Shiv Chhatrapati Award (also known as Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Award) is the highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of

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. The Government of Maharashtra instituted in 1969–70 a scheme for giving the Shiv Chhatrapati State Awards to sportsmen and women. The State Government has approved 24 games for men and 12 for women for this purpose.

Prize and selection

At present, the award carries a cash prize of 3

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, a memento with a headgear of Shiv Chhatrapati, a sword, and Jari Patka placed in a tray supported by a wooden stand and citation along with lifetime right to travel by

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bus free of cost. The winners are selected by a committee appointed by the

Award categories

*Lifetime achievement award *Best organiser *Jijamata award for best coach *Best player award *Adventure sports award

List of recipients

Rowing

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Chess

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Akshayraj Kore Akshayraj Kore (born 1 September 1988), is an Indian chess player and a Grandmaster. In 2006, he became Maharashtra's youngest International Master at the time after he won the Invitational IM Norm Round Robin Chess Tournament in Luhansk, Ukr ...

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Rucha Pujari Rucha Pujari (born 2 July 1994) is an Indian chess player. She is currently a Woman International Master and was previously awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2006. Born in Kolhapur, she picked up the game of chess at the age of six in ...

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Sagar Shah Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) is an Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM). He is the co-founder of ChessBase India, along with his wife, Amruta Mokal. Outside of chess, h ...

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Judo

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Shooting

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Mountaineering

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Ashish Mane Ashish Mane (Born 14 August 1990) is a professional mountaineer from India. He has scaled Mount Everest (2012), Lhotse (2013), Makalu (2014), Manaslu (2017) and Kanchenjunga (2019). Ashish is the only climber from Maharashtra as of now, to ascend ...

Wrestling

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Weight Lifting

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Cricket

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Smriti Mandhana Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana ( ; born 18 July 1996) is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket, she represents the Mah ...

Cycling

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Badminton

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Rope Mallakhamb

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References

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