Pic - :: The Numeral " 35 " , the consolidation of International Olympics Medal Won By India
HISTORIC SPORTING MOMENTS OF INDIA POST INDEPENDENCE-:
" Raag Hoh Koi Milan Ka , Sukh Se Bhari Sargam Kaa,
Yug Yug Kay Bandhan Kaa, Saath Hoh Lakhon Janam Kaa,
Aisee Baharein Aatee Rahein, Aur Sajti Rahein Yeh Bahaarein
Jise Sunkar Duniya Jhoom Uthhay, Aur Jhoom Utthey Dil Deewanay...."
That DOOOR KA RAHEE sang it way back in the SIXTIES singing that and this DOOOR KA RAAHI did it on August 7th 2021..... BOTH , by that " SONG ", and by this " GOLD " which did " BIND " India to the act of GOLDEN days for India ahead , the WORLD swings listening to Kishore Kumar and swing very MADLY when they hear that Javelin Gold has been won by India..... for that has been the " RAAG" , both, for that song and for the GOLD won by Neeraj.
It was ALL " JHOOOM UTTHEY DIL DEEWAANA " on August 7th 2021 all over India when Neeraj Chopra won that GOLD at the Javelin event for India.....
Pic - :: Neeraj Chopra, the FIRST ever FIELD events Gold Medallion For India In The Olympics
With the Olympics over on August 7th 2021 and within
the first four days the fervours are over, with India doing her best in the
Olympics winning about SEVEN medal in toto, it is from my point of view that a
small note , I think should be made, prepared and put so as to take the notes
of India’s glorious achievements after she got it after attaining her
Independence.
Seventy Five years have passed by and India after participating
in her first Olympics through a solo athlete in 1896 with Madam Mary holding
the Union Jack Flag as the sole representor of India, to 2021 has won THIRTY SEVEN medals of which TWO
were seized away.
It happened in 1900 when NORMAN
PRITCHARD won the TWO-SILVER in
the Paris Olympics in 1900, but that was seized
away by the British authorities saying that Norman was a Britisher and not an
Indian and that the I.O.A ( which was not formed at all then ) did not bear his
expenses at all, so those two medals would be the property of the British.
The Modi Government Ought To Get The Medal Back - It's A " NATIONAL" Prestige For India.....
It is here that the present Government under Mr Narendra Modi
has to write to the British Authorities to request them to give those two
medals back to India as the Olympics Committee then at Paris had registered
Norman Pritchard as an Indian Athlete and he ran under the jersey of Indian
Athlete.If they find it HARD to return the medal, then India under Mr Narendra
Modi ought to REQUEST the International
Olympics Association to replicate the two Silver medals and put them in the Olympics
and the Sports museum of India.
In 1972 Mr Vece Paes who had won that Hockey Bronze while
representing India had lost the medal after his house was washed away by
flood.His son Leander got the replicate from the International Olympics
Committee, and this time around Mr Modi and the Sports Minister ought to get it
back replicated from the I.O.A. This is the need of the hour
While speaking of the medals that India got it from the
Olympics, there are actually 35 Olympics medals that India had won at the
Olympics. The other two of Norman Pritchard are not added to that else it makes
37.
It is a total of 37 Olympic medals in 75 years which is roughly ½
a medal every year for the seventy years. THIS DOES NOT MAKES INDIA ANY IMPRESSIVE
AT ALL in the Olympics.
The “ DECATH ” Of The Gold Completed At
Olympics-::
India had won NINE GOLDS before the 2021 Olympics of which EIGHT
had come through Hockey and now with Neeraj Chopra winning the TENTH it has
completed the DECATH of the GOLDS at the Olympics.
That GOLD won by Neeraj is the FIRST ever in the FIELD events of
the Olympics after 1900, when Norman Pritchard had won those two Silvers in
the year 1900 so that it males this Medal a GOLD to have come to India after
121 years.
Let us make an overall list of India’s GREATEST achievements
after Independence in the areana odf Sports. The chronological achievements are
illustrated here as under-::
1). India winning the 1948 Olympic Hockey Gold by defeating
Great Britain by 4-0 in the finals
2). India qualifies for the Olympic Football Tournament for the
First time playing FAREFOOTED
Footnote-: Playing barefooted in the Olympic football India
produces such a magical dazzling football that FIFA invites India as a
DIRECT-ENTRY to World Cup Football in 1950 India & Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
refuses to send the team to WC Football
SPORTING REGALE-: INDIA HOSTS THE INAUGURAL ASIAN GAMES IN 1951
& India wins the Asain Games Football Gold by beating Iran by 1-0
3). India WINS her FIRST TEST against England at Madras the team
being led by the GREAT Vijay Hazare It takes 20 years for India to taste its
first Test win
4). Kasaba D Jadhav Bhai wins the FIRST Olympic Bronze a meadl
outside Hockey for India
5). India beats Pakistan by 2-1 in the 1952 Test series to win
her FIRST series in Test Cricket
6). India wins her Hockey title at Melbourne Olympics defeating
Pakistan by 1-0 in the finals That was a DOUBLE-HATTRICK of winning the Hockey
Gold at the Olympics
WRESTLING PINNACLE - Bishamber Singh wins India the FIRST ever
WRESTLING medal in the WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP at New Delhi
7). For the FIRST time India makes it to the semis of Olympic
Football S A Rahim was the coach of the Indian footbal team
.
India beaten by Pakis by 1-0 in the Rome Olympic Finals
9). Milkha Singh creates a WORLD RECORD in the 400 metres finals
in the Rome Olympics but misses the Olympic medal by a whisker
9). India beats England by 2-0 under the captainship of Nari
Contractor to WIN her FIRST ever Test series against England
10). India beats Pakistan by 1-0 the goal scored by Balbir Singh
Junior to win her FIRST Asian Games Hockey Gold
11). 1968). For the FIRST time in the Olympic Hockey India fails
to qualify for the finals losing to Australia by 1-2 in the semis in extra time
CRICKETING FOLKLORE-: India wins her FIRST series abroad by beating
New Zealand by 3-1 under Tiger Pataudi Erapalli Prasanna GUILES India to OFF
SPIN WITCH & MASTERY
12). In club football East Bengal beat PAS Club of Iran by 1-0
to win the IFA Shield PAS Club Iran then was rated as the 9th best football
team in the World
13). India wins her FIRST series against west-Indies abroad by
beating them by 1-0
14). India wins the FIRST ever series against England at England
by beating them 1-0 Chandrashekar mesmerises the English with googlies and his
legspin.
15). India achieves the hattrick of series win against England
defeating them by 2-1 Solkar & Duranni make the impossible look possible
16). T C Yohannan leaps to 8.07 metres in Long Jump at Tehran to
become the FIRST Asian to cross the 8 metres mark in the Long jump to win a
GOLD for India in that games.
17). India defeats West -Indies in two Test matches at home to
register their FIRST win on the Indian soil Tiger Pataudi was the MAN whose
" BRAIN " and Gundappa Vishvanath was the BATSMAN who did and
achieved the impossible.
HOCKEY REGALE- On 15th March 1975 India WON her FIRST WORLD CUP
Hockey beating Pakistan by 2-1 in the finals. Ashok Kumar Dhyanchand scored the
winning goal.
SRIRAM SINGH'S FINALE: FINALS
Sriram Sing in the FINALS of the 800 metres leads the field for
652 mertes only to follow and fail to his illness to finish seventh in the
Montreal Olympics Final
18). India won her 8th Olympic Hockey Gold by beating Spain by
4-3 in a pulsating finals Mohammed Shahid scored the winning goal
19). India for the FIRST time squared a series against Australia
at Australia when they bundled out Australia for 86 with Kapil Dev taking 5 for
26
20). India HOLDS and HOISTS the 1982 Asian Games The Indian Women Hockey team win her
FIRST International GOLD in these
games
21). P T Usha misses the Bronze by 1/100 of a second in the Los
Angeles Olympics Finals of the Women 10X400 metres Hurdles
22). Leander Paes wins a BRONZE medal for India in the Olympics
in Tennis Singles
23). Malleshwaram M Karnavi wins the Olympic Bronze in the
weightlifting event for India in the 200 Melbourne Olympics
24). RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE WINS THE SILVER MEDAL FOR INDIA
IN THE OLYMPIC TRAP SHOOTING
25). India wins the FIRST ever OLYMPIC GOLD
in the OLYMPIC through Abhinav Bindra
26). India wins her FIRST Olympic Wrestling Silver courtesy
Sushil Kumar
27). India wins her FIRST Badminton Silver and her FIRST WOMAN
WRESTLING Bronze through P V Sandhu and Madam Shakshi Mallik in the Womenevent of Badminton and
wrestling
28). Indian Woman Deepa Karmakar becomes to FIRST ever Indian
GYMNAST to reach the Olympic Finals in Gymnastic where she finishes FOURTH
29). Prakashnath becomes the FIRST ever ASIAN and INDIAN to reach the FINALS of the All England Badminton Championship in 1947 .He loses in the finals....
TENNIS PINNACLE-:
A)> Ramanathan Krishnan becomes the FIRST Indian to reach the
semis of Wimbledon in 1960
.
India beats Brazil by 3-2 to make it to the Challenge Round where they lost to
Australia by 1-4
C). Ramanathan Krishnan become the FIRST Indian to be seeded at
the Wimbledon in 1961 and get a WORLD RANKING of 6th Best Tennis player in the
WORLD then
D). Vijay Amritraj becomes the FIRST Indian to defeat ROD LAVER
in the Volvo Tennis tourney and win the VOLVO CAR in the finals after beating
Jimmy Connors in the Finals This was ther FIRST time that an Indian had won a
CAR in a tourney Madam Indira Gandhi waives all the surcharges for Vijay to
bring the car here at home
E). India for the last time reaches the DAVIS CUP CHALLENGE
round in 1987 where they lost to Sweden by 0-5
BOXING - :
P.Zoramthanga from Mizoram wins the FIRST ever Bronze for India in the World Boxing Championship held at Bombay in 1990
Vijendra Kumar becomes the FIRST Indian to clinch a
OLYMPIC BOXING MEDAL at China(Beijing Olympics ) in 2008 He won a BRONZE for India.
These are the SPORTING PINNACLES of India after Independence
There maybe some like T-20 I do not take that into account
TAILPIECE-:
1). Mr Norman Pritchard was the FIRST Indian to participate
under the UNION JACK to win TWO SILVER MEDALS for India in the 1920 Olympics.
His medals were taken away by the Britishers and added to their tally as he was participating under the Union Jack flag.
2).Mr Norman Pritchard is the FIRST Indian footballer in the
entire annals OF INDIAN SOCCER HISTORY to SCORE a HATTRICK in a FIRST DIVISION
FOOTBALL game in India.
FOOTNOTE-: I'm NOT taking into account the World Cup cricket and
the Woman's World Cup because they are NOT the OLYMPIC events and both the
World Cup 1983 and the Woman's World Cup finals of the 2017 are HISTORY that
ought to be scripted in the letter of GOLD
Basically cricket has NEVER been an Olympics event of sports. The ONLY OCCASION that cricket was played at the Olympics was in 1896 when the ONLY-TWO-CRICKET playing nations, Australia and England had played a OLYMPIC CRICKET FINALS match in 1896 with Australia beating England BUT NO MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO ANY TEAMS THEN
The rule of the Olympics is that there should be atleast FOUR teams competiting in an event and only then the GOLD-SILVER-BRONZE could be awarded as there would be three out of the FOUR to win them. As there were only two the AUTOMATIC medals win concepts reins in and OLYMPICS does not awards the AUTOMATIC medal wins to any athletes in the world.
The second instance of cricket was the 1998 CWG games where South Africa won the cricket title beating Sri-Lanka in the finals with Shaun Pollock leading the South African team, but the organiser felt that holding a cricket event was too much of a loss and wastage of time and that it also never could produce that kind of a revenue through the televisions and at last they decided to scrap the cricket events at the CWG , once for all.....
It is only in India that cricket is being given such a kind of useless recognition and accreditations which is never and never deserves and NOT at all....
I have also included cricket inspite of the fact that it is NOT an Olympic sporting event but because of the fact that cricketers are also conferred with the Arjuna award and the other CIVILIAN awards in India ......
That sums up it and that is 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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