Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will now be known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, “respecting the sentiments of citizens across the country”. The Khel Ratna award is the highest sporting honor in the nation. The Khel Ratna award was instituted in 1991-1992 and the first recipient was Chess legend, Viswanathan Anand
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