Major Dhyan Chand Birth Anniversary

1. Dhyan Singh joined the Indian Army at the age of only 16 and started playing hockey there.

2.After India's first match at the Berlin Olympics of 1936, crowds of people started to gather at the hockey ground to watch Dhyan Chand's magical hockey. The headline of a German newspaper was: 'There is now a magic show in the Olympic campus.' The next day, the streets of Berlin were strewn with posters, with the words "Go to the hockey stadium and see the magic of the Indian magician"

3. According to a legend, when Hitler saw Dhyan Chand's magical game against Germany, he offered him to settle in Germany and gave the rank of colonel in his army, but Dhyan Chand smiled and rejected the offer.

4. Although Dhyan Chand played many memorable matches he considered the final match of the 1933 "Beighton Cup", which was played between "Calcutta Custom" and "Jhansi Heroes", considered it as his best match.

5.In the Summer Olympics of 1932, India defeated the United States and Japan 24–1 and 11–1 respectively. Of these 35 goals, Dhyan Chand scored 12 goals while his brother Roop Singh scored 13 goals. Due to this spectacular performance, both brothers came to be known as "Hockey Twins".

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