Question

National Sports Day is celebrated on the birthday of which famous personality?
1. Milkha Singh
2. Duleep Sinhji
3. Dhyan Chand
4. Chuni Goswami

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Dhyan Chand

The correct answer is Dhyan Chand.

• National Sports Day is celebrated on the birthday of Dhyan Chand.
• Dhyanchand was called the Magician of Hockey.
• DHYAN CHAND AWARD:
  • Dhyanchand Award is India’s highest award for lifetime achievement in sports and games, given by the Government of India.

• ‘Blackheath Rugby and Hockey Club’ is the first hockey club in the world which was set up in the year 1861 in England.
• Hockey was introduced in the Olympic Games for the first in 1908 in London.
• Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was formed on 7 November 1925 at Gwalior. 
• India took part in Olympics for the first time in 1928 (in Amsterdam Olympics).
• In the Olympics, India has won the hockey title a maximum of eight times.