The Khel Ratna Award, officially named the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (formerly the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ... award was chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, honored for his performance ...

The Khel Ratna Award, officially known as the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award (formerly the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award), is ... The award’s first recipient was chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand ...

The 18-year-old also became only the second Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to bag the title. After being named for the Khel Ratna Award ... at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leader and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday accused former PM Jawaharlal Nehru of denying Bharat Ratna to B R ... insistence of Mahatma Gandhi that Ambedkar was ...

The ministry of youth affairs and sports announced the National Sports Awards on 2 November. National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. In what was the ...

Youngest world chess champion D Gukesh recieved the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award from President ... Gukesh became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to become a chess ...

Chess world champion D Gukesh on Thursday (January 2, 2025) promised his "best moves on 64 square and outside" in future as well after being chosen for the prestigious 'Khel Ratna' award by the ...

President Droupadi Murmu presents Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to chess world ... and will also take on the likes of Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in February, in the freestyle ...

New Delhi: A minor gaffe involving Olympic medal winner Manu Bhaker during the Friday's presentation of the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna ... the great Viswanathan Anand to achieve ...

Image Source : SCREENGRAB/PIB AND CHESS.COM INDIA Manu Bhaker and Gukesh receive Khel Ratna from President ... He is the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to become the chess champion.