{"id":12547,"date":"2013-01-26T06:39:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T06:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12547"},"modified":"2013-01-26T06:39:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T06:39:21","slug":"dravid-mary-kom-to-be-awarded-padma-bhushan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12547","title":{"rendered":"Dravid, Mary Kom to be awarded Padma Bhushan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" alt=\"dravid-mary-kom-padm-bhushan-award\" src=\"images\/hockey\/dravid-mary-kom-padm-bhushan-award.jpg\" height=\"181\" width=\"250\" \/>Rahul Dravid, the former Indian Captain and batsman, has been listed, among 24 others for the Padma Bhushan award, India\u2019s third highest civilian honour award. Dravid had won the Arjuna Award in 1998 and was awarded with Padma Shri in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dravid, who shouldered a large portion of India\u2019s batting burden during their period of strength at home and abroad for the past 15 years, was nominated six months ago for the highest honor (Khel Ratna award) in sports in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a career of 15 years, he had scored 13,288 runs in Test matches and 10,889 runs in ODIs. He announced his retirement from international cricket last year after the tour of Australia. He is the only cricketer in the list of Padma Bhushan awardees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mary Kom is the other sports person to be short-listed for the honour.<br \/>Rahul Dravid will join the likes of Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Vinoo Mankad and Lala Amarnath who have received Padma Bhushan award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sachin Tendulkar is the only cricketer who had received the India\u2019s second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Dravid and Mary Kom, six others sports persons &#8212; mountaineer Premlata Agrawal, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Para athlete Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, London Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar, boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh and rower Bajrang Lal Takhar were chosen for the Padma Shri Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rahul Dravid, the former Indian Captain and batsman, has been listed, among 24 others for the Padma Bhushan award, India\u2019s third highest civilian honour award. 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