India's National Sport and modern Olympics
INDIA DON’T HAVE NATIONAL SPORTS
No particular sport is recognised as India’s national game, something confirmed by the country’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Since when is Hockey NOT the National Sport of India?
This revelation came to light in 2012 when a 10-year-old girl named Aishwarya Parashar filed a Right to Information (RTI) request with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to get official declarations on the national anthem, sport, song, bird, animal, flower and the country’s symbol. The PMO forwarded the query to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. In response to the RTI, the ministry confirmed that it had not declared any sport or game as India’s national game.
India was nowhere near the top in any other sports. Chess despite being invented by India, was being ruled by the Soviet Union (Russia). In fact, before Viswanathan Anand, India hardly had any player representing the nation at the highest level.
Kabaddi is yet another sport based in India but due to the lack of popularity, the game has failed to make a mark amongst the masses, despite winning three consecutive World Cups.The games like Wrestling and Badminton also have a history in India but the nation’s failure to produce results at the highest level has not helped their case. Khashaba Jadhav won the bronze at the 1952 Olympics before India went on a dry spell until 2008.
So, what is the national sport of India?
With so many people and cultures, it’s impossible and impractical to choose one game that will appeal to the entire nation. Until India figures out what its national sport is, people will obsess over cricket, play football and kabaddi and read about the glory days of hockey in history books.
There is no official National Sport of India. But the debate for the ‘unofficial’ National Sport continues between Hockey and Cricket. Indian Cricket, no matter how popular, will find it very difficult to match India’s 5-decade dominance in Hockey. But at the same time, Hockey was never this popular even at its peak. The game did wonders in making Indians smile during the Independence struggle though. It gave them the satisfaction of defeating Great Britain in their own background, the country which ruled India for more than 200 years.
The Modern Olympics
The modern Olympics were started in 1896 by a French educator and historian by the name of Pierre de Coubertin. Pierre loved sports and felt that the world’s countries would have more of an opportunity for peace if they gathered together to play sports. He designed the five color rings that are used to represent the Olympic Games today. The rings stand for North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
At the beginning of the games a flame is lit. The flame begins in Olympia and is passed from torch to torch until the location of the games is reached. The location changes every time the Olympic games are played. Today the Olympic games are the largest sporting event in the world. There are summer and winter games and over 30 sports are played. Men and women from all over the world compete to win the gold, bronze, and silver medals.
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