{{Short description|Highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of Maharashtra}} {{Infobox award | name = Shiv Chhatrapati Award | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | subheader =Maharashtra state award for outstanding individual achievements in Sports | awarded_for = | sponsor = Govt. of Maharashtra | firstawarded = 1970 | lastawarded = 2019 | reward = {{INR}} 300,000 | former name = | award1_type = Total awarded | award1_winner = | website = | previous = | next = Maharashtra Bhushan Award }} '''Shiv Chhatrapati Award''' (also known as '''Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Award''') is the highest prestigious sports award honoured annually to the players of Maharashtra by the Government of Maharashtra in India .<ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Rajya, Volume 29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceRQXSMNWKEC|publisher=Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations|year=1973}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lokrajya, Volume 33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6m63x9mWMIwC|publisher=Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations|year=1977|page=48}}</ref>
A cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh, a memento with a headgear of Shiv Chhatrapati, along with lifetime right to travel by MSRTC bus free of cost are the benefits of the award. The winners are selected by a committee appointed by the Government of Maharashtra.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Awards for Rohit and Rahane|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/awards-for-rohit-and-rahane/article22737116.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref>
==Award categories== *Lifetime achievement award *Best organiser *Jijamata award for best coach *Best player award *Adventure sports award
==List of recipients==
===Football=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2018 |Atharva Gupta |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-19|title=Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ajinkya-rahane-rohit-sharma-awarded-shiv-chhatrapati-state-sports-awards/story-LBgSg2d18NrWMuoWTnKB8N.html|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> |}
===Taekwondo=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2001-02 |Yogesh H. Kapri |<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-19|title= Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards|url=https://mdcollege.in/sports-actvities/|language=en}}</ref> |}
===Hockey=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |Leo Pinto |rowspan="11"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shiv Chhatrapati Awardees in hockey|url=http://www.mumbaihockey.org/contribution.html|website=mumbaihockey.org|language=en}}</ref> |- |Randhir Singh Gentle |- |Gurbux Singh Grewal |- |Maharaj Krishan Kaushik |- |Merwyn Fernandes |- |Joaquim Carvalho |- |Marcellus Gomes |- |Dhanraj Pillay |- |Viren Rasquinha |- |Vikram Pillay |- |Adrian D'Souza |}
===Chess=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2002-03 |Chandrashekhar Gokhale |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moderncollegepune.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/award-winners.pdf|title=Shiv Chhatrapati award winners list}}</ref> |- |rowspan="10"| 2014-18 |Akshayraj Kore |rowspan="10"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv_Chhatrapati_awards_for_19_chess_players|title=19 players from Maharashtra feted with the Shiv Chhatrapati Award - ChessBase India|date=February 18, 2018|website=www.chessbase.in}}</ref> |- |Vidit Gujrathi |- |Rucha Pujari |- |Nubairshah Shaikh |- |Sagar Shah |- |Abhishek Kelkar |- |Abhimanyu Puranik |- |Shashikant Kutwal |- |Aakanksha Hagawane |- |Sameer Kathmale |- |rowspan="5"| 2019 |Swapnil Dhopade |rowspan="5"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019|title=Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India|date=February 21, 2019|website=www.chessbase.in}}</ref> |- |Divya Deshmukh |- |Harshit Raja |- |Rakesh Kulkarni |- |Raunak Sadhwani |}
===Judo=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2010-11 |Kiran bundele |<ref>{{cite news|title=शिवछत्रपती पुरस्कार अखेर जाहीर|url=https://www.maharashtratimes.com/sports-news/other-sports/shivchatrapati-award/articleshow/29126936.cms|publisher=Maharashtra Times|accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref> |}
===Mountaineering=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2012-13 |Pallavi Vartak |<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|title=शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्कार जाहीर|url=https://www.maharashtratimes.com/mumbai-news/shivchatrapati-award/articleshow/49485767.cms|publisher=Maharashtra Times|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> |- |2013-14 |Umesh Zirpe |<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|title=शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्कार जाहीर|url=https://www.maharashtratimes.com/mumbai-news/shivchatrapati-award/articleshow/49485767.cms|publisher=Maharashtra Times|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> |- |2014-15 |Ashish Mane |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/shiv-chhatrapati-awards-pune-chess-players-lead-way-for-game-s-dramatic-upturn/story-RdLqWi6G9JofAqnYsR7uoM.html|title=Shiv Chhatrapati awards - Hindustan Times 13th Feb 2018|date=13 Feb 2018|accessdate=13 Feb 2018|publisher=www.hindustantimes.com}}</ref> |}
===Wrestling=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2012-13 |Prathamesh Sobnar | |- |2013-14 |Sandeep Tulsi Yadav |<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|title=शिवछत्रपती राज्य क्रीडा पुरस्कार जाहीर|url=https://www.maharashtratimes.com/mumbai-news/shivchatrapati-award/articleshow/49485767.cms|publisher=Maharashtra Times|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> |}
===Weightlifting=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2012-13 |Chandrakant Mali |<ref name="auto1"/> |}
===Cricket=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2000-01 |Hrishikesh Kanitkar |<ref>{{cite news|title=Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-to-be-presented-on-Feb-19/articleshow/1594227737.cms|publisher=Times of India|access-date=28 January 2002}}</ref> |- |2015-16 |Rohit Sharma |<ref>{{cite news|title=Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma awarded Shiv Chhatrapati State Sports Awards|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ajinkya-rahane-rohit-sharma-awarded-shiv-chhatrapati-state-sports-awards/story-LBgSg2d18NrWMuoWTnKB8N.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> |- style="" |2016-17 |Ajinkya Rahane |<ref name="auto"/> |- style="" |2017-18 |Smriti Mandhana |<ref>{{cite news|title=Maharashtra : Shiv Chhatrapati awards for Smriti Mandhana, Uday Deshpande|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/maharashtra-shiv-chhatrapati-awards-for-smriti-mandhana-uday-deshpande-5588397/|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=17 February 2019}}</ref> |}
===Cycling=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2007-08 |Vrushali Gaikwad |<ref>{{cite news|title=Shiv Chhatrapati awards to be presented on Feb. 19|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-to-be-presented-on-Feb-19/articleshow/1594227737.cms|publisher=Times of India|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref> |}
===Badminton=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2018-19 |Vighnesh Devlekar |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201902131526588721.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206005739/https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201902131526588721.pdf|archive-date=2022-02-06|title=महाराष्र िासन|lang=mr}}</ref> <ref>[https://www.maharashtratoday.co.in/state-governments-2017-18-shiv-chhatrapati-sports-awards-announced/ Unknown]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |}
===Rope Mallakhamb=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2008-09 |Ruta Deshmukh |Uday Deshpande |Aditi Deshpande |Himani Parab <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fergusson.edu/departments/department/id/57/eventid/93 | title=Fergusson College, Pune }}</ref> |}
===WUSHU=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Recipient Name ! Refs |- |2020-21 |Mitali Wani |<ref>{{cite news|title=sakal 'शिवछत्रपती'|url=https://www.maharashtratimes.com}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Civil awards and decorations of Maharashtra