Shiv Chhatrapati Award

Shiv Chhatrapati Award (also known as Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Award) is the highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of Maharashtra by the Government of Maharashtra in India .[1]

Shiv Chhatrapati Award
Maharashtra state award for outstanding individual achievements in Sports
Sponsored byGovt. of Maharashtra
Reward(s)₹ 300,000
First awarded1970
Last awarded2019

The Government of Maharashtra instituted in 1969–70 a scheme for giving the Shiv Chhatrapati State Awards to sportsmen and women. The State Government has approved 24 games for men and 12 for women for this purpose.[2]

Prize and selection

At present, the award carries a cash prize of ₹3 lakh, a memento with a headgear of Shiv Chhatrapati, a sword, and Jari Patka placed in a tray supported by a wooden stand and citation[3] along with lifetime right to travel by MSRTC bus free of cost and also not pay toll at some of the toll booths. The winners are selected by a committee appointed by the Government of Maharashtra.[4]

Award categories
  • Lifetime achievement award
  • Best organiser
  • Jijamata award for best coach
  • Best player award

Rowing
Year Recipient Name Refs
2017 Dattu Bhokanal [5]

Chess

Year Recipient Name Refs
2002-03 Chandrashekhar Gokhale [6]
2014-18 Akshayraj Kore [7]
Vidit Gujrathi
Rucha Pujari
Nubairshah Shaikh
Sagar Shah
Abhishek Kelkar
Abhimanyu Puranik
Shashikant Kutwal
Aakanksha Hagawane
Sameer Kathmale
2019 Swapnil Dhopade [8]
Divya Deshmukh
Harshit Raja
Rakesh Kulkarni
Raunak Sadhwani


Judo

Year Recipient Name Refs
2010-11 Kiran Pethe [9]

Shooting

Year Recipient Name Refs
2011-12 Rahi Sarnobat [10]

Mountaineering

Year Recipient Name Refs
2014-15 Ashish Mane [11]

Wrestling

Year Recipient Name Refs
2012-13 Prathamesh Sobnar
2013-14 Sandeep Tulsi Yadav [12]

Weight Lifting

Year Recipient Name Refs
2012-13 Chandrakant Mali [13]

Cricket

Year Recipient Name Refs
2000-01 Hrishikesh Kanitkar [14]
2015-16 Rohit Sharma [15]
2016-17 Ajinkya Rahane [16]
2017-18 Smriti Mandhana [17]

Cycling

Year Recipient Name Refs
2007-08 Vrushali Gaikwad [18]

Badminton

Year Recipient Name Refs
2018-19 Vighnesh Devlekar [19]

[20]

Rope Mallakhamb

Year Recipient Name Refs
2008-09 Ruta Deshmukh [21]

References

  1. Lok Rajya, Volume 29. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1973.
  2. Lokrajya, Volume 33. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1977. p. 48.
  3. Krishna Prakash Bahadur; Sukhdev Singh Chib (1977). The Castes, Tribes & Culture of India: Western Maharashtra & Gujarat. Ess Ess Publications. p. 36.
  4. "Awards for Rohit and Rahane". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards". Hindustan Times. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  6. Shiv Chhatrapati award winners list
  7. Shiv Chhatrapati Award Winners List 2018
  8. Shiv Chhatrapati Award Winners List 2019
  9. "शिवछत्रपती पुरस्कार अखेर जाहीर". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  10. "कोल्हापूरच्या आठ जणांना 'शिवछत्रपती'". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  11. "Shiv Chhatrapati awards - Hindustan Times 13th Feb 2018". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 Feb 2018. Retrieved 13 Feb 2018.
  12. "शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्‍कार जाहीर". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  13. "शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्‍कार जाहीर". Maharashtra Times. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  14. "Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19". Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2002.
  15. "Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  16. "Awards for Rohit and Rahane". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  17. "Maharashtra : Shiv Chhatrapati awards for Smriti Mandhana, Uday Deshpande". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  18. "Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19". Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  19. https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201902131526588721.pdf
  20. https://www.maharashtratoday.co.in/state-governments-2017-18-shiv-chhatrapati-sports-awards-announced/
  21. https://www.fergusson.edu/departments/department/id/57/eventid/93
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