Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna  

Dhanraj Pillay is a former Indian field hockey player. The Government of India has honoured him with prestigious awards like Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, and Padmashri.

Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. In 2003, he won his wrestling career’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The Government of India honoured him with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in the year 2012. The following year, he was awarded the Padma Shri Award.

Apart from nominating Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the selection committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman, footballer Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, hockey player Chinglensana Singh Kangujam and shooter Anjum Moudgil

Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by a 12-member selection committee which includes Bhaichung Bhutia and MC Mary Kom