Major Dhyan Chand, popularly known as Hockey Magician, was a highly respected hockey player.
His ability to score goals was amazing and often the opposing team was seen kneeling in front of this Indian player.
His birthday on 29 August is celebrated as National Sports Day in India and the President of India has also honored the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards on this day.
An Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand, who won three Olympic medals in the hockey field, was undoubtedly one of the best hockey players of all time. He was a member of the Indian international hockey team at that time, when the Indian hockey team dominated the whole world.
His style and art of scoring as a player was completely different and amazing from all the others. That is why he is also known as "Hockey Wizard".
He had an amazing grip on the hockey ball in every match and was also good at dragging the ball. Rather his art of dragging the ball was incredible.
People used to call him a magician playing with a hockey stick. Many times the opposing team also tried to break his stick during the match to see from within.
His love for hockey started growing when he joined the army as a teenager. Initially, he played for the Army team, where he also earned his name by playing well.
The Indian team that won the gold medal in the Amsterdam Olympics of 1928 and the Lones Angels Olympics of 1932 was the captain of the Indian team Dhyan Chand.
India's first match in the 1932 Olympics was against Japan, which they won 11–1.
This proved that the Indian team is performing very well and everyone was sure that the team will go to the finals and win the gold medal once again.
After the Olympics, the Indian team also made many international tours to play in the United States, England and other countries. At the end of the tour, India had won 34 of the 37 matches played. In this tour, Chand scored 133 goals out of 338 goals scored by India.
In 1934 he was made the captain of the Indian hockey team and under his captaincy took the team to the Berlin Olympics of 1936. There he also showed his magic and won India the third Olympic gold medal.
He continued to play hockey until the late 1940s and then retired as Major of the Army in 1956. After retiring, he became the coach of the Indian team.
• last day
In 1956, he retired as a Major at the age of 51.
The same year, the Government of India honored him with Padma Bhushan, India's third highest honor. After retirement, he started working as a coach in Mount Abu, Rajasthan. He later accepted the position of being the head hockey coach of the National Institute of Sport in Patiala and served for the same number of years.
Chand spent his last days in his village Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Major Dhyan Chand died on 3 December 1979 at All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi. He was cremated on the martyr grounds of Jhansi.
• Awards and achievements received by Major Dhyan Chand
He was a member of the three Indian teams that won the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics. In his entire hockey career, he had scored more than 1000 goals, 400 of which he scored internationally.
In 1956, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest award, in recognition of his contribution to the hockey field.
The highest measure of counting the greatness of any player is how many incidents are associated with that player. According to that, there is no answer to Major Dhyan Chand.
In Holland, people had even seen his hockey stick broken and said that there was no magnet in it. This incident shows us his popularity internationally.
If the time wants to return something, then the Indian sports world would want to demand Major Dhyanchand. Nobody happened to them and could happen and neither will there be any in future.
Sports identify the player, but Dhyanchand has become a mirror of hockey.
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