# Mann confers Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award on 87 Punjab players 2026-08-16T13:48:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday conferred the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award on 87 players and honoured 1,070 medal-winning sportspersons at a ceremony in Chandigarh. The state distributed prize money worth Rs 32.05 crore through cheques. Mann said the day marked a historic moment and that the government has provided jobs to nine medal-winning players. Among the top awardees, Indian women's cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur and all-rounder Amanjot Kaur received Rs 1.50 crore each. Shooters Amanpreet Singh and Neeraj Kumar got Rs 1.54 crore and Rs 1.52 crore respectively, while Kirandeep Kaur and Kritika Sharma received Rs 50 lakh each. Other recipients included shooter Vijayveer Sidhu (Rs 28.50 lakh), Wushu player Kushal Kumar (Rs 25 lakh), and para-powerlifting world champion Paramjit Kumar (Rs 55 lakh). The awards were given across multiple yearly cycles. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Amanjot Kaur, Bhagwant Mann, Harmanpreet Kaur, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, Punjab Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mann-confers-maharaja-ranjit-singh-award-on-87-punjab-players/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mann-confers-maharaja-ranjit-singh-award-on-87-punjab-players/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/