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1952 Helsinki | Team Competition | |
1956 Melbourne | Team Competition |
Raghbir Lal Sharma (born 15 November 1929) is an Indian retired hockey player.
The Battle of Jassin was a World War I battle that took place on 18– 19 January 1915 at Jassin on the German East African side of the border with British East Africa between a German Schutztruppe force and British and Indian troops. Jassin had been occupied by the British in order to secure the border between British East Africa and German territory, but was weakly defended by a garrison of four companies of Indian troops, commanded by Colonel Raghbir Singh and numbering a little over 300 men. Colonel Raghbir Singh was killed during the battle.
India competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 64 competitors, 60 men and 4 women, took part in 42 events in 11 sports. This marked the second time India had competed as an independent republic.
Pathania is a surname of Indian origin. It is also the name of a [Thakur] clan from northern India; the royal family of the Nurpur kingdom belonged to this clan.
Raghbir Singh Bhola was an Indian Airforce Officer and international hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medal respectively for the country. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award for his contributions to Indian Hockey in 2000.
India competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 59 competitors, 58 men and 1 woman, took part in 32 events in 8 sports.
Nihal Singh Takshak was a politician from the village of Bhagwi, Punjab, India. In 1939 he founded the Jind State Praja Mandal political party. He was first MLA from Jind following the election of 1937. He was also an Education Inspector with Birla Institute Pilani. He starting Basic Education school with help of Birla Trust in every village of Luharu- Jind state now district Bhiwani.
Lal Pur is a district in eastern Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. Its population is primarily Pashtun and estimated to be 34,516 in 2002. The district center is the village of Lal Pur.
India competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 45 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports. India won its only medal in men's Field Hockey. Milkha Singh misses bronze medal by finishing 4th in Men's 400m in athletics.
Simbal Camp is a refugee camp located in Jammu, India, home to refugees of the 1947 partition of India. The name Simbal refers to type of tree.
A jathedar is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a body of Sikhs.
Devi Lal Samar was an Indian puppeteer who was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was awarded Padma Shri for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi about Rajasthani theatre and puppetry.
Bhuteshwar Temple is a Hindu temple in Jind, Haryana, in the series of 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra, dedicated to Bhuteshwar, a manifestation of Shiva. It was built by Raghbir Singh. Because it has a large water tank all around it is also called Rani Talab .
Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Devendra Lal FRS was an Indian geophysicist.
Lal Bazar is a locality in the municipal committee of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Zadibal constituency of the Srinagar Legislative Assembly. Lal Bazar is a well known posh area in the upper downtown area of Srinagar. The Pincode of Lal Bazar is 190023. Considered amongst the best residential areas in Srinagar the area has many amenities such as major banks and schools along with University of Kashmir,NIT Srinagar, Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir, Zakura Campus, Sher - i - Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences close by, roughly 2 km from Lal Bazar.
Bepanah Pyaar is an Indian romantic mystery television series produced by Ekta Kapoor. It premiered on June 3, 2019 on Colors TV. It stars Pearl V Puri, Aparna Dixit and Ishita Dutta. The show went off air after 190 episodes on February 28, 2020, and was replaced by Pavitra Bhagya.
Raghbir Mhajan, also known as Raghbir Singh Mhajan, was the first Sikh tennis line judge to officiate at Wimbledon.
Babu Brish Bhan was a freedom fighter and the last Chief Minister and one and only deputy chief minister of PEPSU.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Raghbir Singh was an Indian politician, freedom fighter who served as 2nd Chief Minister of erstwhile PEPSU state.