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India’s first sports superstar | Dhyan Chand

This young sepoy’s sporting achievements are so remarkable that his birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day in India. This is the story of hockey legend, Jhansi’s Dhyan Chand.

1. Poster for the 1928 Summer Olympics

By International Olympic Committee, Wikimedia Commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1928_Olympics_poster.jpg#file


2. Indian hockey players 1928 Olympics

See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_hockey_players_1928_Olympics.jpg


3. India’s field hockey team, captained by hockey wizard Dhyan Chand

Bharat Hockey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg


4. The Indian hockey team in 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics

Bhartiya Hockey, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_hockey_team_1928_Olympics_match.jpg


5. Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand

The original uploader was Faizhaider at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhyan_Chand_closeup.jpg


6. Amsterdam Olympic Medals in the Teylers Museum

Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giuseppe_cassioli,_medaglia_d%27oro_per_le_olimpiadi_di_amsterdam_del_1928.jpg


7. 1932 Summer Olympics logo

国際オリンピック委員会, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1932_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg


8. Indian hockey team 1932 Olympics match

Bhartiya Hockey, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_hockey_team_1932_Olympics_match.jpg


9. 1936 Summer Olympics logo

By The logo may be obtained from International Olympic Committee., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69744874

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1936_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg


10. India’s hockey team captained by Dhyan Chand, Berlin, 1936 

Bharat Hockey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg


11. Dhyan Chand scoring a goal in the 1936 Olympic hockey final

See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhyan_Chand_1936_final.jpg


12. Dhyan Chand statue at Sipri hill, Jhansi

Work2win, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhyan_Chand_statue_at_Jhansi_city,_Uttar_Pradesh.jpg


13. Dhyan Chand on a 1980 stamp of India

India Post, Government of India, GODL-India https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhyan_Chand_1980_stamp_of_India.jpg


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