PM Narendra Modi tweeted saying he was getting many requests that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award be named after hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. By: (Express Web Desk)
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The rajiv gandhi khel ratna award now renamed as important dhyan chand khel ratna award is the highest carrying honour within the country.
Prime minister narendra modi friday announced that the rajiv gandhi khel ratna award will now be called the most important dhyan chand khel ratna award, “respecting the sentiments of residents across the us of a”. The khel ratna award is the best sporting honour within the state.
“i've been getting many requests from residents throughout india to name the khel ratna award after important dhyan chand. I thank them for their perspectives. Respecting their sentiment, the khel ratna award will hereby be called the most important dhyan chand khel ratna award! Jai hind!” prime minister modi tweeted.
The khel ratna award became instituted in 1991-1992 and the primary recepient became chess legend viswanathan anand. Most of the different winners had been leander paes, sachin tendulkar, dhanraj pillay, pullela gopichand, abhinav bindra, anju bobby george, mary kom and rani rampal in 2020.
The now renamed important dhyan chand khel ratna award comes with a coins prize of rs 25 lakh.
Fundamental dhyan chand khel ratna award, rajiv gandhi khel ratna award renamedmajor dhyan chand with the ball throughout a match in opposition to france inside the 1936 olympics semi-finals. Photograph: wikimedia commons
Known as the wizard, most important dhyan chand, a discipline hockey player, performed global hockey from 1926 to 1949, scroing over 400 goals in his career. Dhyan chand, born in allahabad, become part of the olympic group that received gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
Other than the khel ratna award, the u . S .'s maximum award for lifetime achievement in sports is referred to as the dhyan chand award. It changed into instituted in 2002. The country wide stadium in new delhi changed into additionally renamed as the dhyan chand national stadium in 2002.
