000Raghbir Singh Bhola
612000Balkishan Singh
622000Jalaluddin Rizvi
632000Madhu Yadav
642002Dilip Tirkey
652002Gagan Ajit Singh
662002Mamta Kharab
672003Devesh Chauhan
682003Suraj Lata Devi
692004Deepak Thakur
702004Innocent Helen Mary
712005Viren Rasquinha
722006Jyoti Sunita Kullu
732008Prabhjot Singh
742009Surinder Kaur
752009Ignace Tirkey
762010Jasjeet Kaur Handa
772010Sandeep Singh
782011Rajpal Singh
792012Sardar Singh
802013Saba Anjum Karim
812015P. R. Sreejesh
822016V. R. Raghunath
832016Ritu Rani
842017S. V. Sunil
852018Savita Punia
862018Manpreet Singh
872019Chinglensana Kangujam

Judo

Kabaddi

Lawn Tennis

S.No.YearName
11961Ramanathan Krishnan
21962Naresh Kumar
31966Jaidip Mukerjea
41967Premjit Lall
51974Vijay Amritraj
61978–79Nirupama Mankad
71980–81Ramesh Krishnan
81985Anand Amritraj
91990Leander Paes
101995Mahesh Bhupathi
111996Gaurav Natekar
121997Asif Ismail
132000Akhtar Ali
142001Sandeep Kirtane
152004Sania Mirza
162011Somdev Devvarman
172017Saketh Myneni
182018Rohan Bopanna

Mountaineering

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Roller Skating

Rowing

Polo

Shooting

‡ - Para Athlete
S.No.YearName
11961Karni Singh
21968Rajyashree Kumari
31969Bhuvaneshwari Kumari
41971Bhim Singh
51972Udyan Chinubhai
61978–79Randhir Singh
71981S. P. Chauhan
81983Mohinder Lal
91983Soma Dutta
101985A. J. Pandit
111986Bhagirath Samai
121993Mansher Singh
131994Jaspal Rana
141996Moraad A. Khan
151997Satendra Kumar
161997Shilpi Singh
171997Naresh Kumar Sharma
181998Manavjit Singh
191998Roopa Unnikrishnan
201999Vivek Singh
212000Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat
222000Abhinav Bindra
232000Gurbir Singh
242002Anwer Sultan
252002Suma Shirur
262002Samaresh Jung
272003Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
282004Deepali A. Deshpande
292005Gagan Narang
302006Vijay Kumar
312008Avneet Kaur Sidhu
322009Ronjan Sodhi
332010Sanjeev Rajput
342011Tejaswini Sawant
352012Annu Raj Singh
362012Omkar Singh
372012Joydeep Karmakar
382013Rajkumari Rathore
392014Heena Sidhu
402015Jitu Rai
412016Apurvi Chandela
422016Gurpreet Singh
432017PN Prakash
442018Rahi sarnobat
452018Ankur mittal
462018Shreyasi singh
472019Anjum Moudgil

Squash

Swimming

‡ - Para Athlete
S.No.YearName
11961Jam. Bajarangi Prasad
21966Rima Datta
31967Arun Shaw
41969Baidyanath Nath
51971Bhanwar Singh
61973D. Khatau
71974A.B. Sarang
81974Manjari Bhargava
91975M.S. Rana
101975Smita Desai
111982Persis Madan
121983Anita Sood
131984Khajan Singh
141988Wilson Cherian
151990Bula Choudhury
161996Kutraleeswaran
171998Bhanu Sachdeva
181999Nisha Millet
192000Sebastian Xavier
202000J. Abhijith
212005Shikha Tandon
222010Rehan Poncha
232011Virdhawal Khade
242011Prasanta Karmakar
252012Sandeep Sejwal
262015Sharath Gayakwad

Table Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Wushu

Yachting

Body Building

Motorsports