Bhubaneswar, Jan. 25 -- Ace para-athlete Pramod Bhagat has been honoured with the Padma Shri under the sports category on Tuesday. With this, Bhagat became the first Para-Badminton athlete to receive the prestigious civilian award.

The para-shuttler from Odisha, who became the first Indian to win a gold medal in badminton at the Paralympics, left everyone amazed with his performance. Bringing honour to the nation, the ace athlete was flooded with praises from all quarters.

Earlier in October 2021, Bhagat also was conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.Currently, Pramod is in Spain with World No 4 Sukant Kadam sweating out hard for his upcoming tournaments.

Bhagat got overwhelmed upon learning about the prestigious honour...