Arjuna awards for Badminton players

The Arjuna award is a prestigious award given to Indian sportspersons by the Govt. of India for excellence in the field of sports. Several badminton players have so far been felicitated with the Arjuna award. The award carries with it a bronze statuette, a cash prize of Rs. 5 lacs, and a scroll of honour is also given to the awardee. The award is named after the character of 'Arjuna' the warrior archer, in the Indian pre-historic epic tale of 'Mahabharata'.

Arjuna awards for Badminton players:
So far 25 badminton players have been awarded the Arjuna award.
The awardees from the badminton field to have received this prestigious award are as below:

1961 - Nandu Natekar
1962 - Meena Shah
1965 - Dinesh Khanna
1967 - Suresh Goel
1969 - Dipu Ghosh
1970 - Damayanti Tambay
1971 - Shobha Moorthy
1972 - Prakash Padukone
1974 - Raman Ghosh
1975 - Davinder Ahuja
1976 - Ami Ghia
1977-78 - Kanwal Thakur Singh
1980-81 - Syed Modi
1982 - Partho Ganguli
1982 - Madhumita Bisht
1991 - Rajeev Bagga
2000 - Pullela Gopichand
1999 - George Thomas
2003 - Madasu Srinivas Rao (Physically Challenged)
2004 - Abhinn Shyam Gupta
2005 - Aparna Popat
2006 - Chetan Anand
2006 - Rohit Bhakar (Physically Challenged)
2008 - Anup Sridhar
2009 - Saina Nehwal


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