Arjuna Award

Arjuna Award is given by Government of India for achievements in sports. Here is the list of Muslim Arjuna Awardees.

1961 : Saleem Durani (Cricket)
1964 : Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (Cricket)
1966 : Yusuf Khan (Football)
1969 : Mir Kasim Ali (Table Tennis)

1970 : Abbas Moontasir (Basketball)
1970 : S. Naeemuddin (Football)
1973 : A. Kareem (Ball Badminton)
1973 : Afsar Hussain (Yachting)
1973 : Dafadar Khan M. Khan (Equestrian)
1975 : L.A. Iqbal (Ball Badminton)

1980-81 : Mohammed Habib (Football)
1980-81 : Mohd. Shahid (Hockey)
1980-81 : Syed Modi (Badminton)
1980-81 : Syed M.H. Kirmani (Cricket)
1981 : Sabir Ali (Atheletics)
1982 : Farokh Tarapore (Yachting)
1983 : Zafar Iqbal (Hockey)
1984 : Capt. G. Mohd. Khan (Equestrian)
1986 : M. Azharuddin (Cricket)
1989 : Abdul Basith (Volleyball)

1996 : Moraad A. Khan (Shooting)
1997 : Asif Ismail (Tennis)
1998 : Mohd. Riyaz (Hockey)

2000 : Akhtar Ali (Tennis)
2000 : Jalaluddin Rizvi (Hockey)
2002 : Anwer Sultan (Shooting)
2002 : Md. Ali Qamar (Boxing)
2003 : Akram Shah (Judo)
2004 : Sania Mirza (Tennis)

source: http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm






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