The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award was known by a different name until September 2021. What was its original name?
- Sardar Patel Khel Ratna Award
- Dhyan Chand National Sports Award
- Bharat Khel Ratna Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award — renamed to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in September 2021
The Khel Ratna was instituted in 1991–92 as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. On 6 August 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced it would be renamed to the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, honouring the hockey legend born on 29 August 1905 — the date observed as National Sports Day.