The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India.  The words “Khel Ratna” literally mean “sports gem” in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash component. Up to 2004–05, the cash component was Rs. 500,000/- (c.11,500 USD). In 2005, the money has been increased from Rs. 500,000 to Rs. 750,000.

The award was instituted in the year 1991–92 to supply the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports. Predating the RGKR are the Arjuna awards that have always been given to outstanding sports persons in each of many sporting disciplines every year. The Khel Ratna was devised to be an overarching  honour, conferred for outstanding sporting performance, whether by an individual or a team, across all sporting disciplines in a given year.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

The very first RGKR award was presented to Viswanathan Anand for his exemplary performance in Chess during the year 1991-92.This award was not conferred upon any sportsman or team during the year 1993-94. It is surprise to note that this RGKR Award presented 7 times only for Shooting discipline, out of 21 announcements made sofar. Abhinav Bindra is the first receipient of RGKR Award for Shooting in the year 2001-02 whereas Ronjan Sodhi is the RGKR awardee in Shooting for this year, 2012-13. Keep visiting our website regularly for updated  information on Sports Awards and other topics which will be very useful to answer questions in General knowledge section while preparing/attending competitive examinations.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners List is Given below:

SL.NO	Name	Year	Category
1	Viswanathan  Anand	1991-92	Chess
2	Geet Sethi	1992-93	Billiards
3	Cdr. Homi D. Motivala	1994-95	Yachting
4	Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg
5	Karnam Malleswari	1995-96	Weightlifting
6	Nameirakpam  Kunjarani	1996-97	Weightlifting
7	Leander Paes		Tennis
8	Sachin Tendulkar	1997-98	Cricket
9	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	1998-99	Athletics
10	Dhanraj Pillay	1999-2000	Hockey
11	Pullela Gopichand	2000-01	Badminton
12	Abhinav Bindra	2001-02	Shooting
13	Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat	2002-03	Shooting
14	K. M. Beenamo		Athletics
15	Anju Bobby George	2003-04	Atheletics
16	Lt. co. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	2004-05	Shooting
17	Pankaj Advani	2005-06	Billiards and Snooker
18	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	2006-07	Shooting
19	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2007-08	Cricket
20	Mary Kom	2008-09	Boxing
21	Vijender Singh		Boxing
22	Sushel Kumar		Wrestling
23	Saina Nehwal	2009-10	Badminton
24	Gagan Narang	2010-11	Shooting
25	Vijay Kumar	2011-12	Shooting
26	Yogeshwar Dutt		Wrestling
27	Ronjan Sodhi	2012-13	Shooting

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