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The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted in the year -
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1988
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1975
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1985
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1980
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Dronacharya Award instituted in 1985 for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, are sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred to as “Dronacharya” or “Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first recipients of the award were Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing), and O. M. Nambiar (Athletics), who was honored in 1985.
Detailed explanation-3: -Muskan Anand. In 1987, he became the second cricket coach, after Desh Prem Azad (awarded in 1986), to be awarded the Dronacharya Award, India’s highest sport coaching honour.
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