Indian Honours and Awards

IIT professor Manindra Agrawal

Vyas Samman is a prestigious Hindi literary award given by the K.K. Birla Foundation, not a sports award. Rajiv Gandhi Award (Khel Ratna), Dronacharya Award (coaching), and Dhyan Chand Award (lifetime achievement in sports) are all sports-related honors.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema, given for lifetime contribution to Indian film industry. It is named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, the father of Indian cinema. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is for science, Jamnalal Bajaj Award is for social work, and Kalidas Samman is for arts and literature.

K. Balachander, the renowned Tamil film director and writer, was indeed the recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2010. He was a legendary figure in Indian cinema, particularly Tamil and Telugu films. Amitabh Bachchan received it later (2019), Gulzar received it in 2022, and Hema Malini has not received this award yet.

The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary honor, instituted in 1961 and given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization. It is awarded annually to Indian writers for their outstanding contribution to literature. Any Indian citizen writing in any of the officially recognized Indian languages is eligible.

 Arjuna Award is given for Outstanding performance in sports.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was established in 1965 and is awarded annually for outstanding contribution to international understanding and goodwill among nations.

Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems 'Gitanjali,' making him the first Asian and first Indian Nobel laureate. Mother Teresa won in 1979 (Peace), C.V. Raman in 1930 (Physics).

Param Vir Chakra is India's highest wartime gallantry award, instituted in 1950. It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. Kirti Chakra and Vir Chakra are lower-level gallantry awards, while Param Vishishta Seva Medal is for distinguished service.

Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, conferred for exceptional work in any field of human endeavor including art, literature, and public service of the highest order. Param Vir Chakra is a gallantry award, Jnanpith is specifically for literature, and Kalinga Award is for science communication.

 Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching.

The first Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award was conferred on her in 1993. 

The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding was instituted in 1965 and is awarded for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among the peoples of the world. It is not for government service, literary work, or general social work.

Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry award, awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield (not in the presence of the enemy). Option C incorrectly describes the Param Vir Chakra (wartime gallantry in presence of enemy). The award is not for literature or children's gallantry.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been awarded to B. Nagi Reddy (Producer, 1986), Satyajit Ray (Director, 1985), Devika Rani (Actress, 1969 - first recipient), and Shivaji Ganesan (Actor, 1990). Akkineni Nageswara Rao did receive this award in 1988, but the question asks who has received it 'so far' - in the context of the question's timeframe, option D represents a valid subset of recipients.