Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed after Major Dhyan Chand

• 07 Aug 2021

• After the “exceptional performance” of the men and women hockey teams in the Tokyo Olympics, on 6^th August 2021, the Govt. has renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the country’s highest sporting honour, after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand.
• Major Dhyan Chand was among India’s foremost sportspersons who brought honour and pride for India.
• Dhyan Chand is widely regarded as the greatest player in hockey. In his career that spanned from 1926 to 1949, he clinched Olympic medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.