Arjuna Award Winners List , Prize Money 2024
Arjuna Award Winners List , Prize Money 2024 –The Arjuna award was India’s highest athletic honour before the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992. The Arjuna Award is given to sportspersons for consistently outstanding performance over the last four years at the international level. Here in this article we give you all information about Arjuna award , when it is established , its winners list and prize money.
All government recognised sports organisations – the National Sports Federations, Indian Olympic Association, SAI, Sports Promotion and Control Boards as well as the governments of the states and union territories and the awardees of the previous year are eligible to nominate candidates for the award.
The award is given to the sports personality taking inview their leadership qualities along with sportsmanship and also discipline in the sports field , their excellence performance at the national and international level.
Arjuna Award Winners list, Cash Prize 2024
1 Arjuna Award is the second-highest sporting honour of India , the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
2 Before the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India.
2 The award was established in 1961. The award is named after “Arjuna”, one of the character of ancient Indian epic “Mahabharata”.
3 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports gives the Arjuna Award each year. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
4 The President of India presents the award to sportspersons in different categories. The Arjuna Award is given to sportspersons for consistently outstanding performance over the last four years at the international level.
5 It is given in various categories in international, national, para-sports and sportspersons who compete in indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.
6 The award comprises “a bronze statuette of Arjuna, certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh.
7 The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
8 Krishna Das was the first recipient of the Arjuna award in the field of archery in the year 1961.
9 Ann Lumsden was the first Indian woman hockey player to receive Arjuna Award.
10 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.
Arjuna Award 2023 Winners List
| 1 | Aditi Gopichand Swami | Archery |
| 2 | Ojas Pravin Deotale | Archery |
| 3 | Parul Chaudhary | Athletics |
| 4 | Murali Sreeshankar | Athletics |
| 5 | Mohameed Hussamuddin | Boxing |
| 6 | R Vaishali | Chess |
| 7 | Mohammed Shami | Cricket |
| 8 | Anush Agarwalla | Equestrian |
| 9 | Divyakriti Singh | Equestrian dressage |
| 10 | Diksha Dagar | Golf |
| 11 | Krishan Bahadur Pathak | Hockey |
| 12 | Sushila Chanu | Hockey |
| 13 | Pawan Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 14 | Ritu Negi | Kabaddi |
| 15 | Nasreen | Kho-kho |
| 16 | Pinky | lawn bowls |
| 17 | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting |
| 18 | Esha Singh | Shooting |
| 19 | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | Squash |
| 20 | Ayhika Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| 21 | Sunil Kumar | Wrestling |
| 22 | Antim Panghal | Wrestling |
| 23 | Naorem Roshibina Devi | Wushu |
| 24 | Sheetal Devi | Para Archery |
| 25 | Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy | Blind cricket |
| 26 | Prachi Yadav | Para Canoeing |
A Total of 26 atheletes were given Arjuna Award on 9th January 2024.