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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 Lahore
II 1926 Not Available III 1928 Lahore
IV 1930 Allahabad
V 1932 Madras
VI 1934 Delhi
VII 1936 Lahore
VIII 1938 Calcutta
National Games IX 1940 Bombay
X 1942 Patiala
XI 1944 Lahore
XII 1946 Lahore
XIII 1948 Lucknow
XIV 1952 Madras
XV 1953 Jabalpur
XVI 1954 Delhi
XVII 1956 Patiala
XVIII 1958 Cuttack
XIX 1960 Delhi
XX 1962 Jabalpur
XXI 1964 Calcutta
XXII 1966 Bangalore
XXIII 1968 Madras
XXIV 1970 Cuttack
XXV 1979 Hyderabad
National Games
(new format)XXVI 1985 Delhi
XXVII 1987 Thiruvananthapuram
XXVIII 1994 Bombay-Pune
XXIX 1997 Bangalore
XXX 1999 Imphal
XXXI 2001 Punjab
XXXII 2002 Hyderabad
XXXIII 2007 Guwahati
XXXIV 2011 Ranchi
National Games
FutureXXXV 2012 Thiruvananthapuram
XXXVI Goa
XXXVII 2013 Chhattisgarh
Winter
List of National Winter Games of India Competition name Number Year Venue National Winter Games I 1996 Gulmarg
II 2000 Manali
III 2002 Auli
IV 2004 Gulmarg
V 2008 Gulmarg
Future 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
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