Former Indian hockey team captain and Olympian Charanjit Singh dies

Anand Bodh / TNN / Updated: Jan 27, 2022, 13:00 IST

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Charanjit Singh was born in Mairi village of Una, then part of Punjab, on February 3, 1931. He breathed his last at the age of 91.

Charanjit Singh

SHIMLA: Padma Shri and Arjuna Awardee Charanjit Singh — veteran Olympian and former captain of India hockey team — that won a gold medal in 1964 Tokyo Olympics, passed away on Thursday.
He breathed his last at the age of 91, at his hometown Una in Himachal Pradesh.
He was born in Mairi village of Una, then part of Punjab, on February 3, 1931.
Besides being the captain of the Olympic Medal-winning hockey team, he was also part of a team that had won a silver medal in the 1962 Asian Games.

He was an alumnus of Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana. At present, he was residing at Peernigah road in Una and was not in good health for a long time.
He had retired as the Director of the Department of Physical Education, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla.
Under his leadership, the Indian hockey team had created history by winning a gold medal in Tokyo Olympics in 1964. So far only one player from Himachal Pradesh has taken over the captaincy of the Indian hockey team.

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Anand Bodh

Anand Bodh is Senior Assistant Editor with The Times of India in Shimla and has covered militancy in J&K and general news in Punjab and Chandigarh before moving to Himachal Pradesh. He loves the rugged mountains and glaciers, keeps track of development in these areas and occasionally highlights the unique culture and traditions beside politics and environmental issues of this hill state in his writing.

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