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repeatedly been twitted about it by even their own supporters. The editor of a leading sports newspaper described them to me as an intensely conservative body, but there seems to be something more than conservative behind their unwillingness apparently ever to meet India in a full international encounter". Finally, on 24 April, the team arrived in
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England on 10 March, to play 11 matches against local sides as well in the London Folkestone Festival in 1927, winning all. It was also said that Great Britain did not send a team in 1928 to the Amsterdam Olympics after their national team was defeated by the Indian team at Folkestone. This is best cited in Kapur's book
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English Hockey Association have taken up a very stiff attitude towards Indian Hockey in recent years and have
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Germans undercut and lifted the ball, but the Indian team countered with brilliant half-volleying and amazing long shots. Twice Dara attempted to score but was declared offside. Dhyan Chand discarded his spiked shoes and
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declined to play, Chand was appointed captain. On this tour, the team played a total of 48 matches, with 28 in New
Zealand and the remainder in India, Ceylon, and Australia. India won every match, scoring 584 goals and conceding only 40. Of these 48 matches, Chand played 23 and scored a total of 201
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team which defeated Chand's side 2–1, even though an aging Chand scored his side's lone goal. Chand's last match was leading the Rest of India team against the Bengal side. The match ended in a draw after which the Bengal Hockey Association organized a public function to honor Chand's services to
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were on the sick list and Chand himself was ill. However, even with a skeletal side, India managed to defeat the hosts 3–0 (with Singh scoring 2), and the Indian team won its country's first Olympic gold medal. Chand was the top scorer of the tournament, with 14 goals in five matches. A newspaper
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was selected as the vice-captain. The IHF was initially low on funds since the provinces of Bombay, Madras, and Burma had turned a deaf ear to their financial appeal, but they managed to scrape enough money. The Olympic team then played a match against the Bombay XI, and amazingly lost 3–2, even
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team which was to tour New Zealand. The team won 18 matches, drew two and lost only one, receiving praise from all spectators. Following this, in the two Test matches against the New Zealand squad, the team won the first and narrowly lost the second. Returning to India, Chand was promoted to
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on 27 June. They arrived on 10 July, and after an uncomfortable journey in third-class compartments, reached Berlin on 13 July. On 17 July, the Indian team played a practice match against Germany and lost 4–1. As such, manager Pankaj Gupta informed the IHF that
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It was a great match, full of thrills, and it was just opportunism that gave us the victory. Customs were pressing hard and our goal was at their mercy. Suddenly I broke through and from midfield gave a long through pass to Ismail, who ran with
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has issued a commemorative postage stamp and a First Day Cover in honour of Dhyan Chand. He remains the only Indian hockey player to have a stamp in his honour. Chand was among the nominees considered for India's highest civilian award,
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Buoyed by the success of the tournament, it was decided that it would be held every two years. After two more trial matches between various hopefuls, the Olympic team (including Chand as center-forward) was announced and assembled in
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I had a very young side. Besides my brother Roop Singh, and Ismail, who played for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway in Mumbai, I had no other really great player in the team. But I had a team which was determined to do or die.
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reached Sri Lanka and India, playing a number of matches to pay for their expenses. At the end of the tour, India had played 37 matches, winning 34, drawing two, with one abandoned. Chand scored 133 of the 338 Indian goals.
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assembled in Delhi on 16 June and played against the Delhi Hockey XI. Incredibly, they lost 4–1. After this inauspicious start, the team went on a successful tour of the subcontinent, finally departing for
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Association (ASA) of East Africa to send a team to play a series of matches. The ASA made a condition that Chand should be included in the team. Once again, Chand was chosen as captain.
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On returning to India, the team was received by thousands of people at the Bombay harbour, compared to the three people who had seen them off.
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and won 11–1. Chand, Roop Singh, Gurmit Singh each scored thrice, and Dickie Carr once. In the final on 11 August, India played against hosts
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notification of his retirement dated 20 March 1957 lists him as "Lt. (A/Capt.) Dhyan Chand (IEC 3526), Punjab."
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hockey pitch, at the Indian Gymkhana Club in London, has been named after Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand. The
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in India every year. India's highest sporting honour,
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2648:"Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup"
2247:"Dhyan Chand never expected anything: Ashok Kumar"
116:All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
2654:. Hockey Passion. 2 November 2022. Archived from
2459:"Dhyan Chand deserves Bharat Ratna: Nana Patekar"
1066:After retirement, he taught at coaching camps at
1059:honoured him the same year by conferring him the
4133:Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
4128:Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics
4123:Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics
2635:Goal! Autobiography of Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand
2397:"Hockey pitch in London named after Dhyan Chand"
2147:. Government of India Press. 1943. p. 1615.
2145:Indian Army List for April 1943 (Parts I and II)
2133:. Government of India Press. 1942. p. 1467.
2039:. Slideshare.net. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
1783:Goal! Autobiography of Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand
1414:Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
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3612:1932 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (2nd Title)
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2479:. India Today. 8 January 2014. Archived from
2329:"Even Bradman was impressed with Dhyan Chand"
1142:gives away sports-related awards such as the
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2579:"Chapter on Dhyan Chand figures in textbook"
2305:. 31 August 1995. p. 22. Archived from
2015:. HockeyGods. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
2690:Feature: Hockey's Genius – Dhyan Chand
2678:"Yaaru E Dhyan Chand" by Narendra Kumar S S
1786:. Chennai: Sport & Pastime. p. 2.
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1309:List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics
1243:A lesson on Dhyan Chand written by author
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1129:Dhyan Chand statue at Sipri hill, Jhansi.
1063:, India's third highest civilian honour.
795:Captaincy and 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics
336:
2354:"Some hearts still beat for hockey here"
1913:Indian Army List for April 1941 (Part I)
1752:Web desk, India Today (10 August 2021).
987:(VCO; the equivalent of the present-day
853:Moinuddin Khanji, the Nawab of Manavadar
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2692:, Rohit Brijnath, PlanetFieldHockey.com
2255:. India. 30 August 2011. Archived from
1601:"Dhyan Chand: Great Magician of Hockey"
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1095:All India Institute of Medical Sciences
1026:on 15 December and played 9 matches in
974:East African tour and final tournaments
877:with Chand scoring 4 goals. Meanwhile,
4118:Olympic field hockey players for India
2577:Our Sports Reporter (28 August 2002).
2352:Ali, Qaiser Mohammad (30 April 2011).
2190:"Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand Remembered"
1826:Majumdar, Boria; Mehta, Nalin (2009).
1551:"Find out about India's hockey wizard"
1370:"Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand Remembered"
1109:, accorded him full military honours.
966:It is reported that the German leader
817:India men's national field hockey team
27:Indian field hockey player (1905–1979)
4188:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
4183:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
4178:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
4173:Indian Army personnel of World War II
2684:The Indian who captivated even Hitler
2068:"Indians Retain Olympic Hockey Title"
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1121:Dhyan Chand on a 1980 stamp of India
819:tournaments. Later, he would state:
811:Heroes, participated in and won the
724:(now in Pakistan) with his new 2/14
4153:Field hockey players from Prayagraj
1232:was filed which suggested that the
3253:Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi
2217:"The enduring saga of Dhyan Chand"
2215:Thyagarajan, S. (26 August 1995).
1692:"Discover hockey's answer to Pele"
1257:Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
701:report about India's triumph said:
522:Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
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4203:Deaths from liver cancer in India
4168:Olympic medalists in field hockey
2686:, Qaiser Mohammad Ali, Rediff.com
2439:Sharma, Aman (18 November 2013).
2188:Dharma Raja, M.K. (August 2000).
1589:. Indian Express. 29 August 2017.
1345:. 3 December 2015. Archived from
256:169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
90:United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
4163:Aligarh Muslim University alumni
4143:Olympic gold medalists for India
4138:Indian male field hockey players
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2337:. 30 August 2011. Archived from
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2299:"PM unveils Dhyan Chand statue"
2093:Haymonds, Mike (16 June 2020).
1178:, India, on 22 September 2012.
1168:Journalists Federation of India
1164:Journalist Association of India
953:International Hockey Federation
2131:Indian Army List for July 1942
1048:admiration of the spectators.
985:Viceroy's Commissioned Officer
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4077:"17 medals, 1 billion people"
3283:Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar
908:scoring two, and Roop Singh,
4198:British Indian Army officers
2974:Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker
2810:award recipients (1954–1959)
2223:. p. 25. Archived from
2159:Indian Army List August 1947
1993:Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
1187:Dhyan Chand National Stadium
1076:National Institute of Sports
722:North-West Frontier Province
1935:. 24 March 1926. p. 15
1884:"The Legend of Dhyan Chand"
1801:"The legend of Dhyan Chand"
1144:Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna
989:junior commissioned officer
959:film on the 1936 Olympics,
568:and finally graduated from
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3162:Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
2913:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
2883:A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
2271:"Last Days of Dhyan Chand"
1832:. Routledge. p. 272.
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1960:. M.L. Kapur. p. 38.
1954:Kapur, Mohan Lal (1968).
1927:"Indian Army Hockey team"
1198:Aligarh Muslim University
1138:in India since 1995. The
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2878:Vallathol Narayana Menon
2828:Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
2716:A tribute to Dhyan Chand
2541:. Zee News. 21 May 2014.
2415:"Dhyan Chand Chronology"
2403:. India. 23 August 2011.
1375:Press Information Bureau
624:Indian Hockey Federation
588:Early career (1922–1932)
99:Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
68:The Wizard, The Magician
3298:# Posthumous conferral
2969:Madapati Hanumantha Rao
2712:, Hockey Yearbook 2006.
2557:www.bharatiyahockey.org
2419:www.bharatiyahockey.org
2275:www.bharatiyahockey.org
1234:Prime Minister's Office
1183:National Stadium, Delhi
537:on 29 August 1905 in a
4193:Indian autobiographers
4016:Gurcharan Singh Grewal
3916:Earnest Goodsir-Cullen
3431:William Goodsir-Cullen
3111:K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
3091:Andal Venkatasubba Rao
2939:Suniti Kumar Chatterji
2888:Palden Thondup Namgyal
2833:Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
2701:Great Indian Olympians
2027:. Bharatiyahockey.org.
1829:India and the Olympics
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3086:Radha Kumud Mukherjee
3066:Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
2990:Rukmini Devi Arundale
2710:Dhyan Chand Centenary
2632:Chand, Dhyan (1952).
2025:Typhoon from the East
1304:Field hockey in India
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3197:Rao Raja Hanut Singh
3076:Mushtaq Hussain Khan
2964:Prana Krushna Parija
2934:Lalit Mohan Banerjee
2863:Hussain Ahmed Madani
2853:Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
2843:Maithili Sharan Gupt
2583:www.tribuneindia.com
2341:on 9 September 2011.
2259:on 20 November 2013.
1780:Dhyan Chand (1952).
1663:Asianet News Network
1428:Sports Reference LLC
1015:from the same date.
670:Broome Eric Pinniger
525:is named after him.
218:14th Punjab Regiment
3738:Gurmit Singh Kullar
3278:Mysore Vasudevachar
3268:Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
3187:Poola Tirupati Raju
3147:D. P. Roy Choudhury
2929:Fateh Chand Badhwar
2309:on 22 December 1996
2227:on 22 December 1996
1380:Government of India
1213:Government of India
1172:Sirifort Auditorium
1154:on this day at the
1136:National Sports Day
1057:Government of India
1028:British East Africa
991:) with the rank of
622:, the newly formed
604:1st Punjab Regiment
543:British Indian Army
517:National Sports Day
509:Government of India
483:Olympic gold medals
248:Field hockey career
169:British Indian Army
4158:People from Jhansi
3521:Jaipal Singh Munda
3243:Hansa Jivraj Mehta
3207:Surya Narayan Vyas
3192:Kamalendumati Shah
3101:Shyam Nandan Sahay
3051:Bhikhan Lal Atreya
3015:Muthulakshmi Reddi
2954:Sunder Das Khungar
2908:M. S. Subbulakshmi
2873:Vaikunthbhai Mehta
2838:Jnan Chandra Ghosh
2658:on 2 November 2022
2501:. 4 February 2014.
2499:The Times of India
2483:on 9 October 2014.
2445:The Economic Times
2334:The Times of India
2252:The Times of India
2196:on 7 November 2007
1858:www.iloveindia.com
1730:on 15 October 2015
1698:. 26 February 2004
1632:Free Press Journal
1529:Free Press Journal
1368:Dharma Raja, M.K.
1156:Rashtrapati Bhavan
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2465:. 2 January 2014.
2119:. 29 August 2017.
2056:. 15 August 2020.
2037:Major Dhyan Chand
1957:Romance of Hockey
1932:The Straits Times
1839:978-1-135-27574-7
1434:on 17 April 2020.
1263:Dhyan Chand award
1191:Dhyan Chand Award
1152:Dronacharya Award
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