National Sports Day 29 August 2019, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Fit India Movement, Read all about it!!

2019-08-29 | Team PendulumEdu

The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29th August to commemorate Hockey Legend Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. The theme for 2019 National Sports Day is “Fit India, Young India”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a nation-wide “Fit India Movement” at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi on the occasion of National Sports Day. The campaign aims to encourage people to integrate physical activity and sports in their everyday life to remain healthy. At a special function, the Prime Minister will administer the oath of fitness to all. The movement will promote fitness and wellness in the country.

A 28-member committee headed by Kiren Rijiju (Sports Minister) was formed to advise the government on the movement. The committee had 12 members from the government, including secretaries of Sports, Secondary Education, AYUSH, Youth Affairs, among others. IOA President and seven NSF heads, including those of boxing, athletics, football, and cycling, were also among the members of the committee. The representatives of private bodies like CII, ASSOCHAM India, FICCI, as well as actors Shilpa Shetty and Milind Soman were also part of this committee.

Also, Indian President Ramnath Kovind will present the national sports awards in New Delhi. Wrestler Bajrang Punia and Rio Paralympics silver medalist Deepa Malik will be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award while Ravindra Jadeja (Cricket), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Football), Chinglensana Kangujam (Hockey), Mohammed Anas (Athletics), Swapna Barman (Athletics) and Anjum Moudgil (Shooting) will be conferred with Arjuna Award.

IPS Officer Aparna Kumar will be honoured with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2018 in the ‘Land adventure’ category.

PendulumEdu has given a question of the day on National Sports Day. The questions related to national sports day are important from exam point of view, the exams like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, RRB JE, RRB NTPS, RRB GROUP D have asked questions related to sporting events and important days related to sports in past.

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