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Gautam Gambhir congratulates his coach Sanjay Bharadwaj for receiving Dronacharya Award

On 29th August, President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of National Sports Day conferred the national sports and adventure on sportspersons in a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

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Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir passed his congratulations towards his former coach Sanjay Bharadwaj for receiving Dronacharya Award on Friday.

"I'm very happy that my coach, the man who moulded me to become the person I am today & who I dedicate all my achievements too, Shri Sanjay Bharadwaj ji, has been honoured with the Dronacharya Award. It's been a privilege to have learnt so much from you. Congratulations sir," Gambhir post read on Twitter.

 


On 29th August, President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of National Sports Day conferred the national sports and adventure on sportspersons in a function at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Dronacharya award was bestowed to Vimal Kumar (Badminton) and Sandeep Gupta (Table Tennis) in regular category. Whereas, in the life-time category, Merzban Patel (Hockey), Rambir Singh Khokhar (Kabaddi), and Sanjay Bharadwaj (Cricket) were honoured.

Para-athlete Deepa Malik was presented with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest sports honour in the country.

14 sportspersons were crowned with the Arjuna Award, during the ceremony. They were S Bhaskaran (Body Building), Sonia Lather (Boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Hockey), Ajay Thakur (Kabaddi), Gaurav Singh Gill (Motor Sports), Pramod Bhagat (Para Sports, Badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (Table Tennis), Pooja Dhanda (Wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (Equestrian), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Football), Poonam Yadav (Cricket), Swapna Barman (Athletics), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (Badminton), and Simran Singh Shergill (Polo).

Meanwhile, Manuel Fredricks (Hockey), Arup Basak (Table Tennis), Manoj Kumar (Wrestling), Nitten Kirrtane (Tennis), and C Lalremsanga (Archery) won the Dhyan Chand Award for the year 2019. 

Aparna Kumar (Land Adventure) and Late Shri Dipankar Ghosh (Award received by his family member) (Land Adventure), Manikandan K. (Land Adventure), Prabhat Raju Koli (Water Adventure), RameshwerJangra (Air Adventure), and Wangchuk Sherpa (Life Time Achievement) were crowned with Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards.

Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation, the foundation run by Indian shooter Gagan Narang received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar. 

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