The javelin that won Neeraj Chopra the gold medal in the Olympics 2020 held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has been auctioned. This spear was gifted by Neeraj Chopra to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Let us tell you that the gifts or other souvenirs that PM Modi receives from India and abroad are e-auctioned on the official PM Mementos portal. Whatever money is received from this is invested in the Ganga cleaning campaign 'Namami Gange'.
Neeraj Chopra's spear received as a gift to PM Modi was sold the most expensive in the auction. This spear of his has been sold for Rs 1.5 crore, its base price was Rs 1 crore. This auction took place between September-October 2021.
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What other things were auctioned?
Apart from Neeraj Chopra's spear, the sword of the Indian player who made it to the Olympics for the first time in fencing was also auctioned. It fetched Rs 1.25 crore in this auction. The javelin used by Sumit Antil, who won the gold medal in the javelin game of the Paralympics in Tokyo, was priced at Rs 1.02 crore, whose base price was Rs 1 crore. This spear has Sumit's signature and he gifted it to PM Modi.
Apart from this, the auction also saw great bids for the Angavastra signed by all the players who represented India in the Tokyo Paralympics. This corset was sold for Rs 1 crore, its base price was Rs 90 lakh. Also, women boxer Lovlina Borgohain gloves were auctioned for Rs 91,06,800, its base price was Rs 80 lakh.
The signed corsets of all the players of Tokyo Olympics have been sold in this auction for Rs 90,00,200 lakh. The signed badminton racket of Krishna Nagar, who won the gold medal for India in the Paralympics, was auctioned for Rs 80 lakh 15 thousand, the base price of which was Rs 80 lakh. Prime Minister Modi had received all these things as gifts.
Where was the money found in the auction spent?
Let us tell you that the money received from the things that were auctioned from the Prime Minister's collection was given to the Namami Gange campaign. The Namami Gange program was started in 2014, which aims to clean the river Ganga. Let us tell you that this auction was held between September-October in 2021. However, these days again people are posting on social media about the auction of Neeraj Chopra's spear, which was gifted to PM Modi.