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#NationalSportsDay is celebrated every year on August 29 on the birth anniversary of Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Here are some facts about ‘The Wizard’.
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#NationalSportsDay in India commemorates the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, one of the finest sportspersons the country has ever produced.
Did you know despite winning three Olympic Golds, his best match was none of those games and was instead played on Indian soil?
Did you know despite winning three Olympic Golds, his best match was none of those games and was instead played on Indian soil?
Back in those days, the Beighton Cup was the ultimate achievement for hockey players and Dhyan Chand said it was his "life's ambition" to win the coveted trophy for his home team Jhansi Heroes.
In his autobiography 'Goal', Dhyan Chand noted that the 1933 Beighton Cup final against Calcutta Customs was the best match he ever played. In a keenly contested affair, the Jhansi team won by a solitary goal scored by the wizard himself.
I love #sports, love watching, reading and debating over every sport…But nothing beats the feeling of sweating it out, giving it your 100% and enjoying the spirit and competition in its purest form.
Wishing all Sportspersons and enthusiasts a very happy
#NationalSportsDay2020
Wishing all Sportspersons and enthusiasts a very happy
#NationalSportsDay2020
The #cornonavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, & social-distancing norms has definitely reinforced our need to be active in #Sports, help us be physically fit, boost our immunity, strengthen our mental endurance and help us lead a healthy lifestyle.
My tributes to the hockey maestro Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. Today on #NationalSportsDay let us reaffirm our pledge of making #India a #FitIndia and working towards building our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
My greetings to all sportspersons on #NationalSportsDay.
This pandemic has affected normal sporting activities. But it also reinforces the need to be physically fit & mentally strong to fight Corona virus.
This pandemic has affected normal sporting activities. But it also reinforces the need to be physically fit & mentally strong to fight Corona virus.
Let us pledge to make causes like ‘Fit India’ people’s movements and take up fitness activities from sports and games... to Yoga to fortify our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. #NationalSportsDay2020
I also pay my tributes to the hockey maestro and Olympian, Dhyan Chand whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the #NationalSportsDay.
Why Tulu should be included in 8th schedule of Indian Constitution?
1. Tulu is one of the ancient languages of India and it is one of the five major Dravidian languages of South India. M.S. Andronov, the Russian Linguist, states that 'Tulu has emerged as an (1/4) #Tulu
1. Tulu is one of the ancient languages of India and it is one of the five major Dravidian languages of South India. M.S. Andronov, the Russian Linguist, states that 'Tulu has emerged as an (1/4) #Tulu
independent language from the Proto-Dravidian family, 2000 years back.' (M.S.Andronov: Dravidian Languages, 1970.) Robert Caldwell, another Linguist had clearly stated, 'Tulu is one of the most highly developed languages of Dravidian family of languages and (2/4)
#TuluLanguage
#TuluLanguage
has an equal place among the languages like Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada'. (Robert Caldwell, Comparative Grammar of Dravidian Languages, 1856.) Dr. P.S. Subrahmanyam, Professor of Linguistics, Annamalai University, (3/4)
#Tulu #Tululanguage #Tulunad
#Tulu #Tululanguage #Tulunad
