Short note on Arjuna awards
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The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjun Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.
The Government has recently revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline
From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
◆Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
◆Indigenous Games
◆Sports for the Physically Challenged
In India there are a lot of sports that have been considered as the main stream or most popular sports. Among these sports Athletic, Hockey, Football, Cricket, Boxing, Chess, Basketball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, Volleyball, Shooting, etc are the leading. However there are some other sports as well that might not not be that much popular that have been played in India for quite a very long period of time. Some of them are Equestrian, Rowing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Archery, Judo, Golf Kabaddi, Carom Billiards and snookers etc.
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Over the years the scope of the award has been expanded and a large number of sportspersons who belonged to the pre-Arjun Award era were also included in the list. Further, the number of disciplines for which the award is given was increased to include indigenous games and the physically handicapped category.
The Government has recently revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline
From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
◆Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
◆Indigenous Games
◆Sports for the Physically Challenged
In India there are a lot of sports that have been considered as the main stream or most popular sports. Among these sports Athletic, Hockey, Football, Cricket, Boxing, Chess, Basketball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, Volleyball, Shooting, etc are the leading. However there are some other sports as well that might not not be that much popular that have been played in India for quite a very long period of time. Some of them are Equestrian, Rowing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Archery, Judo, Golf Kabaddi, Carom Billiards and snookers etc.
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●This prestigious sports award was first introduced in the year 1961 by the government of India.
●This award is given in the memory of great Arjuna of Mahabharata who is the best student of Guru Dronacharya.
● It consist of five lakh rupees cash, scroll of honour and statue of Arjuna made up of bronze.
◆As per revised schematic guidelines, this award is given to the sports personality who excel in games and sports for the three consecutive years (at national and international level) and also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and sense of discipline.
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