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

Chess
Year Name Ref.
2002-03 Chandrashekhar Gokhale [5]
2014-15 Akshayraj Kore [6]
2015-16 Abhishek Kelkar
2016-17 Shashikant Kutwal
Aakanksha Hagawane
Abhimanyu Puranik
2017-18 Divya Deshmukh [7]
Raunak Sadhwani

|- |2018 |Vidit Gujrathi |[8]

Judo
Year Name Ref.
2010-11 Kiran Pethe [9]

Shooting
Year Name Ref.
2011-12 Rahi Sarnobat [10]

Mountaineering
Year Name Ref.
2014-15 Ashish Mane [11]

Wrestling
Year Name Ref.
2012-13 PRATHMESH SOBNAR
2013-14 Sandeep Tulsi Yadav [12]

Weightlifting
Year Name Ref.
2012-13 Chandrakant Mali [13]

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

Cycling
Year Name Ref.
2018-19 Madhura Waykar [18]

Badminton
Year Name Ref.
2017-18 Sukant Kadam [19]

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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. Shiv Chhatrapati award winners list
  6. "Shiv Chhatrapati awards - Hindustan Times 13th Feb 2018". www.hindustantimes.com. 13 Feb 2018. Retrieved 13 Feb 2018.
  7. "Divya, Raunak youngest to get Chhatrapati Award". Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  8. Shiv Chhatrapati award winners list
  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/
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