Badminton awards in India

Badminton players in India, are eligible to get the general awards for excellence in sports that are bestowed by the Indian government, and by the state governments that the players belong to. The major General and Badminton Awards in India, given for excellence in the field of Sports are listed below:

General awards for sportspersons in India.
1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award - the highest honour that a sportsperson in any sporting field is given in India.
2. Arjuna award - one of the most prestigious award for sportsmen and sportswomen in India. This is second in importance only to the Khel Ratna award.
3. Dronocharya award - This is given to sports coaches for their excellence.

And the below is a comprehensive list of the various Badminton Awards, Trophies, Cup championships in India for National level badminton tournaments:

A. Team championship awards for badminton teams in India.
1. IBRAHIM RAHIMTOOLA CUP - Awarded to the winners of Men's Team championships
2. GULAB RAI CHADHA CUP - Best Women's Team
3. DR. DEV RAJ NARANG CUP - Best Junior Boys team.
4. MOHAMMAD SHAFI QURESHI CUP - Best Junior Girls Team.

B. Awards for best badminton Singles players in India
1. VIKAS TOPIWALA CHALLENGE CUP - Best Men's Singles player
2. OLYMPIAN BADMINTON CHALLENGE CUP - Best Women's Singles player
3. P & T CUP - Best Veteran Men's Singles player
4. CALCUTTA BADMINTON CUP - Best Junior Boy
5. MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI CUP - Best Junior Girl
6. NAURATTAN SINGH BHALLA TROPHY - Best Sub-junior boys singles player
7. MRS AFSAR AHMED CUP - Best sub-junior girls singles player

C. Championship trophies awarded to best badminton Doubles players
1. CALCUTTA BADMINTON CUP - Men's doubles.
2. ALL INDIA BADMINTON ASSOCIATION CUP - Women's doubles
3. BURDWAN CHALLENGE CUP - Mixed doubles
4. RAMASWAMY CUP - Junior Boys doubles.
5. CHIRANJIT LAL MADAN CUP - Junior Girls doubles

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