When Pakistan were BANNED for FOUR years after losing the Olympic Munich Finals in Hockey

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U Tube :: West Germany scoring through a penalty corner in the finals of the 1972 Olympics against Pakistan 

When Pakistan were BANNED for FOUR years after losing the Olympic Munich Finals in Hockey

One would be surprised to read this and one would NOT believe it. The TRUTH and the fact is PAKISTAN AND IT’S HOCKEY WAS BANNED BY THE FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION  for a PERIOD of FOUR YEARS after the finals of the 1972 Munish Olympics when they had lost to West Germany by 0-1 , Micheal Krause scoring that goal of a penalty corner.

History-::

Paskistan always had behaved in a very unusual manner ever since it started tasting defeat in Hockey after winning the Olympic Gold in the Rome Olympics beating India by 1-0.

In Rome at the finals Naseer Ahmed Bunda had scored that elusive goal for Pakistan which fetched them their FIRST ever Hockey Gold in the Olympics when they defeated India. Thereafter Pakistan won the Asian games medal GOLD in 1962 at Djakarta when they defeated India by 2-0 in the finals.

India avenges defeat-:

India thereafter from 1962 to 1967 DID NOT LOSE TO PAKISTAN FOR FIVE YEARS IN ANY HOCKEY ENCOUNTER THAT WAS PLAYED BETWEEN THESE TWO COUNTRIES .

In 1964 a HIGH VOLTAGE match saw India beating Pakistan by 1-0 the goal being scored by Mohinderlal who actually was serving in the para military force. He scored off a penalty stroke . After conceding that goal on that day Pakistan actually bombarded the Indian goal like the American planes had bombarded the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . However it was the Indian Goalkeeper Shankar Laxman, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST EVER HOCKEY GOALKEEPER THAT HAS EVER BEEN BORN IN HOCKEY. He was the one who constantly warded off and thwarted many a moves and kills of the Pakistani's in that HIGH-VOLTAGE drama. It was because of him that Pakistan just couldn't score against India and India on October 22nd 1964 once again regained the Olympics Hockey Gold after losing it to Pakistan in the 1960 Olympics.

Pic - :: The " SCENT " Of The " INDIA-PAKISTAN "  Hockey Finals- Tokyo 1964 Olympics

In that match Shankar Laxman had to lose one of his TOOTH when a Pakistani hockey player hit him on the mouth deliberately .It was Asad Mallik who did that .  Thereafter again it was that MOUTH of Shankar Laxman which took a rising flier of a penalty corner hit from Brigadier Atif, who was captaining Pakistan in that match,  who had hit a penalty corner so hard but he undercut that. The ball rose high and Shankar Laxman desperately took it on his mouth .He was bleeding but that did not make him to leave the field because he knew that no sooner tat he would leave the field , the Pakistani might draw level and that would be a curse for India then.

In that game India got a penalty stroke which Mohinderlal converted but the Pakistani behaved in an arrogant manner with the referee before they had to take that decision allowing the Indian to forge ahead in that match.

1966:: It Was The same act again-::

After the 1964 Finals, it was again India and Pakistan to meet and play each other in the finals of the Bangkok Asian Games .

This again was a DING-DONG, a HIGH CLASS of UP-AND-DOWN game in whih no teams gave any room to anybody but Pakistan were a bit above when it came to the constructive game play and the manner whenever they could find some space they fired from all the angles at the Indian goal but Shankar Laxman was their answer. Laxman kept of warding and saving off the goals that would frustrate the Pakistani.

Losing the control once again was Asad Mallik .His act in the forward line was something which was not to be taken lightly by anybody but the Indian kept on taking that.  It went on and on lest Prithipal Singh who was the Vice-Captain of that team ie Indian team lost his temper . He rushed to asad Mallik and ROARED- SAALA PUNJABI HONDA MAINU. PHAAD DIITTA SEE . which means BURGAR , I’M A PUNJABI AND I WILL TEAR YOU INTO PIECES . That SIX FOOT PLUS a wrestler looking Punjabi and his scream send a WHISPER OF DEATH to the entire Pakistani side. The Pakistani captain  then , Brigadier Atif came to the rescue and ordered his team to play COOL and within the law of the game.That set the matter right.

Thereafter it was a BRILLIANT tactical move initiated by Colonel Balbir Singh and the GOAL scored by Balbir Singh of Indian railways which was a WORLD CLASS GOAL made all the difference. Pakistan thereafter bombarded the Indian goal with full alarm and control and they nagged the Indians to force them to do many a mistakes but it was Shankar laxman who did not do any mistake and India then had WON HER FIRST EVER GOLD IN THE ASIAN HOCKEY GAMES. The only HITCH was that Prithipal Singh was flashed a GREEN CARD for his behavior and Asad Mallik was send out of the field for as many as TEN minutes which also made a helluva difference for the Pakistani team as it was Asad Mallik who was tearing into the Indian goal with his clever moves and brilliant tactical display.

However the Pakistani as many as seven of the eleven playing that game did not appear to be on the podium stand to receive their medals . The reason was they could NOT accept and DIGEST that defeat on that day inspite of playing so well against India. Had not it been Shankar Laxman at the goal perhaps the story would have been different.

 IT MAY BE ECALLED HERE THAT THE 1966 ASIAN GAMES TEAM HAD AS MANY AS FIVE… “ BALBIR SINGH ”  PLAYING FOR INDIA IN DIFFEERNT POSITION . The one to score in the Finals was Balbir Singh of Northern Railways and the one from Services Colonel Balbir Singh who initiated that move so cleverly and intelligently.

This was the FIRST of it’ kind in an international tourney that the Pakistani side and the team  behaved in an unusual manner after the finals.

Pakistan At It’s Worst In the 1972 Hockey Olympics Final

In the 1972 Olympics , Pakistan were placed with West Germany in the group . India was placed with Holland and Australia in the group. In the group encounter India drew with Holland with Ashok Kumar scoring and Ties Kruize of Holland equalizing. India then beat Australia by 3-1 in the group. India advanced into the semis topping the group along with Holland.

Pakistan had lost to West Germany in their group encounter with Micheal Karuse scoring through a penalty hit. In the semis Pakistan beat India by 2-0 . India in that match received as many as 40 corners in toto both the long as well as the penalty corners but could not hit even one in the goal.

Germany had beaten Holland to reach the finals . In the finals Germany matched Pakistan moves after moves and the German defense led by Michael Krause stood like a wall to thwart all the Pakistani attack. The Germans did  everything in their book to keep Tanvir Dar at bay while he went for the penalty corner strike.

 “ TANVIR DAR WAS THE MOST DREADFUL PENALTY CORNER SPECIALIST FROM 1962 TO 1972 IN THE WORLD OF FIELD HOCKEY ”.

When the referee awarded that penalty corner to West Germany  the entire Pakistani team objected to it and it took more than five minutes for the referee to set the things right to allow the Germans to take that hit. Michael Krause scored off that penalty corner. That again LIT the fire of PROTEST so very vehementally by the Pakistani’s. Unnerved the referee put the fire under douse and ordered the Pakistani’s to continue with the game.

The problem surfaced when Pakistan next scored through an under-cutting penalty corner hit which was negated by the referee and the fire again was set ablaze with all the Pakistani joining the protest. One of the Pakistani was flashed with a RED CARD and the match started after many bushes were set ablaze by the Pakistani.

It was Pakistani who were all out and all in the attack but the West German’s took the sting out of them with Uli Vos and Michael Karuse between them thwarting the Pakistani’s and setting the German runs to the Pakistani goal

The Match Being Over With West Germany Winning The “ GOLD ”

When the Finals hooter was blown the entire Pakistani team rushed to the referee and man handled him. That was the FIRST of the WORST to follow.

Thereafter it was the PRIZE DISTRIBUTING ceremony . The Pakistani first did not show  their intention to walk up to the podium. Anyway they were persuaded to do that. However they DID NOT want to wear the Pakistani colours to stand at the PODIUM, saying that the Pakistani team was cheated and robbed of the GOLD . That also was doused off.

But the MIDAS –TOUCH-IN-REVERSE was something that SHOOK the WORLD and TURVIED it. Individually when each of the Pakistani players were handed their SILVER MEDAL, everybody except Akhtar Rasool , Ishlauddin and Munnawar –Uz-Zaman after receiving their SILVER MEDAL, kept it on the ie on their TOES and when the entire team received that, THEY SYTARTED JUGGLING WITH IT LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAYER JUGGLES WITH THE BALL.

After when the Indian team received their BRONZE medal,  the entire Pakistani team, started SPATTING on their SILVER MEDAL and some the  strew the PAKISTANI Hockey player THREW  it to the Pakistani supporters  at the stand saying that this was NOT that they wanted at all to be with it and with them.

Every act of the Pakistani Hockey team was taken in the camera and it was put to the I.O.A and the F.I.H and they within TWO days BANNED the Pakistani team and it’s players except Akhtar Rasool, Islauuddin and a few for a period of FOUR years and the rest who SPAT on the SILVER medals were BANNED for LIFE.

The Pakistan Hockey National team was banned for four years but thereafter the Pakistani Government along with the P.H.F ( Pakistan Hockey Fedrartion ) , when they pleaded and put their case to them the ban on the Pakistan team was LIFTED in 1973 which allowed them to play in the 1973 World Cup that was held at Amsterdam.

However those players who were banned for FOUR years were NOT SPARED. Pakistan had to play with all NEW PLAYERS from 1972 after the Olympics to 1974, when repeated request and persuasion made the I.O.A and the F.I.H to have a soft corner for them and thereafter the banned Pakistani players were allowed to represent their country.

As a measure to keep the SANCTITY of I.O.A and the F.I.H,  Air Marshal Noor Khan who was the C.E.O of the Pakistani Hockey banned all those who SPAT on the SILVER MEDAL and who kept the SILVER MDAL on their toes to juggle with it.

·         Pakistan thus lost the service of Tanvir Dar, Abdul Rashid, , Mohammad Asad Malik (captain)

·         Saeed Anwar (vice-captain) , Zahid Sheikh, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Akhtar-Ul-Islam,  Muddasar Asghar, Jehangir Butt, Ifthikar Syed, Riaz Ahmed, and Umar Farooq.

All the players that I have ITALICISED were the REAL GEMS of Hockey but their act on the FIELD cut off their career and Pakistan was thus forced to build a new look team which it did in style and did in such an manner that Pakistan from 1978 to 1982 DID NOT LOOSE any of the WORLD title of Hockey that they played.

It won the world Cup in 1978 and 1981, the Asian Games Championship in 1974, 1978 and 1982 when they defeated India by 7-1 in the finals. It also WON the Olympic Hockey in 1984 a tourney which either India or Australia was supposed to win.

Pakistan REMINDED by Ashok Kumar Of The 1972 incident in the Finals of the world Cup Hockey -::

In 1974 after the finals of the Asian games at Tehran a BEST ASIAN ELEVEN Hockey team was selected and Ajit pal Singh, Ashok Kumar and Surjit Singh of India were selected in that squad. That team played as many as FIVE games at Pakistan against the Pakistani team and Five against India against the Indian National squad.

During that period, Ashok Kumar and Ishlauudin got as THICK as THIEVES. It was because Ishlauddin who was born at Meerut but had shifted to Pakistan has a NICHE and a TASTE for Indian songs and Ashok Kumar was the BEST singer from any Hockey team then .

Whenever any incident occurred out of the game Islahuddin would request Ashok- GAANA SUNA , means Ashok, start singing a song, and Ashok would start singing the Old Hindi songs for them . That brought the two together.

In the World Cup Hockey finals of 1975 at Kuala Lumpur when Ashok scored that MARVELLOUS-MIRACLE Goal from a push off a melee at the Pakistani Goal and beat their goalkeeper hands down again the Pakistani team  got into the business. The entire team GHERAOED ie SURROUNDED  the referee Mr Vijaynathan and started demanding either to negate that goal or they would leave the field.

Pic :: Another example of Pakistan's Hockey Team " MISBEHAVIOUR " 

It was Ashok who reminded Ishlauddin all about the Munich incident and requested him to take the charge of the team inspite that he WAS NOT THE CAPTAIN of that team.

Ishlauddin acted and the thing fell into place . INDIA HAD WON HER ONLY WORLD CUP HOCKEY TITLE SO FAR- ON THAT DAY.

1971,  1978, 1981 and 1994- THESE ARE THE YEARS THAT PAKISTAN WON THE WORLD CUP . WE HAVE WON IT ONLY ON ONE OCCASION AND THAT WAS IN 1975 ON MARCH 15^TH 1975.

I did all my BEST to find that photo of the Pakistani side misbehaving in the 1972 Olympic during the prize distribution, and it's  ceremony during that  occasion in that Olympics but I COULD NOT LAY my hands on the same.

However I'm PUTTING the clipping of the U-Tube of the German goal that Michael Krause scored on that day in that finals, 48YEARS ago and that was the START of the period when the ASIAN HOCKEY started ;losing everything SLOWLY in Hockey. 

In the U-Tube one could easily see HOW THE PAKISTANI'S ARE SWIRLING THEIR SILVER MEDAL AND PUTTING IT ON THEIT TOES . 

 THAT IS HOW I PUT MY WORDS AND THE ARTICLES WITH " PROOF " as COMPARED to the MASTER'S  and the Ph.D.holder's  of (T)irpat (R)apatrolla Ka (P)aatshaala who simply BARK like the DOGS for NOTHING to come or get out of that. 

Well , that is it and That sums it all.

Regards and Thanks

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Shyamal Bhattacharjee 

Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in    B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a      Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It  published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta  in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing .

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