The administration additionally named the victors of the 2015 Arjuna Recompenses. The rundown has 17 games persons including cricketer Rohit Sharma and shooter Jitu Rai. Tumbler Dipa Karmakar, hockey player P R Sreejesh, wrestling team of Bajrang and Babita, competitor M R Poovamma, shuttler K Srikanth and boxer Mandeep Jangra are among the individuals who won the Arjuna.
"It's a colossal honor for me to be given the Khel Ratna grant and I feel humbled with the adoration and admiration showered on me by my nation," Sania told PTI from Toronto.
"Speaking to my nation in all sides of the world has been my awesome benefit for such a large number of years and this acknowledgment of my endeavors by the legislature of India is sure to motivate me to win more shrubs for our nation. I might want to wish all my kindred Indians a glad autonomy day," she said.
Sania, right now positioned world number one in ladies' pairs, scripted history by turning into the first Indian to win a ladies' copies Fantastic Pummel title when she and Martina Hingis secured the Wimbledon trophy not long ago.
Sania is just the second tennis player after Leander Paes to be named for the top recompense. Paes had been gave the honor route in 1996 after his bronze award in the Atlanta Olympics.
The 28-year-old, who has won three blended copies Stupendous Hammers in her vocation, beat rivalry from squash player Deepika Pallikal, disk hurler Vikas Gowda, olympic style sports star Tintu Luka, rising shuttler P V Sindhu, and hockey skipper Sardar Singh for the desired honor.
The grants will be presented by the President Pranab Mukherjee on August 29, the National Games Day.
The Khel Ratna conveys a prize cash of Rs 7.5 lakh alongside a reference, while the Arjuna honors accompany a money prize of Rs 5 lakh and a reference. Other than doing great on the expert circuit, Sania had additionally won the gold award and the bronze decoration in the blended and ladies' pairs classifications of the 2014 Asian Recreations in Incheon, South Korea.
The Hyderabadi young lady had won the Arjuna grant in 2004 and was the most loved for the top honor this year. In 2006, she was gave the Padma Shri - the nation's fourth most noteworthy regular citizen honor.
Sania's blended duplicates trophies had come in the Australian Open (2009), French Open (2012) and US Open (2014).
Rohit has been India's batting pillar in the ODIs and turned into the most astounding individual scorer with a thump of 264 against Sri Lanka a year ago.
Jitu, then again, has been in amazing structure, winning seven universal awards in the most recent one year other than an Olympic quantity billet.
Sreejesh was suggested for his extraordinary show as India's goalkeeper. He was a piece of the group that won the Asian Amusements gold decoration a year ago, which additionally brought the side an immediate capability for one year from now's Olympics.
Dipa has been remunerated for turning into the first Indian lady tumbler to win a decoration at the Region Amusements, while boxer Mandeep has been suggested for his silver awards in the Asian Titles and the Federation Recreations.
Srikanth has been one of India's top entertainers on the badminton court, winning three titles this year.
The rundown of sportspersons prescribed for Arjuna recompenses: PR Sreejesh (hockey), Dipa Karmakar (aerobatic), Jitu Rai (shooting), Sandeep Kumar (bows and arrows), Mandeep Jangra (boxing), Babita (wrestling), Bajrang (wrestling), Rohit Sharma (cricket), K Srikanth (badminton), Swarn Singh Virk (paddling), Satish Sivalingam (weightlifting), Yumnam Santhoi Devi (wushu), Sharath Gaekwad (para-cruising), M R Poovamma (games), Manjeet Chhillar (kabaddi), Abhilasha Mhatre (kabaddi), Anup Kumar Yama (rollerskating).