SACHIN'S AWARDS

Official Awards

1994: Arjuna Award Receipient for achievements in Cricket

1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year

1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

1999: Padma Shri - India's civilian medal of recognition

2008: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award. 

Media Awards

In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News. 

In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year" 

The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.

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