083 Down the memory lane

Down the memory lane

As sports persons across the country celebrate Dhyan Chand's birthday as National Sports Day on Sunday, many may not aware of the fact that Sri Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad played a vital role in Indian hockey team's victory in 1936 Olympics finals.

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Let’s go down the memory lane of 1936 Olympics :

Indian team would have probably lost against Germany. It was Sayajirao’s pep-talk which made Dhyan Chand during the half-time in final game and asked him to remove his shoes while playing. Dhyan Chand played bare foot during second half as Indian team

Went on to score seven goals against Germany’s

Historians say that Indian players were very nervous in finals against Germany as the host team had beaten them convincingly during a practice match earlier. "When the final match started, Dhyan Chand and other players were not able to play properly. The players seemed perplexed and managed to score only one goal in the first half. Sayajirao, who was watching the game, got surprised by Indian team's performance,”

Written in SayajiraoGaekwad's Biography by Dr Damodar Nene,





Sri, Sayajirao's pep-talk:

Sayajirao met Dhyan Chand and other hockey players during the half time and asked them why they were not playing to their potential. "Dhyan Chand said he had the habit of playing bare foot and was finding it difficult to play in shoes. Sayajirao told Dhyan Chand promptly to remove shoes and play. He also had a brief but inspirational chat with other players. He told the team, ‘win you must' and a big prize is awaiting you'.

Dhyan Chand than removed his shoes in second half and scored three goals. The game had a lasting effect on Hitler who even offered Dhyan Chand a colonel's rank if he agreed to play for Germany. Dhyan Chand, though, refused the offer. "The fact that Dhyan Chand played bare foot to help India win Olympics is documented, but not many know that Sayajirao was the person who helped the Indian captain shed his inhibitions,"

The Legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand's aggressive as well as composed play against Germany in finals of 1936 Berlin Olympics left even Adolf Hitler red-faced. Such was the domination of Indian hockey team led by Dhyan Chand that Hitler reportedly left the final match mid-way to avoid embarrassment

Dear friend so i request you all on the day of he Legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand's birth day to be the part of Sri Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad and play a vital role in Indian sports and help to younger & future Legend and in mean time my hearty wishes to all youth who have taken part in youth Olympic

073 my Exhibit "The images of summer Olympics"

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069 India in Olympic

Dear friends and readers, these are self design stamps to show my gratitude to our Olympian, though they are non philatelic and are shown, an attempt has been made to highlight the salient features of the Indian Olympic and its glory till date.
Even though few Olympians have won the medals and saved our skin with exemplary display, our expectations relies only on our lady luck rather that well focused approach to win the medal, keeping the finger crossed and hoping that one day we will show the world that we can lead the medal’s tally and see many stamps issued by department of Indian post on this subject


2008Games:

Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event. In doing so, he won the first ever individual gold medal for Indian and the first medal in any event for India at the Games,

2008Games:

Sushil Kumar an Indian wrestler who won the bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event this was Second Olympic medal in Wrestling at the games.

2008 Games:

Vijender Kumar won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, having lost in the semifinals. This was India's first-ever Olympic medal in boxing at the games.

2004 Games:

She contested at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but failed to win a medalRound 1: 6.69 m, Final: 6.83 m finished 6th place

2004 Games:

Lt. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a Silver medal in the Shooting, Men's Double Trap, at games which made him the second Indian Men to win an Olympic Silver medal.

2000 Games :

Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the games , the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

1988 Games:

Manoj Pingle Hero of games finished fifth in Boxing to Mexican Gonzales on split decision in the quarter-finals

1984 Games:

India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage. P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham (Shiny Wilson) reached the semifinals of 800 metres with a then personal best of 2:04.69 seconds and became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of an Olympic event.

1980 Games:

Hari chand Hero of games in is maiden appearance in the marathon clocked 2.22.08 to finished 31st
1976 Games :
1972 Games:

Edward Sequeira India Hero of the 1972 Games leading the last lap but finished 11th in 5000mts heats

1968 Games:

Bishambar India Hero of the 1968 games was beaten in the freestyle bantamweight on points by the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist

1960 Games:

Milka Singh India Hero of the 1960 games Missed a medal by one –tenth of a second despite a time faster than the then world record

1952 Games:

India won first medal as independent Nation when Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won the wrestling bronze medal in the year 1952

1936 Games:

Legendary Dhyan Chand the captain of India 1936 hockey team and only personality who found a place among the Indian stamps this is only stamps issuied by postal department on Olympic personality in the year 1980 after his death

1920 Games:

Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule is India's first Olympic marathon runner. He represented India in this game, and finished 19th with a timing of 2 hours 50 minutes 45.2 seconds. He hails from the town of Belgaum in Karnataka

1900 Games:

Norman Gilbert Pritchard (also known as Norman Trevor) an athlete from India Pritchard was born in Calcutta to George Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard, Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games and first athlete representing an Asian nation to win an Olympic medal. He won two silver medals in the 1900 Summer Olympics who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway. He was of British descent and moved to England permanently in 1905.

040 Bhutan100 years of modern olympic

Thanks to Mukul Bhowmik for sending this stamps