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{{short description|Awards given by the President of India}}
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|name      = Rashtrapati Award
|owner     = [[President of India]]
|image     = Rashtrapati Scout (The Bharat Scouts and Guides).png
|caption   = [[The Bharat Scouts and Guides]] version of the Rashtrapati Award
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|award-for = achievements in the field of sports, art, military, literature, cinema, culture, science and technology, or scouting
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'''Rashtrapati Awards''' used to be given by the [[President of India]], in some cases the [[Prime Minister of India]], for achievements in the field of sports, art, military, literature, cinema, culture, science and technology, or [[Scouting]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} The award-giving ceremony was conducted in the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], the President's official residence. The awards were a part of the [[Indian honours system]]. However, after gradual systematic categorizations over a period, the awards were made independent to the field of achievement.{{clarify|date=December 2016}}

For example, from 1968 onwards, the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] completely took over its charge as the governing body for [[National Film Awards]] India. Before 1968, the award in the field of best acting in [[Indian Cinema]] was given out as a Rashtrapati Award. Other examples{{how|date=December 2016}} are [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] for sports, [[National Bravery Award]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], [[Jnanpith Award]] for literature, "Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman" (a presidential honour for young scholars below age 40 who have worked to bridge the ancient and the modern{{dubious|date=December 2016}} especially using IT).{{clarify|date=December 2016}}

==References==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100829092555/http://www.bsgindia.org/cir/rcir/2010rcir/2009awardeeslist2009.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110601023609/http://www.abhyaasindia.com/downloads/indian%20honors.doc
*[https://archive.today/20120405051006/http://connect.in.com/rashtrapati-award/images.html ]
*http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/jul/r2008071002.pdf
[[Category:Indian awards]]