Dhyan Chand Award is India

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's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games. The award is named after the legendary Indian hockey

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

 player Dhyan Chand

Dhyan Chand

Dhyan Chand ; born August 29, 1905 in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India. – Died:December 3, 1979), was an Indian field hockey player, regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time...

. The award was initiated in 2002. The award carries a cash prize of INR

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 5 lakh

Lakh

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 (500,000 rupees), a statuette,ceremonial dress and a scroll of honour.

In August 2011, 3 individuals were award the Dhyan Chand: Shabbir Ali (Football), Sushil Kohli (Swimming), and Rajkumar (Wrestling).

Complete list of awardees

S.No	Name	Awarded	Sports/Games
1.	Aparna Ghosh	2002	Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
2.	Ashok Diwan	2002	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
3.	Shahuraj Birajdar	2002	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
4.	Charles Cornelius Charles Cornelius Charles Cornelius was an Indian hockey player who represented the Indian national hockey team in the 1973 Hockey World Cup and the 1974 Asian Games in Teheran. Renowned for his abilities, his career was cut short by knee problems.- References :...	2003	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
5.	Dharm Singh Maan	2003	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
6.	Om Prakash	2003	Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
7.	Ram Kumar Ram Kumar (basketball) Ram Kumar is a former Indian basketball player and current coach of the junior Indian team. He played for India during 1985 to 1996 and represented the Indian national basketball team at several international championships. He also served as the captain of Indian national basketball team from 1991...	2003	Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
8.	Smita Yadav	2003	Rowing Rowing (sport) Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
9.	Hardyal Singh	2004	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
10.	Labh Singh	2004	Athletics
11.	Mehendale Parshuram	2004	Athletics
12.	Manoj Kothari	2005	Billiards Billiards Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...  and Snooker Snooker Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
13.	Maruti Mane	2005	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
14.	Rajinder Singh	2005	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
15.	Harishchandra Birajdar	2006	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
16.	Nandy Singh	2006	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
17.	Uday Prabhu	2006	Athletics
18.	Rajendra Singh	2007	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
19.	Shamsher Singh	2007	Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...
20.	Varinder Singh	2007	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
21.	Gian Singh	2008	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
22.	Hakam Singh Hakam Singh Hakam Singh is a former Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in 20 kilometre race walk. He also won a gold in the Asian Track and Field Meeting held at Tokyo in 1979. He is a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award....	2008	Athletics
23.	Mukhbain Singh Mukhbain Singh Mukhbain Singh is an Olympian .-Family Background:Son of S. Darbara Singh and Surinder Kaur, who migrated to Gurdaspur after partiton in 1947...	2008	Hockey Hockey Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
24.	Ishar Singh Deol	2009	Athletics
25.	Satbir Singh Dahya	2009	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
26.	Satish Pillai	2010	Athletics
27.	Anita Chanu	2010	Weightlifting
28.	Kuldeep Singh	2010	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
29.	Shabbir Ali Shabbir Ali Shabbir Ali, is a Indian association football manager and former player. -Career:As a footballer, Shabbir Ali was rated as the best player in India during the 70s and 80s. Arguably the finest striker of his time, Shabbir was a prolific goal scorer both at the national and international level...	2011	Football
30.	Sushil Kohli	2011	Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
31.	Rajkumar	2011	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...