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Nainital is a town and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division,Uttarakhand,India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand,the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters of an eponymous district. It also houses the Governor of Uttarakhand,who resides in the Raj Bhavan. Nainital was the summer capital of the United Provinces.
Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s. He is also a notable amateur (ex-pro) snooker player. He is a five-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur world championships,and holder of two world records,in English billiards. Along with Prakash Padukone,Sethi has co-founded Olympic Gold Quest,a foundation for the promotion of sports in India.
Haldwani is the largest city of Kumaon. It is also the third most populous city and largest commercial market in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Haldwani is said to be the financial capital of Uttarakhand,having the most commercial,economic and industrial activities of the state. Haldwani is located in the Nainital District,and is one of its eight Subdivisions. The Haldwani Urban agglomeration has 232,060 people as of 2011,and is the third most populous UA in Uttarakhand,after Dehradun and Haridwar. Being situated in the immediate foothills of Kumaon Himalayas,the Kathgodam neighbourhood of Haldwani is known as the "Gateway to Kumaon".
Udham Singh Nagar is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarter. The district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur,Gadarpur,Jaspur,Kashipur,Khatima,Kichha,Nanakmatta,Rudrapur,Sitarganj. The district is located in the Terai region,and is part of Kumaon Division. It is bounded on the north by Nainital District,on the northeast by Champawat District,on the east by Nepal,and on the south and west by Bareilly,Rampur,Moradabad,Pilibhit and Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh state. The district was created on 29 September 1995,by Mayawati government out of Nainital District. It is named for freedom fighter and Indian revolutionary Udham Singh.
Sports in Uzbekistan includes sports that are played worldwide,such as football,boxing,wrestling,futsal,and judo,as well as sports that originate in the country such as kurash,which is a type of upright wrestling,belbogli kurash,turon,and boyqurgan. Uzbekistan will host the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup and the the 2025 Asian Youth Games.
Kashipur is a city of Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand,and one of its seven subdivisions. Located in the western part of Udham Singh Nagar district,it is Kumaun's third most populous city and the sixth most populous in Uttarakhand. According to the 2011 Census of India,the population is 121,623 for the city of Kashipur and 283,136 for Kashipur Tehsil. Kashipur also has IIM Kashipur,one of the thirteen Indian Institutes of Managements the government has set up during the Eleventh Five-year Plan.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is an Indian sports administrator and retired track and field athlete. Usha was born in Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district,Kerala. She grew up in Payyoli. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 gold medals and 7 silver medals in the Asian Games. She is often associated as the "Queen of Indian track and field".
Akhil Kumar is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an "open guarded" boxing style. In 2005,the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international boxing. In March 2017,the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,Government of India,appointed Akhil Kumar along with Mary Kom as national observers for boxing.
Rudrapur is a city that serves as the headquarters of the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located at a distance of about 250 km (160 mi) northeast of New Delhi and 250 km (160 mi) south of Dehradun,Rudrapur is located in the fertile Terai plains in the southern part of Kumaon division over an area of 27.65 km2. With a population of 140,857 according to the 2011 census of India,it is the 5th most populous city of Uttarakhand.
Ramnagar is a town and municipal board in the Nainital district of Kumaon,India. It is located approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Nainital,the headquarters of the district.
India has a history of sports dating back to the Vedic period. Cricket is the most popular spectator sport;it generates the highest television viewership,with the Indian Premier League (IPL) being the most-followed league in the country. Football has also gained popularity,with the Indian Super League (ISL) being the highest level of domestic football,and the national team winning multiple gold medals at the Asian and South Asian Games. Additional football accomplishments include India having reached the Groupstage of the 1960 Olympics,qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup,and won the SAFF Championship. Other sports include kabaddi,badminton,tennis,and athletics,with kho-kho becoming the fourth-most viewed sport. India has also had success in field hockey,winning the World Cup and multiple medals in the Olympic Games. Sports such as golf,rugby,boxing,kickboxing,mixed martial arts,motorsport,wrestling,and basketball are featured throughout the country.
St. Joseph's College(Autonomous),Devagiri,also known as Devagiri College,is a college in Kozhikode,Kerala,India,offering graduation and postgraduation courses in arts and science. Students and alumni are called ‘Devagirians’. The college is in the Devagiri hills about 8 km east of Calicut (Kozhikode) city. It is run by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI),an indigenous religious congregation founded in 1831. The college is ranked 60,in All India Ranking by National Institutional Ranking Framework during 2020.
Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh is an Indian field hockey player from Kerala who plays as a goalkeeper and former captain of the Indian national team.He is regarded as the World's best goal keeper of his generation. He plays in the Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Sreejesh played a vital role in the Indian national team's bronze medal win at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's field hockey tournament. He won FIH Player of the Year Awards (2020–21) for best male goalkeeper. Since winning gold in 2014 Asian Games he won gold medal again in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. He won a total of 16 international medals in his career until 2023 from Olympics,FIH Hockey World Championships,Commonwealth Games,Asian tournaments combined.
The history of football in India is a long and detailed one,as it was the national sport at one time. The impetus for this was to unify the Indian Army. There is evidence of football games being played in the army since at least 1949. India is home to some of the oldest football clubs in the world,and the world's third oldest competition,the Durand Cup. There was a time when football in India was highly celebrated. The Indian football outfit was called the "Brazilians of Asia".
Arun Vishnu is a former Indian badminton player,from Calicut,Kerala,who represented India in several international tournaments. He partnered with Aparna Balan and Alwin Francis in mixed doubles category and men's doubles category respectively. His career best world ranking was 37 and 41 in men's doubles and mixed doubles category respectively. Since 2016 he is coach of Indian National Badminton Team.
Sports in Andhra Pradesh has its own importance,where many sporting personalities were into limelight. The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) undertakes the sports development activities such as construction of stadiums,establishment of sports academies and other sporting related activities. The sports infrastructure have increased tremendously by improving infrastructure in outdoor and Indoor stadiums,play fields,sports academies,sports equipments etc. Traditional sports such as kho kho,kabaddi are played mostly in Andhra Pradesh.Most sports players from Andhra pradesh represent national level competitions and very few international competitions.
Ramnagar railway station is a small railway station in Nainital district,Uttarakhand. Its code is RMR. It serves Ramnagar city. The station consists of four platforms. The nearest airport is Pantnagar Airport at the distance of 55 km.
Ekambaram Karunakaran is an Indian former weightlifter. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was the first Indian to win the gold medal in an international competition in weightlifting. This was in the Commonwealth games in Edmonton,Canada in 1978. Karunakaran's career spanned over a decade. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1978-79 by the Government of India.
Majiziya Bhanu is an Indian body builder and power lifter from Kerala.
