National Sports Awards
![[[Mary Kom]] receives the 2009 [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna]] for Boxing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna_Award_for_the_year-2009_to_Smt._M._C._Marykom_for_Women_Boxing%2C_in_a_glittering_ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhawan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_29%2C_2009.jpg)
The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually on 29 August. Since 2004, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is also given alongside the other sports awards. , a total of 1,259 individuals and organizations have been awarded the various National Sports Awards.
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