Pistol shooter Manu Bhaker and chess champion D Gukesh will receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor, on January 17. Manu made history at the Paris Olympics by becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympic Games. Gukesh, 18, became the youngest world chess champion after defeating Ding Liren and led India to gold at the Budapest Olympiad. Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar are also nominated for the award.
