Today, India is celebrating 114th birth anniversary of one of the greatest hockey players in history, Major Dhyan Chand.
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Kiren Rijiju took to social media and tweeted, “On his birth anniversary, I pay my tribute to Dhyan Chand, the greatest hockey player India has ever produced and on this ‘National sports day’ my greetings to all sportspersons and the sports enthusiasts across India.”
On his birth anniversary, I pay my tributes to Major Dhyanchand, the greatest hockey player India has ever produced 🏑
And on this "National Sports Day" my greetings to all sportspersons and the sports enthusiasts across India🇮🇳! pic.twitter.com/faHPUBzCHF
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 29, 2019
Renowned for his wizard-like mastery on goal scoring, Major Chand won three Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936 respectively. Apart from Rijiju, several politicians and institutions paid their respect on social media.
Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb paid his “humble” tribute to Major Dhyan Chand, while Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh too paid his “rich tributes” to “The Wizard of hockey”.
Rich tributes to 'The Wizard' of hockey, Major #DhyanChand on his birth anniversary, who is unarguably the greatest of all time.
I also salute all the sports-persons who have made India proud with great vigour & passion.#NationalSportsDay pic.twitter.com/rSys15zEkm
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 29, 2019
My humble tributes to Major Dhyan Chand ji on his 114th Birth Anniversary.
He is one of the greatest Indian hockey player in the history of the sport, who has scored over 400 goals in his career, from 1926 to 1948 and retired from the army at the age of 51 in 1956. #Dhyanchand pic.twitter.com/qfuCAzhgRr
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) August 29, 2019
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