Devendra, Sardar selected for Khel Ratna award

Para Athlete Devendra and Hockey player Sardar Singh have been selected for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara, Women Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and shooter P. N. Prakash are among the 17 sportsmen who will be given Arjuna Awards for their outstanding performance. 

Seven persons have been chosen for Dronacharya Awards for producing medal winners at prestigious International sports events. 

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include late Dr. R. Gandhi in Athletics, Brij Bhushan Mohanty in Boxing and P.A. Raphel in the filed of hockey. Dhyan Chand Award will be given to Bhupender Singh in Athletics, Syed Shahid Hakim in Football and Sumarai Tete in Hockey for their life time contribution to sports development. 

The awardees will received their awards from the President Ram Nath Kovind in a special function at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th of this month.