List of Arjuna Award recipients (2020–2029)

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| name = Arjuna Award
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| caption =
| subheader = Civilian award for outstanding individual achievements in National Sports
| awarded_for =
| sponsor = [[Government of India|Govt. of India]]
| established = 1961
| first_award = 1961
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| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 27
| previous = [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]]
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The [[Arjuna Award]], officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games,<ref name ="Scheme" /> is the sports honour of [[India|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.<ref name="EverestNews" /><ref>{{cite press_release|title=Vishwanathan Anand gets Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1992-MIN-OF-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-&-SPORTS/PDF/YTH-1992-08-18_084.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=18 August 1992|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1992-MIN-OF-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-%26-SPORTS/PDF/YTH-1992-08-18_084.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, the award comprises "a [[bronze]] [[statuette]] of Arjuna, certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of {{INRConvert|15|l}}."{{efn|name=a}}

==Name==
The award is named after [[Arjuna]], a character from the [[Sanskrit]] epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' of [[History of India|ancient India]]. He is one of the [[Pandavas]], depicted as a skilled [[archery|archer]] winning the hand of [[Draupadi]] in marriage and in the [[Kurukshetra War]], Lord [[Krishna]] becomes his charioteer teaching him the sacred knowledge of [[Bhagavad Gita|Gita]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691139968/the-bhagavad-gita|title=The Bhagavad Gita|date=26 October 2014|isbn=978-0-691-13996-8|language=en|last1=Davis|first1=Richard H.}}</ref> In [[Hindu mythology]], he has been seen as a symbol of hard work, dedication and concentration.<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Sports Ministry unveils new look Sports Awards|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=52143|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=26 August 2009|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128112951/https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=52143|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Instituted in 1961 to honour the outstanding sportspersons of the country,<ref>{{cite web|title=India in Sports: Some Fabulous Achievements|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/ffeb2000/f100220001.html|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=11 February 2017|author=Bhardwaj, D. K.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813230542/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/ffeb2000/f100220001.html|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Cash awards for Arjuna winners|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-DEC-AWARDS/PDF/DEF-1977-10-12_084.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=12 October 1977|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-DEC-AWARDS/PDF/DEF-1977-10-12_084.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press_release|title=Arjuna Awards further expanded|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1995-JAN-DEC-MO-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-&-SPORTS-NO-9/PDF/YTH-1995-05-24_023.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=24 May 1995|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229185750/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1995-JAN-DEC-MO-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-%26-SPORTS-NO-9/PDF/YTH-1995-05-24_023.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 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|World Championship]] and [[World cup competition|World Cup]] along with [[Cricket]], Indigenous Games, and [[Disabled sports|Parasports]]. It also recommends giving only fifteen awards in a year, relaxing in case of excellent performance in major [[Multi-sport event|multi-sport events]], team sports, across gender and giving away of at least one award to physically challenged category.<ref name="Scheme"/>

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 Award|Dhyan Chand]] and [[Dronacharya Award|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".<ref name="Scheme"/>

==Recipients==
In 2020, a total of twenty-seven individuals have been conferred with the award. Individuals from nineteen different sports were awarded, which includes three from shooting, two each from athletics, badminton, boxing, cricket, hockey and wrestling, and one each from archery, basketball, equestrian, football, golf, kabaddi, kho kho, lawn tennis, rowing, swimming, table tennis and winter sports. Three individuals were also awarded from [[parasports]].

==List of recipients ==
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|+ List of Arjuna award recipients, showing the year, sport, and gender<ref name="ArjunaAward" />
! scope="col" style="width:8%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:20%" | Sport
! scope="col" style="width:17%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sawant Ajay |Anant}}
| Equestrian || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aditi |Ashok}}
| Golf || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | Aakash Malik
| Wrestling 55Kg G/R || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manu |Bhaker}}
| Shooting || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dattu Baban |Bhokanal}}
| Rowing || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishesh |Bhriguvanshi}}
| Basketball || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lovlina |Borgohain}}
| Boxing || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dutee |Chand}}
| Athletics || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saurabh |Chaudhary}}
| Shooting || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandeep |Chaudhary}}
| style="background-color:#E0E0D1;" | Athletics{{small|§}} || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Atanu |Das}}
| Archery || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepak Niwas |Hooda}}
| Kabaddi || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suyash |Jadhav}}
| style="background-color:#E0E0D1;" | Swimming{{small|§}} || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sandesh |Jhingan}}
| Football || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Divya|Kakran}}
| Wrestling || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manish |Kaushik|dab = boxer}}
| Boxing || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | Gurpreet Singh
| Wrestling Greeco Roman 75 kg || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manish |Narwal}}
| style="background-color:#E0E0D1;" | Shooting{{small|§}} || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Madhurika |Patkar}}
| Table Tennis || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satwiksairaj |Rankireddy}}
| Badminton || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Divij |Sharan}}
| Lawn Tennis || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepti |Sharma}}
| Cricket || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ishant |Sharma}}
| Cricket || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chirag |Shetty}}
| Badminton || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Akashdeep |Singh}}
| Hockey || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kale Sarika |Sudhakar}}
| Kho Kho || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Deepika |Thakur}}
| Hockey || Female

|}

==Explanatory notes==
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{{efn|name=a|The cash prize was introduced in the year 1977{{ndash}}1978 as a scholarship of {{INRConvert|200}} a month for 2 years.<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Two years Scholarship for winners|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1978-JULY-DEC-MINISTRY-OF-EDUCATION-SOCIAL-WELFARE-&-CULTURE/PDF/EDU-1978-10-27_165.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=27 October 1978|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143057/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1978-JULY-DEC-MINISTRY-OF-EDUCATION-SOCIAL-WELFARE-%26-CULTURE/PDF/EDU-1978-10-27_165.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> It was revised to one time cash prize of {{INRConvert|5|k}} in 1986,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Arjuna Award for 1986 to 13 Sports persons|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1988-JAN-JUNE-HUMAN-RESOURCE-DEVIL-VOL-I/PDF/HRD-1988-01-12_014.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=12 January 1988|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143057/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1988-JAN-JUNE-HUMAN-RESOURCE-DEVIL-VOL-I/PDF/HRD-1988-01-12_014.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> to {{INRConvert|20|k}} in 1987,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Value of cash prize enhanced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/RASHTRAPATI%20BHAWAN/1989-JAN-DEC-PRESIDENT-SECTT/PDF/RPB-1989-05-30_030.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=30 May 1989|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143057/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/RASHTRAPATI%20BHAWAN/1989-JAN-DEC-PRESIDENT-SECTT/PDF/RPB-1989-05-30_030.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> to {{INRConvert|50|k}} in 1993,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Arjuna awards, Dronachrya awards for 1998 Presented|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1993-JAN-DEC-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-&-SPORTS/PDF/YTH-1993-07-22_045.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=22 July 1993|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143057/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/EDUCATION/1993-JAN-DEC-YOUTH-AFFAIRS-%26-SPORTS/PDF/YTH-1993-07-22_045.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> to {{INRConvert|1.5|l}} in 1998,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Value of cash prize enhanced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr99/l0999/r010999.html#8|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=1 September 1998|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143138/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr99/l0999/r010999.html#8|url-status=live}}</ref> to {{INRConvert|3|l}} in 2001,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Arjuna Awards scheme Revised|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rapr2002/03042002/r0304200215.html|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=3 April 2002|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143222/https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rapr2002/03042002/r0304200215.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to {{INRConvert|5|l}} in 2009,<ref>{{cite press_release|title=Several initiatives undertaken for transformation of sports|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=56322|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=22 December 2009|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001163838/http://pibarchive.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=56322|url-status=live}}</ref> and to {{INRConvert|15|l}} in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enhancement of cash amount of Sports Awards 2020|url=http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Enhancement%20of%20cash%20amount%20of%20Sports%20Awards%202020.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=27 August 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143104/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Enhancement%20of%20cash%20amount%20of%20Sports%20Awards%202020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ArjunaAward">{{cite press_release|title=National Sports Awards 2020 announced|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1647633|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|accessdate=21 September 2020|date=21 August 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143213/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1647633|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Scheme">{{cite web|title=Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Revised%20Scheme%20of%20Arjuna%20Award%20%28amended%20as%20on%207.9.2018%29_0.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|accessdate=22 September 2020|date=7 September 2018|format=PDF|df=dmy-all|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143100/https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/Revised%20Scheme%20of%20Arjuna%20Award%20%28amended%20as%20on%207.9.2018%29_0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="EverestNews">{{cite news |last1=Chhetri |first1=Vivek |title=Team spirit at its peak for Arjuna |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/team-spirit-at-its-peak-for-arjuna/cid/1523047 |accessdate=22 September 2020 |work=Telegraph India |date=30 May 2015 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001205604/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/team-spirit-at-its-peak-for-arjuna/cid/1523047 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

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