(B) Sachin Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, in 1997,India’s highest sporting honour,and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively.On 16 November, 2013, the prime minister’s office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna,India’s highest civilian award.