Devendra Jhajharia became the first para-athlete to receive the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award.
- Jhajharia has won many Paralympic medals, including his first gold at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, his second gold at the 2016 Rio Games, and a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
- Avani Lekhara, a para-shooter, was also awarded the Padma Shri award in the Sports category.
- Lekhara is the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals in the same Games, as well as the first Indian woman to earn Paralympic gold.
- President Ram Nath Kovind also conferred Padma Shri award to Vandana Katariya. She also made history by becoming the first Indian woman to achieve a hat trick at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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