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The National Games of India is a sporting event held in India. It comprises various disciplines in which sportsmen from the different states of India participate against each other. It was in 1924, in erstwhile Punjab, that the Indian chapter of the Olympic movement was born. The founder was G.D. Sondhi, the first Secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association. Lt.Col H.L.O. Garrett, vice principal of Government College, Lahore, was the President of the founder body. The same year, the country's first Olympic Games, now christened as National Games, were organised in Lahore, the then capital of undivided Punjab.[1][2]
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Background
Indian Olympic Games (Early National Games)
The Games were held every two years from 1924 as Indian Olympic Games and were renamed as National Games when they were first held in Bombay in 1940.
Modern National Games
The Indian Olympic Association, the premier sports organizing body of the nation, mooted the concept of the National Games. For several years it was conducted on a low keynote. However, the Modern National Games on the lines of the Olympics were held in 1985 in New Delhi. Thereafter Kerala(1987), Pune(1994), Bangalore(1997),Manipur(1999), Ludhiana(2005), Hyderabad(2002) and Guwahati(2007) have hosted the Games.
Periodicity of National Games
The National Games are required to be held once in two years leaving those years in which the Olympic Games and Asian Games are scheduled to be held. Only in exceptional cases or natural calamity, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) can allow relaxation from the general rule. The duration and the regulation of the National Games is entirely within the jurisdiction of IOA.[2]
List
Summer
List of National Games of India Competition name Number Year Venue Indian Olympic Games I 1924 
LahoreII 1926 Not Available III 1928 LahoreIV 1930 AllahabadV 1932 MadrasVI 1934 DelhiVII 1936 LahoreVIII 1938 CalcuttaNational Games IX 1940 BombayX 1942 PatialaXI 1944 LahoreXII 1946 LahoreXIII 1948 
LucknowXIV 1952 MadrasXV 1953 JabalpurXVI 1954 DelhiXVII 1956 PatialaXVIII 1958 CuttackXIX 1960 DelhiXX 1962 JabalpurXXI 1964 CalcuttaXXII 1966 BangaloreXXIII 1968 MadrasXXIV 1970 CuttackXXV 1979 HyderabadNational Games
(new format)XXVI 1985 DelhiXXVII 1987 ThiruvananthapuramXXVIII 1994 Bombay-PuneXXIX 1997 BangaloreXXX 1999 ImphalXXXI 2001 PunjabXXXII 2002 HyderabadXXXIII 2007 GuwahatiXXXIV 2011 RanchiNational Games
FutureXXXV 2012 ThiruvananthapuramXXXVI GoaXXXVII 2013 ChhattisgarhWinter
List of National Winter Games of India Competition name Number Year Venue National Winter Games I 1996 GulmargII 2000 ManaliIII 2002 AuliIV 2004 GulmargV 2008 GulmargFuture Games
Though National Games supposed to be held once in 2 years, it is faltering on this schedule. It took Guwahati 5 years to conduct the games after Hyderabad organized the National Games in 2002. It is now almost 3 years after Guwahati Games, but next edition of the Games have not been organized.
34th National Games has been postponed 6 times is scheduled to start on Feb 12, 2011[3]. 35th National Games are to be held at Kerala in 2012[4]. 36th National Games will be held at Goa[5] and the 37th National Games will be held in 2013 in Chhattisgarh.[6]
References
- ^ Arvind Katyal. "Decision on National Games on Aug 2". http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010801/sports.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ a b "Tribune:Punjab the Spirit of Sports". http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011118/spectrum/main1.htm.
- ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100927/jsp/jharkhand/story_12986626.jsp
- ^ http://www.35thnationalgames.in/
- ^ "No National Games in Goa in 2011: CM". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/No-National-Games-in-Goa-in-2011-CM/articleshow/6228147.cms.
- ^ http://sify.com/news/chhattisgarh-to-host-37th-national-games-in-2013-news-national-kd5nagichge.html
External links
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