Arjuna Award is one of the famous sports awards given to individuals for their exemplary performance in various sports. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India extends this award.
In this article, candidates will get the list of winners of the Arjuna Awards from 1961 to 2021. Candidates will be able to download the list of Arjuna Award winners PDF which enlists the names of Arjun award recipients.
The list of Arjuna Awardees 2021 will be updated post the announcement of the awards tentatively in the month of August 2021.
Arjuna Award Winners 2020 PDF:-Download PDF Here
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Arjuna Awards
The Arjuna Award is given to promote sports in India by motivating the sportsperson for their fantastic performance. Given below are the Important Highlights of the Arjuna Awards:
| Arjuna Award Important Facts | |
| Name of the Award | Arjuna Award |
| Field of the Award | Sports |
| Cash Prize | Rs. 15,00,000 |
| Award Symbol | Bronze Statue of ‘Arjuna with his Bow’ & Scroll |
| Associated Ministry | Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |
| Year of Initiation | 1961 |
Candidates can also check the links given below to know about the recipients of Famous Awards in India:
As per the latest guidelines by the government, any sportsperson to become eligible for the Arjuna Award 2020, along with excellent sports performance consistently in the previous four years at the international level should have the excellent qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, and a sense of discipline.
From past few years, the scope Arjuna Award has been expanded, the sportsperson who belongs to the pre-Arjuna Award period their names were also added to the list and apart from this, the number of disciplines for which the award is given is also increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.
The disciplines for which Arjuna Awards is given are:
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The topic ‘Arjuna Awards and its Recipients’ is important from a competitive exams point of view, be it SSC exams, Bank Exams, Government exams or the most coveted UPSC exams. Candidates can check other topics that hold relevance in general awareness and other sections of competitive examinations.
History of Arjun Awards
The First Arjuna award was given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 1961. A total of twenty sportsmen belonging to different sports categories had earned the Arjun Award in 1961.
The table below shows the list of Arjuna Award Winners 1961:
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List of Arjuna Award Winners (2020-2017)
Candidates can go through the list of Arjuna Award recipients 2020 and previous years. Also, candidates are advised to download the Arjuna Award Winners PDF list for names of the winners from the start till 2020.
| Arjuna Award Winners 2020 | ||
| Year | Category | Arjuna Awardees |
| 2020 | Archery | Shri Atanu Das |
| Athletics | Ms Dutee Chand | |
| Badminton | Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy | |
| Badminton | Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty | |
| Basketball | Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi | |
| Boxing | Subedar Manish Kaushik | |
| Boxing | Ms Lovlina Borgohain | |
| Cricket | Shri Ishant Sharma | |
| Cricket | Ms Deepti Sharma | |
| Equestrian | Shri Sawant Ajay Anant | |
| Football | Shri Sandesh Jhingan | |
| Golf | Ms Aditi Ashok | |
| Hockey | Shri Akashdeep Singh | |
| Hockey | Ms Deepika | |
| Kabaddi | Shri Deepak | |
| Kho Kho | Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar | |
| Rowing | Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal | |
| Shooting | Ms Manu Bhaker | |
| Shooting | Shri Saurabh Chaudhary | |
| Table Tennis | Ms Madhurika Suhas Patkar | |
| Tennis | Shri Divij Sharan | |
| Winter Sports | Shri Shiva Keshavan | |
| Wrestling | Ms Divya Kakran | |
| Wrestling | Shri Rahul Aware | |
| Para-Swimming | Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav | |
| Para Athletics | Shri Sandeep | |
| Para Shooting | Shri Manish Narwal | |
| Arjuna Award Winners 2019 to 2017 | ||
| Year | Category | Name |
| 2019 Arjuna Award Winners | ||
| 2019 | Athletics | Sundar Singh Gurjar (Para Athlete) |
| Athletics | Swapna Barman | |
| Athletics | Tajinder Pal Singh | |
| Athletics | Mohammed Anas Yahiya | |
| Badminton | Pramod Bhagat (Para Athlete) | |
| Badminton | Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth | |
| Boxing | Sonia Lather | |
| Cricket | Ravindra Jadeja | |
| Cricket | Poonam Yadav | |
| Equestrian | Fouad Mirza | |
| Football | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | |
| Hockey | Chinglensana Kangujam | |
| Kabaddi | Ajay Thakur | |
| Polo | Simran Singh Shergill | |
| Shooting | Anjum Moudgil | |
| Table Tennis | Harmeet Desai | |
| Wrestling | Pooja Dhanda | |
| Arjuna Award Winners 2018 | ||
| 2018 | Athletics | Ankur Dhama (Para Athlete) |
| Athletics | Neeraj Chopra | |
| Athletics | Hima Das | |
| Athletics | Jinson Johnson | |
| Badminton | Sikki Reddy | |
| Cricket | Virat Kohli | |
| Golf | Shubhankar Sharma | |
| Hockey | Manpreet Singh | |
| Hockey | Savita Punia | |
| Kabaddi | G.Pranav sai reddy | |
| Lawn Tennis | Rohan Bopanna | |
| Polo | Ravi Rathore | |
| Shooting | Shreyasi Singh | |
| Shooting | Ankur Mittal | |
| Shooting | Rahi Sarnobat | |
| Table Tennis | Manika Batra | |
| Table Tennis | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | |
| Wrestling | Sumit Malik | |
| Wushu | Pooja Kadian | |
| 2017 Arjuna Award Recipients | ||
| 2017 | Archery | Vennam Jyothi Surekha |
| Athletics | Khushbir Kaur | |
| Athletics | Arokia Rajiv | |
| Athletics | Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athlete) | |
| Athletics | Varun Bhati (Para Athlete) | |
| Basketball | Prashanti Singh | |
| Boxing | Laishram Debendro Singh | |
| Cricket | Cheteshwar Pujara | |
| Cricket | Harmanpreet Kaur | |
| Football | Oinam Bembem Devi | |
| golf | Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia | |
| Hockey | Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil | |
| Kabaddi | Jasvir Singh | |
The questions related to Arjuna Awardees are covered under the Static GK part of the General Awareness section. Candidates can check the following pages for detailed information
Candidates preparing for exams must by heart the names of Arjuna Award Winners as 1 to 2 questions related to winners of Arjuna Awards are asked in these examinations.
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Candidates can get the list of Previous Years Arjuna Award winners (2020-2013) from the PDF link given below.
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Candidates appearing for any competitive exams such as SSC exam, IBPS exam, RRB exams, etc. can check Previous Year Question Papers with solution PDF to understand the type of questions asked in the general awareness section of these examinations.
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