HOCKEY KA JAADUGHAR
-DHYAN CHAND
In honour to his trenched sportsmanship in hockey the national stadium at delhi was renamed as DHYAN CHAND NATIONAL STADIUM by indian govt. in 2002 . And a statue was laid at jhansi as legendary memory of an Indian chand.
In my view he should be given BHARATHA RATNA for his hard work for hockey tough he is no more here.
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-DHYAN CHAND
India’s National Sports Day is observed on the birthday of Dhyan Chand,
nicknamed the ‘Wizard of Hockey’. He was born Dhyan Singh. He joined the Indian Army at the age of 16. The Hindi word Chand literally means the moon. Since Dhyan Singh used to practice a lot during night after his duty hours, he invariably used to wait for the moon to come out so that the visibility in the field (during his era there were no flood lights) improved. Hence he was called “Chand” by his fellow players, as his practice sessions at night invariably coincided with the coming out from the moon.
Dhyan Chand
In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Dhyan Chand, who was the captain of the Indian Hockey team, had the distinction of scoring 11 out of 38 goals scored by his side. Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer, was very impressed by Dhyan Chand’s performance in the final, where India whipped Germany 8-1 in front of 40,000 peoples. At a dinner party after the final, Hitler offered to elevate Dhyan Chand to the rank of a Colonel if he migrated to Germany. Ever the patriot, Dhyan Chand turned down the offer.
At the tour of hockey tournment at united states, India had played 37 matches, winning 34, drawing 2, with one abandoned. Chand scored 133 of the 338 Indian goals.In Indian language he is known as Hockey ka jaadugar that means magician of the hockey game. It is said he used to practice on railway track and what he do is he keeps the ball on one of the track and keep playing it up to 1 to 2 km without letting it to be fallen.
India’s highest award for lifetime achievement in sports is the Dhyan Chand Award, which has been awarded annually from 2002 and it is the highest award in sports. he achieved many awards and many honors. He MADE A RECORD OF 1000 GOALS career, from 1926 to 1948.
In 1956, at the age of 51, he retired from the army with the rank of Major. After he retired he coached for a while and later settled in Jhansi. However, the last days of Dhyan Chand were not very happy, as he was short of money and was badly ignored by the nation. Once he went to a tournament in Ahmedabad and they turned him away not knowing who he was. He developed liver cancer, and was sent to a general ward at the AIIMS, New Delhi, where he died on 3 December 1979.
In honour to his trenched sportsmanship in hockey the national stadium at delhi was renamed as DHYAN CHAND NATIONAL STADIUM by indian govt. in 2002 . And a statue was laid at jhansi as legendary memory of an Indian chand.
In my view he should be given BHARATHA RATNA for his hard work for hockey tough he is no more here.
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| STATUE AT JHANSI |
