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| Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1938 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||
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Kandiah Anandarajah (born 4 December 1938) is a Malaysian former field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]
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The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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