Grahanandan Singh
Grahanandan Singh ( Panjabi ਗ੍ਰਹਾਨੰਦਾਂ ਸਿੰਘ ; born February 18, 1926 in Lyallpur ; † December 7, 2014 in New Delhi ) was an Indian hockey player . He won two Olympic gold medals and played at the Olympic Games in London in 1948 and in Helsinki in 1952 in the victorious Indian team .
The striker first gained notoriety when he was accepted into the hockey team at college in Lahore . Until 1946 he was a member of the university selection. In 1944 and 1945 he was a member of the Punjab selection, later he was a member of the Bengali selection. From 1951 to 1955, as well as from 1957 to 1958, Singh took part in the selection of the Indian Navy.
Singh was a member of the Indian Navy and rose to the rank of Commander. He lived in New Delhi.
Web links
- Portrait on indianet (english)
- Short portrait (English) with photos from 1948
- Anniversary celebration of 50 years of the Olympic Games in Helsinki (English) with a photo of Singh and his teammate Keshav Datt in 2003
- Grahanandan Singh in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hockey Olympian G Nandy Singh passes away ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singh, Grahanandan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Singh, Nandi; Singh, Nandy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyallpur |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 2014 |
| Place of death | New Delhi |