India celebrates the 10th National Sports Day or Rashtriya Khel Divas today on the birth anniversary of the hockey wizard of India, Major Dhyan Chand
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Praveena M
- August 29th 2022
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Today marks the 117th birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, a legendary Indian and world hockey player. In the Olympics, he won gold medals for India in 1928, 1932, and 1936.
While he retired as a Major in the Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army in 1956, the Indian government went on to confer the Padma Bhushan - third-highest civilian award - the same year. The National Sports Day is celebrated on Dhyan Chand's birthday on August 29 to honour the hockey legend.
