- ... that India has 66 chess grandmasters?
- ... that five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and India's first woman Everest climber Bachendri Pal received the Arjuna award in the 1980s, then India's highest sporting honour?
- ... that the six members of Navika Sagar Parikrama, an all-female crew who circumnavigated the globe, received India's highest adventure award in 2017?
- ... that sprinter Milkha Singh refused to accept the Arjuna Award, one of India's top sporting honours, citing undeserving awardees?
- ... that the twenty members of the successful 1965 Indian Everest expedition (stamp pictured) are to date the only team recipients of the Arjuna Award?
- ... that Manoj Kumar and Raj Kumar had to win cases at the Delhi High Court to be awarded the Arjuna Award sporting honour in the 2010s?
- ... that cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (depicted) was recognised by his native India with both a top sporting honour and its highest civilian honour?
- ... that the annual Indian sports awards ceremony at the Presidential Palace includes awards for adventure, for the top-performing university, and for sports promotion?