The game of Hockey has been amongst the greatest sports of India and the number of awardees is quite evident of this fact. In 1961, N. Lumsden and P. Singh became the winners of the award. However, there was a gap in the years 1962 and in 1963, Charanjit Singh won …
Like the other two very famous sports of Athletics and Hockey in India, Shooting also started its journey in the winners list of the award from the very first year of the award`s inception. In the year of 1961, Karni Singh became the first shooter of the country to win the Arjuna Award.
The first weightlifter to win the award in the history was A.N. Ghosh who won it in 1961. He was followed by L.K. Dass and K.E. Rao who won the award in the years of 1962 and 1963 respectively. After them, B.S. Bhatia became successful to win the award in 1965 and Mohan Lal
The wrestlers made their debut in the winners list of the esteemed Arjuna Award in the very first year of the award`s journey. The names of some of the winners are G. Andalkar, Bishamber Singh, Bhim Singh, Mukhtiar Singh, Master Chandgi Ram, Sudesh Kumar
The winners list of the honourable `Arjuna Award` comprises the names of a good number of boxers. Some of the names are L. Buddy D` Souza, Hav. P. Badadur Mal, Hawa Singh, Hav. Dennis Swamy, Hav. Muniswamy Venu, Hav. Chandranarayanan, Hav. Mehatab Singh, B.S. Thapa, C.C. Machaiah, B. Singh, Issac Amaldas
A. Palaniswamy became the first volleyball player of India to be the winner of the Arjuna Award. Other winners of this prestigious award are Nripjit Singh, Balwant Singh `Ballu`, G.M. Reddy, M.S. Rao, Sub. Insp. R. Singh, K.C. Elamma, Jimmy George, A. Ramana Rao, Kutty Krishnan
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