Dhyan Chand
29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979
Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player who competed as a forward for India between 1926 and 1948. He was part of the Indian teams that won Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and captained the side in Berlin in 1936. He spent his working life in the British Indian Army and later the Indian Army, retiring with the rank of Major in 1956, the year he received the Padma Bhushan.
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Life events
Dhyan Chand was born into a Rajput family in Allahabad.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe joined the First Brahmans regiment as a sepoy at the age of sixteen and began playing organised hockey in army teams.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe tour brought him to wider notice before India's first Olympic hockey campaign.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was India's leading scorer in the tournament, the country's first Olympic hockey title.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIndia beat Germany in the final to take a third consecutive Olympic hockey title.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of liver cancer at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
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