Question
Download Solution PDF________ is the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 4 i.e Abhinav Bindra.
Key Points
- The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna now named Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award is the highest sports award in India.
- Award is named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India.
- Awarded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Instituted in 1991.
- Viswanathan Anand is the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
- Sport shooter Abhinav Bindra is the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
- Last awarded in 2019.
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award winners 2019: Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia.
Additional Information
- Abhinav Bindra is a former Indian sport shooter.
- He is India's individual Olympic gold medalist.
- He won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Virat Kohli is an Indian Cricketer.
- He was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2018.
- Geet Sethi is a professional player of English billiards.
- He was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1992.
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