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Once Gandhiji asked, ‘What is hockey?’
In 1932 Los Angeles Olympics there were three teams, India, Japan and the USA, in men’s hockey. India won the gold by defeating Japan and USA respectively by 11–1 and 24–1. When it came to raising funds for sending the team to Los Angeles, a journalist representing the Indian Hockey Federation approached Mahatma Gandhi to …
25 June smacked twice by the Indian cricketers to create history
Indians created history by lifting the World Cup after defeating the mighty West Indies on 25 June, 1983. But India made yet another history on another 25 June. It was in 1932 when it played its first ever test match against England.
Once Gandhiji asked, ‘What is hockey?’
In 1932 Los Angeles Olympics there were three teams, India, Japan and the USA, in men’s hockey. India won the gold by defeating Japan and USA respectively by 11–1 and 24–1. When it came to raising funds for sending the team to Los Angeles, a journalist representing the Indian Hockey Federation approached Mahatma Gandhi to …