Petkar was nominated for the Arjuna Award in the Lifetime category by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport, 52 years after ...
Kartik Aaryan, the actor from Chandu Champion, has congratulated Murlikant Petkar, India's first Paralympic gold medalist, ...
Kartik portrayed Murlikant, India's first Paralympic gold medallist, in Kabir Khan-directed 2024 sports drama Chandu Champion ...
Kartik Aaryan, star of 'Chandu Champion', congratulates Murlikant Petkar on his Arjuna Award (Lifetime) honor. Petkar, ...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the Arjuna Lifetime Awards for the veteran athletes Murlikant Petkar and ...
India's first gold medallist in Paralympic Games, Murlikant Rajaram Petkar ... wish has been fulfilled. Petkar won a gold medal in men's 50m freestyle swimming in the 1972 Paralympic Games in ...
In 1972, besides swimming, Petkar also participated in ... he is living a retired life in Pune where his son Arjun Murlikant Petkar is employed with the Army. (Except for the headline, this ...
During the 1965 war with Pakistan, Murlikant Petkar suffered nine bullet wounds. However, he opted not to give up once his injuries healed and began participating in swimming and other sports again.
Murlikant Petkar, the 50-metre freestyle swimming gold medallist from the 1972 Paralympics in Heidelberg, Germany, was chosen for Arjuna award in the lifetime category, after he had won wide ...