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Importance Of Sports In India

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Essay:
Importance of Sports: An Indian Overview
INTRODUCTION:
Sports in India have a very rich history greatly influenced by the British during the 18th and the 19th century. Even before, the advent of the British the royal families had their own traditional sports for entertainment and fitness. India is one of the few countries who have retained the indigenous sports like ; kabaddi, kho-kho, gilli-danda, etc. India is also where some of the oldest forms of martial arts originated like musti yuddha, kalerippayattu, silambam as well as marma adi. India also have a few board games, most popular of which is the chaturanga, believed to be the origin of modern chess. This is further reinforced with the rise of a number of chess grandmasters from the country. India has been a part of modern sports for a long time. With the popularity of cricket and hockey India started participating in the commonwealth games, Asian Games, Cricket world cup for an international platform. India has also been a part of Olympics since the 1900’s. Sportsmen like Dhyanchand also known as the Hockey Wizard brought a lot of fame to the country. Some great athletes like Milkha Singh started his international career in the year 1956 in Melbourne Olympics games and brought gold medals to India in four Asian Games and one Commonwealth Game he was given the title of “Flying Sikh”. Cricketers like Ranjitsinhji took cricket to an international level and laid the initial base for cricket in India.
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