Charanjit Singh
This article is about the hockey player. For the musician, see Charanjit Singh (musician). For the politician, see Charanjit Singh Atwal. For the cricketer, see Charanjit Singh (cricketer).
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Charanjit Singh (born 3 February 1931 in Mairi, Himachal Pradesh ( Then Punjab) ) is a former field hockey player from India. He captained the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
He is an alumnus of Col. Brown Cambridge School,Dehra Dun and Punjab University. He retired as Director Department of Physical Education in Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He currently stays in Una., Himachal Pradesh. He has two sons and a daughter Kiran.
See also
References
- ↑ India's Olympic History
- ↑ 1964 Tokyo Olympics at www.bharathiyahockey.org Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
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