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P. Harikrishna has got the Arjuna Award.

August 10, 2007 | News

The sports ministry said that President Pratibha Patil will confer the awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan Aug 29, the birthday of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand that is also celebrated as the National Sports Day.

The Arjuna Award comprises Rs.300,000, a statute of warrior Arjuna and a scroll of honour in recognition of outstanding achievements at international level and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and sense of discipline. A maximum of 15 sportspersons can be given this honour in a year.

Winners all:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2006: Manavjeet Singh Sandhu (trap shooting

Arjuna Awards 2006: Jayanta Talukdar (archery), K.M. Binu (athletics), Chetan Anand (badminton), Vijender (boxing), P. Harikrishna (chess), Anjum Chopra (cricket), Jyoti Sunita Kullu (women’s hockey), Vijay Kumar (shooting), Sourav Ghosal (squash), Subhajit Saha (table tennis), Geeta Rani (weightlifting), Geetika Jakhar (wrestling), Naveen Gautam (kabaddi) and Rohit Bhakar (badminton-disabled category)

Dhyan Chand Awards 2007: Varinder Singh (hockey), Shamsher Singh (kabaddi), Rajendra Singh (wrestling)
Dronacharya Awards 2006: R.D. Singh (athletics/Paralympic Games), Damodaran Chandralal (boxing) and Koneru Ashok (chess)

  5 Responses to “P. Harikrishna has got the Arjuna Award.”

  1. Abhijeet Says:
    August 11th, 2007 at 1:26 am

    Dear Hari

    Many congratulations on teh Arjuna Award.

    Abhijeet

  2. Delhi Chess Says:
    August 11th, 2007 at 1:28 am

    Dear Harikrishna

    On behalf of the Chess Fraternity of Delhi, we would like to congratulate you on achieving the prestigious Arjuna Award. We are sure you will bring many more laurels to the country.

    Delhi Chess Family

  3. valay Says:
    August 20th, 2007 at 10:12 am

    Hi Hari..

    congo 4 getting the prestigious Arjuna Award..
    All the best 4 future..

    Valay..

  4. Ravi Chimata Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    Congratulations to Hari Krishna for getting the Arjuna award, hope you will reach 2700+ ELO rating soon so that you can play in elite tournaments.

  5. music Says:
    January 7th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    very interesting.
    i’m adding in RSS Reader

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