IMPORTANT DAY: NATIONAL SPORTS DAY – 29 AUGUST

                29.08.2017,Special cover on Sport Magician of Hockey player Major Dhyan Chand

The National Sports Day is celebrated in India on 29 August on the birth anniversary of Indian field Hockey player Major Dhayan Chand (Unit-Punjab Regiment).

  (29 August, 1905, at Prayagraj - 3 December,1979 at AIIMS, New Delhi)

Dhyan Chand was known for his extraordinary goal scoring feats, in addition to won three Olympic gold medals in 1928-Amsterdam, 1932-Los Angeles and 1936-Berlin. It is believed that after India defeated Germany in the 1936-Berlin Olympics final 8-1, Adolf Hitler offered him a senior post in the German Army, to which Dhyan Chand refused.

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Special Cover - 29.08.2019, Prayagraj

     Hockey - National Game of India

        

    First Day Cover - 10.08.1972

Major Dhyan Chand  was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1956.

Goal - Autography of  Major Dhyan Chand.

The National Stadium, Delhi was renamed Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002 in his honour.