{"id":81471,"date":"2019-09-11T07:31:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=81471"},"modified":"2019-09-11T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:31:13","slug":"khel-ratna-award-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/khel-ratna-award-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Khel Ratna Award 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Among the following, who is the winner of Khel Ratna Award, 2019?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tDeepa Malik\n<br>(b)\tRavindra Jadeja\n<br>(c)\tGurpreet Singh Sandhu \n<br>(d)\tHarmeet Rajul Desai\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 28<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2019, Rio Paralympics silver medallist, Deepa Malik was nominated for the\u00a0Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country&#8217;s highest sporting honour, jointly with Asian and Commonwealth Games Champion wrestler,\u00a0Bajrang Punia.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Awardees:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Khel Ratna<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Deepa Malik (para-athletics), Bajrang Punia\n(wrestling)<\/li><li><strong>Arjuna Award<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Poonam Yadav\n(cricket), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football),\nSonia Lather (boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey), S Bhaskaran\n(bodybuilding), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Anjum Moudgil (shooting), Bhamidipati\nSai Praneeth (badminton), &nbsp;&nbsp;Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics),\n&nbsp;Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table\ntennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Simran Singh\nShergill (polo), Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para\nsports-athletics) and Gaurav Singh Gill (motorsports).<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li><strong>Dronacharya\nAward<\/strong>&nbsp;(regular category): Mohinder\nSingh Dhillon (athletics), Sandeep Gupta (table tennis) and Vimal Kumar\n(badminton). &nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Dronacharya\nAward<\/strong>&nbsp;(lifetime category): Sanjay\nBhardwaj (cricket), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi) and Mezban Patel (hockey).<\/li><li><strong>Dhyan Chand\nAward<\/strong>: Manoj Kumar (wrestling), C\nLalremsanga (archery), Arup Basak (table tennis), Nitten Kirrtane (tennis) and\nManuel Fredricks (hockey).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rajiv Gandhi Khel\nRatna Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This award is named after former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. It is awarded annually by the\u00a0Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.<\/li><li>It was instituted in 1991-92. This award carries a medal, a citation and 7.5 lakh rupees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arjuna Award:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National Arjuna\nAward was instituted in 1961, it is India\u2019s second-highest sporting award after\nRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Like Rajiv Gandhi\nKhel Ratna, Arjuna Award is also bestowed upon sportsperson for consistently\noutstanding performance for four years.&nbsp;The award is given by the Union\nMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports.<\/li><li>It carries bronze\nstatuette of Arjuna, a scroll and a monetary award of 5 lakh rupees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/website\/story\/sports-news-national-sports-awards-2019-list-of-all-the-winners-from-deepa-malik-to-ravindra-jadeja\/336518\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/website\/story\/sports-news-national-sports-awards-2019-list-of-all-the-winners-from-deepa-malik-to-ravindra-jadeja\/336518<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/others\/khel-ratna-for-deepa-malik-and-bajrang-punia-arjuna-for-ravindra-jadeja\/articleshow\/70714206.cms\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/others\/khel-ratna-for-deepa-malik-and-bajrang-punia-arjuna-for-ravindra-jadeja\/articleshow\/70714206.cms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arjuna_Award\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arjuna_Award<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Among the following, who is the winner of Khel Ratna Award, 2019? (a) Deepa Malik (b) Ravindra Jadeja (c) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (d) Harmeet Rajul Desai Answer: (a) Related facts: On 28th August, 2019, Rio Paralympics silver medallist, Deepa Malik was nominated for the\u00a0Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country&#8217;s highest sporting honour, jointly with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}