In India, there are some such games that are not that much popular yet they are quite well known and have been played extensively in most of the parts of the country. The game of Table Tennis is amongst these games that is played all over India in the State and National level and very largely in the school and colleges. This is probably the main reason why Indian TT players got success in various competitions in the national and international level and they also became able to enter their names in the winners` list of the prestigious and honourable sports award named as the "Arjuna Award".

Like all the other games, the game of Table Tennis also did enter its player`s names in the winners` list in the very first year of the award`s inception in 1961 when J.C. Vohra won it for his extraordinary skill and successful performances. After he became the first TT player to win the award, G.R. Deewan won it for the second time in the year of 1965 and he was followed by U. Sundararaj in 1966. In the very next year in 1967, F.R. Khodaiji won the award and after a year`s gap, Mir Kasim Ali became the winner in the year of 1969. The TT players then won the award for another two consecutive years in 1970 and 1971 when G. Jagannath and K.F. Khodaiji won it respectively. There was a gap of a year once again and in 1973, the award was named after N.R. Bajaj.

After having a winner less year in 1975, the TT players of India again started their campaign in the winners` list by the help of Ms. S. Shailja who won it in 1976. Then there were another gap of three years and in 1979-80, Indu Puri received the award. In the following year in 1980-81, Manjit Dua followed her and the award went to V. Chandrasekhar in 1982. The award then started to be announced in the names of the TT players with a regular gap of one year for the year of 1985 when K.N. Mehta won it that year. It went to M.B. Mehta in the year of 1987 and in 1989, Ms. Niyati Shah got the award. M.S. Walia became successful to win the award in the year of 1990.

The TT players of India remained unsuccessful to claim an "Arjuna Award" for the next 7 years and Chetan P. Baboor became successful to break the dead lock and won the award in 1997. In the very next year, the award went to the name of Subramaniam Raman in 1998 and famous women TT player Mantu Ghosh won it in the year of 2002. Then there was again a consecutive representation of the TT players in the winners` list of the "Arjuna Award" when Achanta Sharath Kamal and Soumyadeep Roy won it respectively in the years of 2004 and 2005. Subhajit Saha won the award for 2007.

From the discussion above so far, one thing is quite clear that though they have not get the spotlight, the TT players of India were always positive to their performances and as a result they became successful in various competitions. The number of their representatives in the winners` list of the "Arjuna Award" is another evident of this fact and it will also ensure the people of India about the success of the Table Tennis players in future.