| Arjun Award | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | Sports (Individual) | |
| Instituted | 1961 | |
| First Awarded | 1961 | |
| Last Awarded | 2007 | |
| Awarded by | Govt. of India | |
| Award Rank | ||
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ← Arjun Award → none | ||
The Arjun Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjun 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 has recently[when?] revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three 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.
From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
- Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
- Indigenous Games
- Sports for the Physically Challenged
Arjun Awardees in Archery
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | Krishna Das |
| 2 | 1989 | Shyam Lal |
| 3 | 1991 | Limba Ram |
| 4 | 1992 | Sanjeev Kumar Singh |
| 5 | 2005 | Tarundeep Rai |
| 6 | 2005 | Dola Banerjee |
| 7 | 2006 | Jayanta Talukdar |
| 8 | 2009 | Mangal Singh Champia |
Arjun Awardees in Athletics
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa |
| 2 | 1962 | Tarlok Singh |
| 3 | 1963 | Stephie D'Souza |
| 4 | 1964 | Makhan Singh |
| 5 | 1965 | Kenneth Powell |
| 6 | 1966 | Ajmer Singh |
| 7 | 1966 | B. S. Barua |
| 8 | 1967 | Praveen Kumar |
| 9 | 1967 | Bhim Singh |
| 10 | 1968 | Joginder Singh |
| 11 | 1968 | Manjit Walia |
| 12 | 1969 | Harnek Singh |
| 13 | 1970 | Mohinder Singh Gill |
| 14 | 1971 | Edward Sequeira |
| 15 | 1972 | Vijay Singh Chauhan |
| 16 | 1973 | Sriram Singh |
| 17 | 1974 | T. C. Yohannan |
| 18 | 1974 | Shivnath Singh |
| 19 | 1975 | Hari Chand |
| 20 | 1975 | V. Anusuya Bai |
| 21 | 1976 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan |
| 22 | 1976 | Geeta Zutshi |
| 23 | 1978-79 | Suresh Babu |
| 24 | 1978-79 | Angel Mary Joseph |
| 25 | 1979-80 | R. Gyanasekaran |
| 26 | 1980-81 | Gopal Saini |
| 27 | 1981 | Sabir Ali |
| 28 | 1982 | Charles Borromeo |
| 29 | 1982 | Chand Ram |
| 30 | 1982 | M. D. Valsamma |
| 31 | 1983 | Suresh Yadav |
| 32 | 1983 | P. T. Usha |
| 33 | 1984 | Raj Kumar |
| 34 | 1984 | Shiny Abraham |
| 35 | 1985 | Raghubir Singh Bal |
| 36 | 1985 | Asha Agarwal |
| 37 | 1985 | Adille Sumariwala |
| 38 | 1986 | Suman Rawat |
| 39 | 1987 | Balwinder Singh |
| 40 | 1987 | Vandana Rao |
| 41 | 1987 | Bagicha Singh |
| 42 | 1987 | Vandana Shanbagh |
| 43 | 1988 | Ashwini Nachappa |
| 44 | 1989 | Mercy Kuttan |
| 45 | 1990 | Deena Ram |
| 46 | 1992 | Bahadur Prasad |
| 47 | 1993 | K. Saramma |
| 48 | 1994 | Rosa Kutty |
| 49 | 1995 | Shakti Singh |
| 50 | 1995 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar |
| 51 | 1996 | Ajit Bhaduria |
| 52 | 1996 | Padmini Thomas |
| 53 | 1997 | Reeth Abraham |
| 54 | 1998 | Sirichand Ram |
| 55 | 1998 | Neelam Jaswant Singh |
| 56 | 1998 | S. D. Eshan |
| 57 | 1998 | Rachita Mistry |
| 58 | 1998 | Paramjit Singh |
| 59 | 1999 | Gulab Chand |
| 60 | 1999 | Gurmit Kaur |
| 61 | 1999 | Parduman Singh |
| 62 | 1999 | Sunita Rani |
| 63 | 2000 | K. M. Beenamol |
| 64 | 2000 | Yadvendra Vashishta (PH) |
| 65 | 2000 | Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar - Powerlifting (PH) |
| 66 | 2000 | Joginder Singh Bedi (PH) (For Life time Contribution) |
| 67 | 2002 | Anju Bobby George |
| 68 | 2002 | Saraswati Saha |
| 69 | 2003 | Soma Biswas |
| 70 | 2003 | Madhuri Saxena |
| 71 | 2004 | Anil Kumar |
| 72 | 2004 | J. J. Shobha |
| 73 | 2004 | Devendra Jhajharia (Physically Challenged) |
| 74 | 2005 | Manjit Kaur |
| 75 | 2005 | Rajinder Singh Rahelu (Physically Challenged) |
| 76 | 2006 | K. M. Binu |
| 77 | 2007 | Chitra K. Soman |
| 78 | 2009 | Sinimol Paulose |
Arjun Awardees in Badminton
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Nandu Natekar |
| 2 | 1962 | Meena Shah |
| 3 | 1965 | Dinesh Khanna |
| 4 | 1967 | Suresh Goel |
| 5 | 1969 | Dipu Ghosh |
| 6 | 1970 | D. V. Tambay |
| 7 | 1971 | S. Moorthy |
| 8 | 1972 | Prakash Padukone |
| 9 | 1974 | Raman Ghosh |
| 10 | 1975 | Davinder Ahuja |
| 11 | 1976 | Ami Ghia |
| 12 | 1977-78 | Ms. K.T. Singh |
| 13 | 1980-81 | Syed Modi |
| 14 | 1982 | P. Ganguli |
| 15 | 1982 | Madhumita Bisht |
| 16 | 1991 | Rajeev Bagga |
| 17 | 2000 | Pullela Gopichand |
| 18 | 1999 | George Thomas |
| 19 | 2003 | Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged) |
| 20 | 2004 | Abhinn Shyam Gupta |
| 21 | 2005 | Aparna Popat |
| 22 | 2006 | Chetan Anand |
| 23 | 2006 | Rohit Bhakar (Physically Challenged) |
| 24 | 2008 | Anup Sridhar |
| 25 | 2009 | Saina Nehwal |
Arjun Awardees in Ball Badminton
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1970 | J. Pitchyya |
| 2 | 1972 | Ms. J. Srinivasan |
| 3 | 1973 | A. Kareem |
| 4 | 1975 | L.A. Iqbal |
| 5 | 1976 | A. Sam Christ Das |
| 6 | 1984 | D. Rajaraman |
Arjun Awardees in Basketball
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Sarbjit Singh |
| 2 | 1967 | Khushi Ram |
| 3 | 1968 | Gurdial Singh |
| 4 | 1969 | Hav. Hari Dutt |
| 5 | 1970 | Gulam Abbas Moontasir |
| 6 | 1971 | Man Mohan Singh |
| 7 | 1973 | S. K. Kataria |
| 8 | 1974 | A.K. Punj |
| 9 | 1975 | Hanuman Singh |
| 10 | 1977-78 | T. Vijayaraghawan |
| 11 | 1979-80 | Om Prakash |
| 12 | 1982 | Ajmer Singh |
| 13 | 1991 | Radhey Shyam |
| 14 | 1991 | Ms. S Sharma |
| 15 | 1999 | Sajjan Singh Cheema |
Arjun Awardees in Billiards & Snooker
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Alok Kumar |
| 2 | 2003 | Pankaj Advani |
| 3 | 2005 | Anuja Prakash Thakur |
| 4 | 1983 | Subhash Agarwal |
Arjun Awardees in Boxing
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | L. Buddy D' Souza |
| 2 | 1962 | Hav. P. Badadur Mal |
| 3 | 1966 | Hawa Singh |
| 4 | 1968 | Hav. Dennis Swamy |
| 5 | 1971 | Hav. Muniswamy Venu |
| 6 | 1972 | Hav. Chandranarayanan |
| 7 | 1973 | Hav. Mehatab Singh |
| 8 | 1977-78 | B.S. Thapa |
| 9 | 1978-79 | C.C. Machaiah |
| 10 | 1979-80 | B. Singh |
| 11 | 1980-81 | Issac Amaldas |
| 12 | 1981 | Hav. G. Manoharan |
| 13 | 1982 | Hav. Kaur Singh |
| 14 | 1983 | Jas Lal Pradhan |
| 15 | 1986 | Jai Pal Singh |
| 16 | 1987 | Seeva Jayaram |
| 17 | 1989 | Gopal Dewang |
| 18 | 1991 | D.S. Yadav |
| 19 | 1992 | Rajender Prasad |
| 20 | 1993 | Manoj Pingale |
| 21 | 1993 | Mukund Killekar |
| 22 | 1995 | V. Devarajan |
| 23 | 1996 | Raj Kumar Sangwan |
| 24 | 1998 | N.G. Dingko Singh |
| 25 | 1999 | Gurcharan Singh |
| 26 | 1999 | Jitender Kumar |
| 27 | 2002 | Md. Ali Qamar |
| 28 | 2003 | Ms. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom |
| 29 | 2005 | Akhil Kumar |
| 30 | 2006 | Vijender Kumar |
| 31 | 2008 | Verghese Johnson |
| 32 | 2009 | L. Sarita Devi |
Arjun Awardees in Carrom
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1996 | A. Maria Irudayam |
Arjun Awardees in Chess
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Manuel Aaron |
| 2 | 1980-81 | Rohini Khadilkar |
| 3 | 1983 | Dibyendu Barua |
| 4 | 1984 | Pravin Thipsay |
| 5 | 1985 | Vishwanathan Anand |
| 6 | 1987 | D. V. Prasad |
| 7 | 1987 | Bhagyashree Thipsay |
| 8 | 1990 | Anupama Gokhale |
| 9 | 2000 | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi |
| 10 | 2002 | Krishnan Sasikiran |
| 11 | 2003 | Koneru Humpy |
| 12 | 2005 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly |
| 13 | 2006 | Pentyala Harikrishna |
| 14 | 2008 | Dronavalli Harika |
| 15 | 2009 | Tania Sachdev |
Arjun Awardees in Cricket
Arjun Awardees in Cycling
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1975 | Amar Singh |
| 2 | 1978-79 | Ms. M. Mahapatra |
| 3 | 1983 | A.R. Arthna |
Arjun Awardees in Equestrian
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1973 | Dafadar Khan M. Khan |
| 2 | 1976 | Lt. Col. H.S. Sodhi |
| 3 | 1982 | Maj. R. Singh Brar |
| 4 | 1982 | Raghubir Singh (Equestrian) |
| 5 | 1984 | Capt. G. Mohd. Khan |
| 6 | 1987 | Maj. J.S. Ahluwalia |
| 7 | 1991 | Capt. Adhiraj Singh |
| 8 | 2003 | Capt. Rajesh Pattu |
| 9 | 2004 | Maj. Deep Kumar Ahlawat |
Arjun Awardees in Football
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | P. K. Banerjee |
| 2 | 1962 | Tulsidas Balaram |
| 3 | 1963 | Chuni Goswami |
| 4 | 1964 | Jarnail Singh |
| 5 | 1965 | Arun Lal Ghosh |
| 6 | 1966 | Yusuf Khan |
| 7 | 1967 | Peter Thangaraj |
| 8 | 1969 | Inder Singh |
| 9 | 1970 | Syed Naeemuddin |
| 10 | 1971 | C. P. Singh |
| 11 | 1973 | Magan Singh |
| 12 | 1978-79 | Gurdev Singh Gill |
| 13 | 1979-80 | Prasun Banerjee |
| 14 | 1980-81 | Mohammed Habib |
| 15 | 1981 | Sudhir Karmakar |
| 16 | 1983 | Shanti Mullick |
| 17 | 1989 | S. Bhattacharjee |
| 18 | 1997 | Brahmanand Sankhwalkar |
| 19 | 1998 | Baichung Bhutia |
| 20 | 2002 | I. M. Vijayan |
Arjun Awardees in Golf
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | Chiranjeev Milkha Singh (Jeev Milkha Singh) |
| 2 | 2002 | Shiv Kapur |
| 3 | 2004 | Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (Jyoti Randhawa) |
| 4 | 2007 | Arjun Atwal |
Arjun Awardees in Gymnastics
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Shyam Lal |
| 2 | 1975 | Montu Debnath |
| 3 | 1985 | Ms. S. Sharma |
| 4 | 1989 | Ms. Krupali Patel |
| 5 | 2000 | Dr. (Ms.) Kalpna Debnath |
Arjun Awardees in Hockey
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Prithipal Singh |
| 2 | 1961 | N. Lumsden |
| 3 | 1963 | Charanjit Singh |
| 4 | 1964 | S. Laxman |
| 5 | 1965 | Udham Singh |
| 6 | 1965 | E. Britto |
| 7 | 1966 | V. J. Peter |
| 8 | 1966 | Sunita Puri |
| 9 | 1966 | Gurbaksh Singh |
| 10 | 1967 | Harbinder Singh |
| 11 | 1967 | Mohinder Lal |
| 12 | 1968 | Balbir Singh Kular |
| 13 | 1970 | Ajit Pal Singh |
| 14 | 1971 | P. Krishnamurthy |
| 15 | 1972 | Michael Kindo |
| 16 | 1973 | M. P. Ganesh |
| 17 | 1973 | O. Mascarenhas |
| 18 | 1974 | Ashok Kumar |
| 19 | 1974 | A. Kaur |
| 20 | 1975 | B. P. Govinda |
| 21 | 1975 | R. Saini |
| 22 | 1977-78 | Capt. Harcharan Singh |
| 23 | 1977-78 | L. L. Fernandes |
| 24 | 1979-80 | Vasudevan Baskaran |
| 25 | 1979-80 | R. B. Mundphan |
| 26 | 1980-81 | Mohammed Shahid |
| 27 | 1980-81 | Eliza Nelson |
| 28 | 1981 | Versha Soni |
| 29 | 1983 | Zafar Iqbal |
| 30 | 1984 | Rajbir Kaur |
| 31 | 1984 | S. Maney |
| 32 | 1985 | Prem Maya Sonir |
| 33 | 1985 | Panda Muthanna |
| 34 | 1986 | J.M. Carvalho |
| 35 | 1988 | M. P. Singh |
| 36 | 1989 | Pargat Singh |
| 37 | 1990 | Jagbir Singh |
| 38 | 1992 | Mervyn Fernandes |
| 39 | 1994 | Jude Felix Sabastain |
| 40 | 1995 | Dhanraj Pillai |
| 41 | 1995 | Mukesh Kumar |
| 42 | 1996 | A. B. Subbaiah |
| 43 | 1996 | Ashish Kumar Ballal |
| 44 | 1997 | Harmik Singh |
| 45 | 1997 | Surinder Singh Sodhi |
| 46 | 1997 | Rajinder Singh |
| 47 | 1998 | S. Surjit Singh |
| 48 | 1998 | Pritam Rani Siwach |
| 49 | 1998 | B. S. Dhillon |
| 50 | 1998 | S. Omana Kumari |
| 51 | 1998 | Mohammed Riaz |
| 52 | 1998 | Baldev Singh |
| 53 | 1998 | Maharaj Krishna Kaushik |
| 54 | 1999 | Balbir Singh Kullar |
| 55 | 1998 | Lt. Col. Haripal Kaushik |
| 56 | 1998 | Ramandeep Singh |
| 57 | 1998 | V. J. Phillips |
| 58 | 2000 | Baljeet Singh Saini |
| 59 | 2000 | Tingonleima Chanu |
| 60 | 2000 | Gp. Capt. R. S. Bhola |
| 61 | 2000 | Balkishan Singh |
| 62 | 2000 | Jalaluddin Rizvi |
| 63 | 2000 | Madhu Yadav |
| 64 | 2002 | Dilip Tirkey |
| 65 | 2002 | Gagan Ajit Singh |
| 66 | 2002 | Mamta Kharab |
| 67 | 2003 | Devesh Chauhan |
| 68 | 2003 | Suraj Lata Devi |
| 69 | 2004 | Deepak Thakur |
| 70 | 2004 | Innocent Helen Mary |
| 71 | 2005 | Viren Rasquinha |
| 72 | 2006 | Jyoti Sunita Kullu |
| 73 | 2008 | Prabhjot Singh |
| 74 | 2009 | Surinder Kaur |
| 75 | 2009 | Ignace Tirkey |
Arjun Awardees in Judo
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1992 | Sandeep Byala |
| 2 | 1993 | Cawas Billimoria |
| 3 | 1996 | Ms. Poonam Chopra |
| 4 | 1998 | Narender Singh |
| 5 | 2003 | Akram Shah |
| 6 | 2004 | Ms. Angom Anita Chanu |
| 7 | 2007 | Ms. Tombi Devi |
Arjun Awardees in Kabaddi
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Ashan Kumar |
| 2 | 1998 | Biswajit Palit |
| 3 | 1999 | Balwinder Singh |
| 4 | 1999 | Tirath Raj |
| 5 | 2000 | C. Homonappa |
| 6 | 2002 | Ram Mehar Singh |
| 7 | 2003 | Sanjeev Kumar |
| 8 | 2004 | Sunder Singh |
| 9 | 2005 | Ramesh Kumar |
| 10 | 2006 | Naveen Gautam |
| 11 | 2008 | Pankaj Navnath Shrisat |
Arjun Awardees in Lawn Tennis
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Ramanathan Krishnan |
| 2 | 1962 | Naresh Kumar |
| 3 | 1966 | Jaidip Mukerjea |
| 4 | 1967 | Premjit Lall |
| 5 | 1974 | Vijay Amritraj |
| 6 | 1978-79 | Nirupama Mankad |
| 7 | 1980-81 | Ramesh Krishnan |
| 8 | 1985 | Anand Amritraj |
| 9 | 1990 | Leander Paes |
| 10 | 1995 | Mahesh Bhupathi |
| 11 | 1996 | Gaurav Natekar |
| 12 | 1997 | Asif Ismail |
| 13 | 2000 | Akhtar Ali |
| 14 | 2004 | Sania Mirza |
Arjun Awardees in Rowing
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | Maj. Parveen Oberoy |
| 2 | 1984 | Capt. M.A. Naik |
| 3 | 1991 | Naib Subedar Dalvir Singh |
| 4 | 1994 | Major R.S. Bhanwala |
| 5 | 1996 | Surender Singh Waldia |
| 6 | 1999 | Jagjit Singh |
| 7 | 2000 | Surender Singh Kanwasi |
| 8 | 2004 | Jenil Krishnan |
| 9 | 2008 | Bajrang lal Thakkar |
| 10 | 2009 | Satish Joshi |
Arjun Awardees in Shooting
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Karni Singh |
| 2 | 1968 | Rajyashree Kumari |
| 3 | 1969 | Bhuvaneshwari Kumari |
| 4 | 1971 | Bhim Singh |
| 5 | 1972 | Udyan Chinubhai |
| 6 | 1978-79 | Randhir Singh |
| 7 | 1981 | S. P. Chauhan |
| 8 | 1983 | Mohinder Lal |
| 9 | 1983 | Soma Dutta |
| 10 | 1985 | A. J. Pandit |
| 11 | 1986 | Bhagirath Samai |
| 12 | 1993 | Mansher Singh |
| 13 | 1994 | Jaspal Rana |
| 14 | 1996 | Moraad A. Khan |
| 15 | 1997 | Satendra Kumar |
| 16 | 1997 | Shilpi Singh |
| 17 | 1998 | Manavjit Singh |
| 18 | 1998 | Roopa Unnikrishnan |
| 19 | 1999 | Vivek Singh |
| 20 | 2000 | Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat |
| 21 | 2000 | Abhinav Bindra |
| 22 | 2000 | Gurbir Singh |
| 23 | 2002 | Anwer Sultan |
| 24 | 2002 | Suma Shirur |
| 25 | 2003 | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
| 26 | 2004 | Deepali A. Deshpande |
| 27 | 2005 | Gagan Narang |
| 28 | 2006 | Vijay Kumar |
| 29 | 2008 | Avneet Kaur Sidhu |
| 30 | 2009 | Ronjan Sodhi |
Arjun Awardees in Squash
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006 | Sourav Ghosal |
Arjun Awardees in Swimming
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Jam. Bajarangi Prasad |
| 2 | 1966 | Rima Datta |
| 3 | 1967 | Arun Shaw |
| 4 | 1969 | Baidyanath Nath |
| 5 | 1971 | Bhanwar Singh |
| 6 | 1973 | D. (Tingoo) Khatau |
| 7 | 1974 | A.B. Sarang |
| 8 | 1974 | Manjari Bhargava (diving) |
| 9 | 1975 | M.S. Rana |
| 10 | 1975 | Smita Desai |
| 11 | 1982 | Persis Madan |
| 12 | 1983 | Anita Sood |
| 13 | 1984 | Khajan Singh |
| 14 | 1988 | Wilson Cherian |
| 15 | 1990 | Bula Choudhury |
| 16 | 1996 | V. Kutraleeshwaran |
| 17 | 1998 | Bhanu Sachdeva |
| 18 | 1999 | Nisha Millet |
| 19 | 2000 | Sebastian Xavier |
| 20 | 2000 | J. Abhijith |
| 21 | 2005 | Shikha Tandon |
Arjun Awardees in Table Tennis
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | J.C. Vohra |
| 2 | 1965 | G. R. Deewan |
| 3 | 1966 | U. Sundararaj |
| 4 | 1967 | F. R. Khodaiji |
| 5 | 1969 | Mir Kasim Ali |
| 6 | 1970 | G. Jagannath |
| 7 | 1971 | K. F. Khodaiji |
| 8 | 1973 | N. R. Bajaj |
| 9 | 1976 | S. Shailja |
| 10 | 1979-80 | Indu Puri |
| 11 | 1980-81 | Manjit Dua |
| 12 | 1982 | V. Chandrasekhar |
| 13 | 1985 | Kamlesh Mehta |
| 14 | 1987 | Monalisa Barua |
| 15 | 1989 | Niyati Shah |
| 16 | 1990 | M. S. Walia |
| 17 | 1997 | Chetan Baboor |
| 18 | 1998 | Subramaniam Raman |
| 19 | 2002 | Mantu Ghosh |
| 20 | 2004 | Achanta Sharath Kamal |
| 21 | 2005 | Soumyadeep Roy |
| 22 | 2006 | Subhajit Saha |
| 23 | 2009 | Poulomi Ghatak |
Arjun Awardees in Volleyball
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | A. Palanisamy |
| 2 | 1962 | Nripjit Singh |
| 3 | 1972 | Balwant Singh "Ballu" |
| 4 | 1973 | G.M. Reddy |
| 5 | 1974 | M.S. Rao |
| 6 | 1975 | Sub. Insp. R. Singh |
| 7 | 1975 | K.C. Elamma |
| 8 | 1976 | Jimmy George |
| 9 | 1977-78 | A. Raman Rao |
| 10 | 1978-79 | Kutty Krishan |
| 11 | 1979-80 | S.K. Mishra |
| 12 | 1982 | G.E. Sridharan |
| 13 | 1983 | R.K. Purohit |
| 14 | 1984 | Saley Joseph |
| 15 | 1986 | Cyril C. Vallor |
| 16 | 1989 | Abdul Basith |
| 17 | 1990 | Dalel Singh Ror |
| 18 | 1991 | K. Udaya Kumar |
| 19 | 1999 | Sukhpal Singh |
| 20 | 2000 | P.V. Ramana |
| 21 | 2002 | Ravikant Reddy |
Arjun Awardees in Weightlifting
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | A.N. Ghosh |
| 2 | 1962 | L.K. Dass |
| 3 | 1963 | K.E. Rao |
| 4 | 1965 | B.S. Bhatia |
| 5 | 1966 | Mohan Lal Ghosh |
| 6 | 1967 | S. John Gabriel |
| 7 | 1970 | Arun Kumar Dass |
| 8 | 1971 | S.L. Salwan |
| 9 | 1972 | Anil Kumar Mandal |
| 10 | 1974 | S. Vellaiswamy |
| 11 | 1975 | Dalbir Singh |
| 12 | 1976 | K. Balamuruganandam |
| 13 | 1977-78 | M.T. Selvan |
| 14 | 1978-79 | E. Karaunakaran |
| 15 | 1981 | B.K. Satpathy |
| 16 | 1982 | Tara Singh |
| 17 | 1983 | Vispy K. Daroga |
| 18 | 1985 | Mehar Chand Bhaskar |
| 19 | 1986 | Jag Mohan Sapra |
| 20 | 1987 | G. Devan |
| 21 | 1989 | Jyotsna Dutta |
| 22 | 1990 | R. Chandra |
| 23 | 1990 | N. Kunjarani |
| 24 | 1991 | Chhaya Adak |
| 25 | 1993 | Bharati Singh |
| 26 | 1994 | K. Malleswari |
| 27 | 1997 | Paramjit Sharma |
| 28 | 1997 | N. Laxmi |
| 29 | 1998 | Satheesha Rai |
| 30 | 1999 | Dalbir Singh |
| 31 | 2000 | Sanamacha Chanu Thingbaijan |
| 32 | 2002 | Thandava Murthy Muthu |
| 33 | 2006 | Geeta Rani |
Arjun Awardees in Wrestling
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961 | Hav. Udey Chanf |
| 2 | 1962 | Malwa |
| 3 | 1963 | G. Andalkar |
| 4 | 1964 | Bishamber Singh |
| 5 | 1966 | Bhim Singh |
| 6 | 1967 | Mukhtiar Singh |
| 7 | 1969 | Master Chandgi Ram (Indian style wrestling) |
| 8 | 1970 | Sudesh Kumar |
| 9 | 1972 | Prem Nath |
| 10 | 1973 | Jagroop Singh |
| 11 | 1974 | Satpal |
| 12 | 1978-79 | Rajinder Singh |
| 13 | 1980-81 | Jagminder Singh |
| 14 | 1982 | Kartar Singh |
| 15 | 1985 | Mahabir Singh |
| 16 | 1987 | Subhash |
| 17 | 1988 | Rajesh Kumar |
| 18 | 1989 | Satywan |
| 19 | 1990 | Ombir Singh |
| 20 | 1992 | Pappu Yadav |
| 21 | 1993 | Ashok Kumar |
| 22 | 1997 | Jagdish Singh |
| 23 | 1997 | Sanjay Kumar |
| 24 | 1998 | Kaka Pawar |
| 25 | 1998 | Rohtas Singh Dahiya |
| 26 | 1999 | Ashok Kumar |
| 27 | 2000 | Randhir Singh |
| 28 | 2000 | Kripa Shakar Patel |
| 29 | 2000 | K.D. Jadhav (Posthumously) |
| 30 | 2000 | Naresh Kumar |
| 31 | 2002 | Palwinder Singh Cheema |
| 32 | 2002 | Sujeet Mann |
| 33 | 2003 | Shokhinder Tomar |
| 34 | 2004 | Anuj Kumar |
| 35 | 2005 | Sushil Kumar |
| 36 | 2006 | Geetika Jakhar |
| 37 | 2008 | Alka Tomar |
| 38 | 2009 | Yogeshwar Dutt |
Arjun Awardees in Yachting
| No | Year | Recipient Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1970 | Lt. Cdr. S. J. Contractor |
| 2 | 1973 | Afsar Hussain |
| 3 | 1978-79 | Cdr. S. K. Mongia |
| 4 | 1981 | Zarir Karanjia |
| 5 | 1982 | Farokh Tarapore |
| 6 | 1982 | Fali Unwalla |
| 7 | 1982 | Jeeja Unwalla |
| 8 | 1986 | Lt. Dhruv Bhandari |
| 9 | 1987 | C. S. Pradipak |
| 10 | 1990 | P. K. Garg |
| 11 | 1993 | Cdr. Homi Motiwala |
| 12 | 1996 | Lt. Cdr. Kelly Subbanand Rao (Posthumously) |
| 13 | 1999 | Aashim Mongia |
| 14 | 2002 | Nitin Mongia |
| 15 | 2009 | Girdhari Lal Yadav |
See also
Category:Arjuna Award recipients
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