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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