Ranjit Jadhav, son of veteran wrestler Kashaba Jadhav, is being demanded to give the country's highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna to the late father. He said that my father was the first Indian player to win an individual medal at the Olympics (Helsinki, 1952) but he did not even get the Padma award, while TV producer Ekta Kapoor received it.

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At the same time, it is also being said that what is the social meaning of awarding them? Kashaba of Satara district of Maharashtra died in 1984. He said, 'For the last 19 years I have been trying my best to make sure that my father gets Bharat Ratna or at least posthumously Padma Award.

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He received the Arjuna Award after 17 years (2001). If you look at the list of award winners from 1954 to 1984, many players got Padma Shri and some got Padma Bhushan while some got three (Medal Vibhushan). However, none of them were Olympians except the legendary hockey player Major Dhyanchand and some other hockey players. Ekta Kapoor was given the Padma Shri this year.

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