'The Wizard' Dhyan 'Chand' Singh renowned center-forward, he is loved for his magical ball control, Chand played his Last international hockey match in 1948, he scored more than 1000 goals during his hockey career.
Born on the 29th of Aug 1905 at Prayag (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh to a Bais Rajput. His dad served the Native indian Military as a Subedar, known as Dhyan Singh, he had 2 bros known as Mool Singh and Roop Singh, Dhyan could not continue his study after 6th standard as his father used to shift from one place to another, before lastly deciding down completely at Jhansi.
The last days of Dhyan Chand were not very satisfied, as he was short of money and was poorly ignored by the country. He designed liver organ melanoma, and was sent to a common keep at the All Indian Institution of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He passed away on the 3rd of Dec 1979.
Chand won 3 Olympic silver awards (1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin) this was the era where India was dominant in the world hockey. and was granted the Padma Bhushan, India's third maximum individual honor, in 1956.He was the older brother of other gamer Roop Singh.
Dhyan Chand a legendary sportsman in Indian and world. His magical skills of hockey and control over dribbling the ball have been glorified in various sports stories.. Chand's birthday, August 29, is celebrated as indian National Sports Day. The President of india gives away sport awards at this day such as the (Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, India
India's highest sports award for lifetime achievement Award is the Dhyan Chand Award which has been awarded every year from 2002 to sportsman who contribute to the sport through their performance and also after their retirement. The National Stadium of Delhi was renamed Dhyan Chand National Stadium in year 2002 in Dyan Chand honour.
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