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National Sports Day to recognize the birth commemoration of its proudful child and the world’s most prominent Hockey player Major Dhyan Chand. He was popular for his uncommon abilities with the hockey stick and lavish goal-scoring hunger. This year we celebrate his 116th birth ceremony.
Affectionately recognized as ‘The Wizard of Hockey’, Dhyan Chand won three Olympic golds in1928, 1932, and 1936 and took Indian Hockey to dauntless heights. On the occasions when India was reeling under the mistreatment of the British Rule, Dhyan Chand launched hockey to make India’s essence felt on the world stage.
Dhyan Chand was brought into the world in Allahabad. His father worked in the British India Army and made a trip to various urban areas on various obligation moves. Dhyan Chand had no tendency towards hockey in his initial days and didn’t play the game much until he joined the army.
Team India’s First Gold at the biggest stage ‘The Olympics’
In its first trip to the Olympic games in 1928, India was pooled in an antagonistic gathering with Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland. Dhyan Chand scored 14 goals in five games in the competition to assist India with winning its first Gold in the Olympics.
Winning 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and plenty of goals on the accompanying visits. Indian hockey was out of control in his time. They simply didn’t overcome however crushed the opposition. They cruised to Los Angeles for another tryst with the Olympic Gold in 1932. In their first game, India crushed Japan by 11-1. After overcoming different rivals they progressed to the finals. In the last, India played against the hosts the USA and won a 24-1world record until 2003 to secure another gold.
After the Olympics, India went on a global visit covering the USA, England, Netherlands, and scarcely any other European nations. Towards the end of the visit, India had dominated 34 matches out of 37 played. Chand scored 133 of 338 goals on that visit.
His hockey stick moving abilities were supernatural. He showed immovable authority over the ball. His control was consistent to such an extent that, as said, once while playing in the Netherlands he was called upon by the specialists and his stick was destitute open to check for a magnet in it.
He additionally had a sharp comprehension of the game in each sense. In one game, even after his hard endeavors, he couldn’t score goals. He then, at that point claimed and contended with the match arbitrator and requested the pre-measurement of the goal line. To everybody’s shock, the goal line was not conforming to the standard estimations according to the global guidelines.
Dhyan Chand will consistently be reviewed as the most complete player in Hockey. He was the light conveyor of the brilliant period in India Hockey that kept going from 1920-1980. India won eight gold, two silver, and one bronze in this period. This incorporates six successive golds from 1928-1956. In these years, the game’s effect was far past the hockey field.
Dhyan Chand’s uncanny abilities and wizardry simply didn’t score goals on the hockey field however scored it into the hearts of each hockey spectator across the globe. He voiced India in the hours of battle with his hockey stick and guided India into its brilliant time of hockey.
His commitments ought not to be neglected. Consistently we celebrate and honor his introduction to the world commemoration as the National Sports Day. However, one day is sufficient to observe Dhyan Chand yet this National Sports Day, how about we recall the tradition of India’s first games as a good example and promise to learn and take Indian sports forward.
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