'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh received the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the 'Olympian of the century' and Times Group MD Vineet Jain in a ceremony that was attended by the whose who of India's sporting fraternity.
Besides Lewis and Milkha, prominent figures from the sporting world included former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, Olympic bronze medallists boxer MC Mary Kom, shuttler Saina Nehwal and CWG gold medallist squash player Dipika Pallikal.
While Jitu, who won an unprecedented seven medals in the last one year, was the jury's choice, champion cueist Pankaj advani bagged the Popular Choice Award.
Young shooter Malaika Goel won the Emerging Players' Jury Award along with five others while weightlifter Sanjita Chanu won the Popular Choice Award.
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Sportsperson of the Year: Jitu Rai; Youth Icon: Saina Nehwal; Cricket: Harmanpreet Kaur (women) and Virat Kohli (Men); Football Sunil Chhetri; Badminton: PV Sindhu; Billiards: Pankaj Advani; TT: Achanta Sharath Kamal; Shooting: Jitu Rai; Athletics: Vikas Gowda, Wrestling: Yogeshwar Dutt; Lifetime Achievement Award: Milkha Singh; Squash: Dipika Pallikal; Golf: Anirban Lahiri; Chess: Viswanathan Anand; Hockey: Rani Rampal (women) and PR Sreejesh (men); Boxing: L Sarita Devi and MC Mary Kom; Tennis: Sania Mirza, Weightlifting: Satish Sivalingam, Emerging Player Awards Malaika Goel, Khushbir Kaur, Amit Kumar Dahiya, A Chikkarangappa, Sanjita Chanu and Vinesh Phogat.