Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand's name should recommended for Bharat Ratna

Dear friends and sports lovers

As today We celebrating the Birthday of Major Dhyan Chand an Indian hockey as National sports day , We want to recommended The Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand's name for Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award in the field of sports, should go to hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, and not to Indian Cricket batting legend Sachin Tendulkar

Major Dhyan Chand was one of the greatest sportsman ever produced by India The wizard of Indian hockey, he had done his service to the country in the field of hockey and helped India attain glory that is unparalleled to any off the other sports

Senior officials of the Indian Olympic Association, however want to thrown their weight behind this matter, how long the supporters of Major Dhyan Chand can wait?

Mr,Ajay Maken Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, wrote in April this year to Home Minister P Chidambaram to include sports in the category of highest civilian award to be granted to a citizen keeping in mind the unprecedented services of Sachin Tendulkar in cricket, what the other past Sports and Youth Affairs Minister not done so for, why not Major Dhyan Chand?

I am not against Sachin Tendulkar getting the Bharat Ratna, am good fan of Sachin Tendulakar too, I feel the distinction should go to an National sport / Olympic sports, and then to the other sports

As sports and Olympic philatelist, I love all the sports and I hope I will get the viewers feed back and comments from all sports lovers after reading this article.



The above art work by Vishal Wadaye

Dhyan Chand dazzled spectators the world over by his magical skills with his hockey stick. Austrians honored him by building his statue in Vienna with four hands holding four sticks. In Holland his hockey stick was checked to see if it contained a hidden magnet! He scored over a thousand goals during his illustrious career and was instrumental in winning gold medals for India in three consecutive Olympics.

Courtesy: to the art work by Vishal Wadaye

http://www.allindiaarts.com/artist.asp?artist_id=6

088 XIXth Commonwealth Games Special Stamp

XIX th Commonwealth Games opening ceremony start with a dazzling and vibrant colours at New Delhi on 03.09.2010 and to mark this event India post issued the special stamps and Miniature Sheet on this occasion.

These stamps are in new look with new sign of Indian Currency recently introduced.The colorful MS depicts fireworks signifying this mega event in India stamps feature four different sport events – Badminton, Archery, Hockey and Athletics.

My thanks to fellow blogger and my friend Mr Shrikant Parikh from Ahmadabad

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

082 Second Set of olympic stamps from Royal Mail

The Royal Mail will issue a set of 10 stamps on July 27th , The non denominated first class on track for 2o12 games, the stamps depict paralympic Rowing. Shooting, Modern Pentathlon,
Tae kwno do, BMX Cycling, Paralympic Table Tennis, Field Hockey, Soccer, Paralympic Goalball and Boxing.