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After monetary compensations, India’s hockey stars are being respected with more unique accolades. On Sunday, Punjab renamed ten state government schools after Tokyo Olympics medal winning hockey team players.
Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has endorsed the renaming of the schools after different players of Punjab who were essential for the Indian men hockey team which won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The minister said the Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur, Jalandhar has been named after hockey group skipper Manpreet Singh. He said the school will currently be known as Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur.
The GSSS, Timmowal in Amritsar has been named after Harmanpreet Singh who was the top scorer in the Olympics for India with six goals. The school will currently be known as Olympian Harmanpreet Singh GSSS, Timmowal.
The Government Primary School, Mithapur, Jalandhar has been named as Olympian Mandeep Singh, he said in an official proclamation.
Other schools renamed incorporate GSSS Attari, Amritsar, which will presently be known as Olympian Shamsher Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Attari after the name of the midfielder.
The Cabinet minister said the Government Middle School, Faridkot has been named as Olympian Rupinderpal Singh Government Middle School.
The Government Middle School. Khusropur, Jalandhar has been named after Olympian Hardik Singh while Government Primary School Khalaihara, Amritsar has been named as Olympian Gurjant Singh.
The Government High School, Chahal Kalan, Gurdaspur has been named as Olympian Simranjit Singh Government High School Chahal Kalan, Gurdaspur.
Singla said there was a brilliant commitment of Punjab in the field of Indian games and it has sent the second biggest unforeseen Olympics in the nation as 20 sportspersons were from Punjab.
Remarkably, the Indian men’s hockey group revamped history by asserting an Olympic medal following 41 years. A fearless Indian team had crushed a brave Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match in the Tokyo Olympics.
The eight-time previous gold-champs, which fought a disastrous droop over the most recent forty years, made the resurgence of the most recent few years included in the most ideal manner conceivable with an Olympic medal.
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