Legendary indian hockey Player passes away...
Charanjit Singh was the captain of the indian team, he won the gold medal at the 1964 tokyo Olympic Games. At the age of 91, he breathed his last today in Una, himachal pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest. Condolences have been expressed on behalf of hockey india by tweeting the death of this veteran player.
Olympic medal-winning team: Charanjit Singh is counted among the best rarest players in the world. Charanjit was a member of the team that won silver at the 1960 Rome olympics furthermore he was the captain of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 tokyo Olympics. After retiring from hockey, he joined the teaching profession. He had served as a director in the Department of Physical education at himachal pradesh University.
Pakistan had taken revenge: Charanjit Singh, who was a member of the 1960 silver medal-winning team, could not play the final match. That year the final was held between india and Pakistan. india had lost that match and had to be content with the silver medal. After this, he played as captain in 1964. In the 1964 olympics too, there was a final match between india and pakistan and in this india had registered a historic victory by defeating Pakistan.
Charanjit Singh was one of the rarest players in the world of hockey. He was considered a charismatic halfback player. hockey india, while paying tribute to him, wrote that for years and many generations, this charismatic rarest player has been encouraged.
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