List of National Sports Award recipients in non-Olympic sports

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. , 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.

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. 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. 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. 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." One awardee Kelly Subbanand Rao was honoured Arjuna Award posthumously in the year 1996 in the discipline of yachting.

Recipients Adventure Sports + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1985 Arjuna Award Male1986 Arjuna Award Female1986 Arjuna Award male

Ball Badminton + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1970 Arjuna Award Male1972 Arjuna Award Female1973 Arjuna Award Male1975 Arjuna Award Male1976 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male

Billiards & Snooker + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1992–1993 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male2005 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male1962 Arjuna Award Male1970 Arjuna Award Male1972 Arjuna Award Male1973 Arjuna Award Male1978–1979 Arjuna Award Male1983 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male1985 Arjuna Award Male1989 Arjuna Award Male1997 Arjuna Award Male2001 Arjuna Award Male2002 Arjuna Award Male2003 Arjuna Award Male2005 Arjuna Award Female2012 Arjuna Award Male2013 Arjuna Award Male2016 Arjuna Award Male2005 Dhyan Chand Award Male1996 Dronacharya Award Male2001 Dronacharya Award Male2004 Dronacharya Award Male2010 Dronacharya Award Male

Bodybuilding + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1978–1979 Arjuna Award Male1979–1980 Arjuna Award Male1986 Arjuna Award Male1998 Arjuna Award Male2019 Arjuna Award Male

Carrom + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1996 Arjuna Award Male

Chess + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1991–1992 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male2024 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Male1961 Arjuna Award Male1980–1981 Arjuna Award Female1983 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male1985 Arjuna Award Male1987 Arjuna Award Male1987 Arjuna Award Female1990 Arjuna Award Female2000 Arjuna Award Female2002 Arjuna Award Male2003 Arjuna Award Female2005 Arjuna Award Male2006 Arjuna Award Male2007 Arjuna Award Female2009 Arjuna Award Female2010 Arjuna Award Male2013 Arjuna Award Male2022 Arjuna Award Female2022 Arjuna Award Male2023 Arjuna Award Female2024 Arjuna Award Female2026 Arjuna Award Female2026 Arjuna Award Male2021 Dhyan Chand Award Male2006 Dronacharya Award Male2023 Dronacharya Award Male

Kabaddi + Key

+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1972 Arjuna Award Male1973 Arjuna Award Male1978–1979 Arjuna Award Female1980–1981 Arjuna Award Male1981 Arjuna Award Female1983 Arjuna Award Female1986 Arjuna Award Female1990 Arjuna Award Male1994 Arjuna Award Male1994 Arjuna Award Male1995 Arjuna Award Male1996 Arjuna Award Male1996 Arjuna Award Female1997 Arjuna Award Male1998 Arjuna Award Male1998 Arjuna Award Male1999 Arjuna Award Male1999 Arjuna Award Male2000 Arjuna Award Male2001 Arjuna Award Male2002 Arjuna Award Male2003 Arjuna Award Male2004 Arjuna Award Male2005 Arjuna Award Male2006 Arjuna Award Male2009 Arjuna Award Male2010 Arjuna Award Male2011 Arjuna Award Male2011 Arjuna Award Female2012 Arjuna Award Male2014 Arjuna Award Female2015 Arjuna Award Male2015 Arjuna Award Female2017 Arjuna Award Male2019 Arjuna Award Male2020 Arjuna Award Male2021 Arjuna Award Male2022 Arjuna Award Female2023 Arjuna Award Male2023 Arjuna Award Female2007 Dhyan Chand Award Male2020 Dhyan Chand Award Male2021 Dhyan Chand Award Male2022 Dhyan Chand Award Male2023 Dhyan Chand Award Female2019 Dronacharya Award Male2020 Dronacharya Award Male2021 Dronacharya Award Male2023 Dronacharya Award Male2002 Dronacharya Award Male2005 Dronacharya Award Male2012 Dronacharya Award Female2017 Dronacharya Award Male

Kho Kho + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1970 Arjuna Award Male1971 Arjuna Award Male1973 Arjuna Award Female1974 Arjuna Award Female1975 Arjuna Award Male1975 Arjuna Award Female1976 Arjuna Award Male1981 Arjuna Award Female1981 Arjuna Award Male1983 Arjuna Award Female1984 Arjuna Award Male1985 Arjuna Award Female1998 Arjuna Award Female2020 Arjuna Award Female2023 Arjuna Award Female2000 Dronacharya Award Male

Lawn Bowls + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender2022 Arjuna Award Female2023 Arjuna Award Female

Mallakhamb + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender2021 Arjuna Award Female2022 Arjuna Award Male2020 Dronacharya Award Male2023 Dronacharya Award Male

Motor Sports + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender2019 Arjuna Award Male

Mountaineering + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1965 Arjuna Award (Group) Male1981 Arjuna Award Female1981 Arjuna Award Female1981 Arjuna Award Male1981 Arjuna Award Female1984 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Female1985 Arjuna Award Male

Polo + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1961 Arjuna Award Male1963 Arjuna Award Male1964 Arjuna Award Male1975 V. P. Singh (Brigadier) Arjuna Award Male1983 R. S. Sodhi Arjuna Award Male1987 Arjuna Award Male2012 Arjuna Award Male2018 Arjuna Award Male2019 Arjuna Award Male

Powerlifting + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1978–1979 Arjuna Award Male1984 Arjuna Award Male1988 Arjuna Award Male1992 Arjuna Award Male2000 Dronacharya Award Male

Roller Skating + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1987 Arjuna Award Male2015 Arjuna Award Male

Wushu + List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender2011 Arjuna Award Female2012 Arjuna Award Male2015 Arjuna Award Female2018 Arjuna Award Female2022 Arjuna Award Male2023 Arjuna Award Female2020 Dronacharya Award Male

Yachting + Key

+ List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, and gender Year Recipient Award Gender1993–1994 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male1993–1994 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male1970 Arjuna Award Male1973 Arjuna Award Male1978–1979 Arjuna Award Male1981 Arjuna Award Male1982 Arjuna Award Male1982 Arjuna Award Male1982 Arjuna Award Male1986 Arjuna Award Male1987 Arjuna Award Male1990 Arjuna Award Male1993 Arjuna Award Male1996 Arjuna Award Male1999 Arjuna Award Male2001 Arjuna Award Male2002 Arjuna Award Male2009 Arjuna Award Male2010 Arjuna Award Male2002 Dronacharya Award Male

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