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The Indian Hockey Federation was fashioned in 1925. (AFP Photo)
According to New Zealand Indian Sports Association web site, the touring 1926 Indian Army hockey workforce is “significant in both Indian and New Zealand sporting history because it was the first overseas tour by an Indian hockey team”.
New Zealand has deliberate to mark the centenary of the 1926 tour of an Indian Army hockey workforce, which included a younger Dhyan Chand, to that nation as a part of its imaginative and prescient to have a good time the “breadth of our sporting relationship”, its envoy stated on Friday.
Outgoing New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India David Pine stated 2026 might be a “special year of our relationship”.
He was talking throughout an interplay hosted by think-tank Ananta Aspen Centre right here.
Asked about his nation’s plan to mark the centenary of the historic tour, the envoy stated, “Yes, we want to use it as a trigger to celebrate the breadth of our sporting relationship.”
He stated a casual committee has formed up and issues will develop with time.
“In 2026, we are looking to celebrate that. In 1926, the Indian Army Hockey Team came to New Zealand with great Dhyan Chand. They stayed for three months,” Pine stated, including the touring workforce completely modified the way in which individuals engaged with it.
“So, we will celebrate all our sporting connections,” he stated, including that past cricket, weightlifting, judo, boxing and different sports activities connections might be celebrated.
New Zealand can be anticipating go to of an Indian prime minister to that nation in 12 months 2026.
“It’s been a long-standing invitation,” he stated.
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The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was fashioned in 1925, one 12 months after the formation of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), in keeping with the official web site of the Olympics.
“The IHF organised its first international tour in 1926 to New Zealand, where the Indian hockey men’s team played 21 matches and won 18. The tournament saw the emergence of a young Dhyan Chand, who would go on to become arguably the best hockey player the world has ever seen,” it stated.
According to New Zealand Indian Sports Association web site, the touring 1926 Indian Army hockey workforce is “significant in both Indian and New Zealand sporting history because it was the first overseas tour by an Indian hockey team”.
“The star player of this team was Dhyan Chand whose magical Indian dribble and goal scoring captured the imagination of the public wherever he played. He toured again in 1935 as captain of the all-India team and was a member of the victorious Indian teams at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games,” it stated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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