The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand honours, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29

Harbhajan Singh, who has 417 Test and 269 ODI wickets, is an Arjuna Awardee and was also conferred with Padma Shri

Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy had left the squad at Asian Badminton Championship in Manila in February, which put India's chances of winning the historic medal at the championship in lurch

A panel formed by the Sports Ministry will shortlist the nominations received from various national federations with the awards to be presented on National Sports Day, August 29

Manika Batra, who missed out on India's highest sporting honour last year, is the first woman paddler from her country to win a singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games

Vinesh Phogat, who is the lone woman wrestler to have qualified for the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics, had missed out on Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna last year with fellow grappler Bajrang Punia getting the prestigious award

While Rohit Sharma's name has been sent for India's highest sporting honour - Khel Ratna, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Deepti Sharma have been nominated for Arjuna Award

The 22-year-old Chopra is the only track and field athlete to be recommended by the AFI for the country's highest sports award this year

The BCCI on announced cricket's nomination for Indian sports awards with Rohit Sharma vying for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Chanu had received the Khel Ratna along with Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli in 2018. She was also awarded the Padma Shri -- the country's fourth-highest civilian award -- the same year