National Sports Day 2020: Entire Journey Of Major Dhyanchand.
Every year National Sports Day is celebrated in India on 29 September to honor the hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The government of India has decided to celebrate National Sports Day on Dhyanchand’ s birthday since 2012. This year President Ram Nath Kovind will give National Sports and Adventure Awards virtually on National Sports Day on August 29.
Major Dhyan Chand Singh came to be known as ‘Wizard of Hockey’, worldwide. He was born on August 29, 1905, at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh. He joined the Indian army as a soldier in 1922.
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Major Dhyanchand had an extraordinary talent for scoring goals, due to which India won hockey gold medals in the Olympic Games of 1928, 1932, and 1936. His era is called the “golden period” of Indian hockey.
“If I, being another of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don`t give up.” — Mary Kom
Major Dhyan Chand, the greatest hockey player of India won three Olympic gold medals. He is appointed as a Captain of the Indian Hockey Team at the berlin Olympic Games 1936. Dhyan Chand had scored more than 400 international goals in his international career from 1926 to 1948. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honor in the year 1956 by the Government of India.
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An Interesting Story Major Dhyanchan at Berlin Olympics Where Hitler has Saluted Major Dhyanchand.
In the game of hockey, he gave India the success that became an example. The ball started charisma as soon as it hit his hockey stick. That’s why he was called a hockey wizard. Dhyan Chand was not only a master of the game of hockey, but patriotism was also filled with cunning in him. That is why the dictators of Germany Adolf Hitler also had to salute Dhyan Chand. The Government of India celebrates this day in the form of National Sports Day to honor this wizard of hockey.
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“Your dreams are what define your individuality. They have the power to give you wings and make you fly high.” — PV Sindhu
The talk is of the Berlin Olympics, the the year 1936 and the date 15 August. Although the history of 15 August is very special in the history of India, but on the same date, 11 years before 1947, The Indian flag was being hoisted the highest in any other corner of the world. in Germany. The Olympics in 1936 was a different adventure around the players of the Indian hockey team. This was due to his strong performance at the Pack The stadium in Berlin.
India scored 10 goals against France’s team in the semi-finals. Four Dhyan Chand alone. France was considered the powerhouse of European hockey. But she completely collapsed in front of the Indian team. India faced host Germany in the final. The date was August 15, 1936. However, before the final, there was an atmosphere of fear and anxiety in the Indian camp rather than excitement. The reason was the German dictator Adolf Hitler. Hitler was going to watch this match with 40 thousand spectators.
Dhyan Chand’s hockey once again played the magic in the final. The Indian team won Olympic gold in hockey for the third consecutive time. Former coach of the Indian hockey team Syed Ali Sibtain Naqvi had said, ‘It was Dada Dhyan Chand, who scored 6 goals in 1936 Olympic final and India won the match 8–1. Hitler saluted Dada and offered to join the German army. ‘
Naqvi had said, ‘Dada did not say anything on the occasion of prize distribution. There was silence throughout the stadium. Everyone was afraid that if Dhyan Chand turned down the offer, the dictator might shoot him. Dada told me that he had answered Hitler in a loud voice like an Indian soldier, ‘India is not for sale’.
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The 40,000 spectators present in the stadium were surprised when Hitler took a salute instead of shaking hands with them. Hitler said to Dhyan Chand, ‘The German nation sets you up for your country India and nationalism. Hitler gave him the title of wizard of hockey. Such players are born once in centuries
“When people throw stones at you, you turn them into milestones.” — Sachin Tendulkar
Some Interesting Facts about Major Dhyanchand:
1. Dhyan Singh joined the Indian Army at the age of only 16 and started playing hockey there. Since Dhyan Singh practiced during the night, his fellow players started addressing him with the nickname “Chand”.
2. Once while playing a match, Dhyan Chand was unable to score a single goal against the opposition team. After failing several times, he complained to the match referee about the measurement of the goal post, and surprisingly, it was found that the official The width of the goal post was not by international rules.
3. Hockey magician Dhyan Chand’s autobiography is titled “Goal”, published in 1952.
4. when Hitler saw Dhyan Chand’s magical game against Germany, he offered him to settle in Germany and gave the rank of colonel in his army, but Dhyan Chand smiled and rejected the offer.
5. The residents of Vienna (Austria) had installed a statue of him with four hands and four hockey sticks indicating his control and mastery over the ball. However, this can also be an exaggeration because at present there is neither any such idol nor any documents related to it.
6. Once in the Netherlands, the authorities broke Dhyan Chand’s
hockey stick due to the possibility of having magnet inside
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