Question

In which year was the Indian Olympic Association established?
1. In 1951
2. In 1948
3. In 1950
4. In 1927

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : In 1927

The correct answer is In 1927.

• The Indian Olympic Association was established in 1927.
  • In 1923–24, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, which organized the All India Olympic Games in February 1924. Eight athletes from these Games were selected to represent India at the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics along with manager Harry Crowe Buck.
  • This gave impetus to the development and institutionalization of sports in India, and, in 1927, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was formed, with Sir Dorabji Tata as its founding president and Dr. A.G. Nohran was there.
  • The year in which it was formed in 1927, the Indian Olympic Association was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

• India first participated in the Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The country was represented by Norman Pritchard, an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time.
• The seeds for the creation of an organization for coordinating the Olympic movement in India were related to India’s participation in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, when Sir Dorabji Tata suggested the need for a Sports body at the National level for promoting Olympic Sport in united India.

• The Indian Olympic Association was established in the year 1927.
  • It is registered as a Non-Profit Organisation under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
  • As a member of the IOC and OCA, it is the Indian Olympic Association’s primary mission to develop, promote and protect the Olympic Movement in the country.