Correct Answer - Option 2 : Coach
The correct answer is successful coaches.
National Sports Awards are conferred every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Some of the famous awards are,
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- Dronacharya Award
- Arjuna Award
- Dhyan Chand Award
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
The Dronacharya Awards:
- In India, the Dronacharya Award is given to coaches as recognition for their contribution to a particular sport or for their role in an athlete's rise to the top.
- The Dronacharya award, introduced in the year 1985, is conferred to the outstanding coaches in sports and games.
- The award is named after Dronacharya or Guru Drona from the Hindu epic of Mahabharata.
- Dronacharya is mainly known as a military arts teacher to the Kauravas and Pandavas.
- It is the highest sporting honor bestowed upon the coaches in India.
- The Dronacharya award is handed out annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- The award consists of a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a certificate, a ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of INR 15 lakhs.
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Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat was the first-ever person to be honored with the Dronacharya Award in the year 1985.
- Bhagwat was a coach of wrestling at the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Patiala when he was conferred with the award.
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.
