List of Tamils conferred Arjuna Award
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The Arjuna Award
was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India
to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports.
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Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports.
This may NOT be a complete list, please add/modify.
Chess
- Vishwanathan Anand, (1985).
- S. Vijayalakshmi, (2000).
- Krishnan SasikiranKrishnan SasikiranKrishnan Sasikiran is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Among Indians, he is second, after Viswanathan Anand, No. 6 in Asia & ranked 56th in the world in FIDE rating as on September 2011....
, (2002).
Hockey
- Krishnamurthy P, (1971).
- Vasudevan BaskaranVasudevan BaskaranVasudevan Baskaran is a former hockey player from India. He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.-Career:...
, (1979–1980). - Dhanraj PillayDhanraj PillayDhanraj Pillay is a field hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team. He is currently the manager of the Indian Hockey team...
, (1995). - Mohammed RiazMohammed RiazRiaz Nabi Mohammed is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team. He represented India at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the Arjuna award in 1998 for his outstanding achievements.His father was an international umpire Mohammed Nabi.-References:*...
, (1998).
Table Tennis
- U. Sundararaj, (1966).
- G. Jagannath, (1970).
- V. Chandrasekhar, (1982).
- S. Raman, (1998).
Tennis
- Ramanathan KrishnanRamanathan KrishnanRamanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Krishnan honed his skills under his father, T.K. Ramanathan...
, (1961). - Vijay AmritrajVijay AmritrajVijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.Amritraj was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis...
, (1974). - Ramesh KrishnanRamesh KrishnanRamesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...
, (1980–1981). - Anand AmritrajAnand AmritrajAnand Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player and businessman.Anand Amritraj and his brothers, Vijay Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis. In 1976, the team of Anand and Vijay was semi-finalists in the Wimbledon men's doubles...
, (1985).
Weightlifting
- S. Vellaiswamy, (1974).
- K. Balamuruganandam, (1976).
- M. T. Selvan, (1977–1978).
- E. Karaunakaran, (1978–1979).
- Thandava Murthy Muthu, (2002).