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    National Sports Day 2020: History, Significance, and Key Facts

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    Major Dhyan Chand was considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time, helping India win gold medals in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics. He was known as the "Hockey Wizard" for his excellent ball control skills and scored over 400 goals in his international career before retiring in 1948. Major Dhyan Chand's birthday on August 29 is celebrated in India as National Sports Day to honor his achievements and accomplishments in hockey.

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    Major Dhyan Chand was considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time, helping India win gold medals in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics. He was known as the "Hockey Wizard" for his excellent ball control skills and scored over 400 goals in his international career before retiring in 1948. Major Dhyan Chand's birthday on August 29 is celebrated in India as National Sports Day to honor his achievements and accomplishments in hockey.

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    Major Dhyan Chand was considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time, helping India win gold medals in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics. He was known as the "Hockey Wizard" for his excellent ball control skills and scored over 400 goals in his international career before retiring in 1948. Major Dhyan Chand's birthday on August 29 is celebrated in India as National Sports Day to honor his achievements and accomplishments in hockey.

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    National Sports Day 2020: History, Significance, and Key Facts

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    National Sports Day 2020: Major Dhyan Chand is considered as one of

    the best hockey players of all time. He had an extraordinary talent for
    scoring goals, due to which India won hockey gold medals in the Olympic
    Games of 1928, 1932, and 1936. His era is called the "golden period" of
    Indian hockey.
    He is called the "Hockey Wizard" due to his excellent control over the ball.
    Major Dhyan Chand announced his retirement from hockey in the year
    1948. He had scored more than 400 goals in his entire international
    career.

    The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third-
    highest civilian honor, in the year 1956. His birthday is celebrated as
    National Sports Day in India on 29 August and on this date, the Rajiv
    Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award are
    given by the President. Hockey magician Dhyan Chand's autobiography is
    titled "Goal", published in 1952.

    National Sports Day 2020: History, Significance, and Key Facts


    10 interesting facts about Major Dhyan Chand
    1. Dhyan Singh joined the Indian Army at the age of only 16 and started
    playing hockey there. Since Dhyan Singh practiced during the night, his
    fellow players started addressing him with the nickname "Chand".
    2. Once while playing a match, Dhyan Chand was unable to score a single
    goal against the opposition team. After failing several times, he
    complained to the match referee about the measurement of the goal post,
    and surprisingly, it was found that the official width of the goal post was
    not in accordance with international rules.
    3. After India's first match at the Berlin Olympics of 1936, crowds of
    people started to gather at the hockey ground to watch Dhyan Chand's
    magical hockey. The headline of a German newspaper was: 'There is now
    a magic show in the Olympic campus.' The next day, the streets of Berlin
    were strewn with posters, with the words "Go to the hockey stadium and
    see the magic of the Indian magician".
    4. According to a legend, when Hitler saw Dhyan Chand's magical game
    against Germany, he offered him to settle in Germany and gave the rank
    of colonel in his army, but Dhyan Chand smiled and rejected the offer.
    5. During a match with Germany at the 1936 Olympics, Dhyan Chand's
    tooth was broken when he collided with Germany's fiery goalkeeper "Tito
    Varnholt". Returning to the field after first-aid, Dhyan Chand advised the
    German players not to score goals for the purpose of "teaching a lesson"
    to the German players. The Indian players repeatedly take the ball to the
    goalpost of Germany and again bring the ball back to their court.
    6. In 1935, when the Indian hockey team wa

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