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The National Games of India consist of various disciplines in which athletes from the different states of India participate against each other. The country's first few Olympic Games, now renamed as National Games, were held in Lahore (now in Pakistan ), Delhi , Allahabad , Patiala , Madras , Calcutta and Bombay .
India does not have many Greens, due to player often practice on hockey grounds. The next Green was installed in Ranchi, Jharkhand for 2011 National Games of India. Now New Delhi and Kerala also have Bowling Green, ground. In the country Jharkhand state is powerhouse in this sport, many players for India national team was selected from there.
National Games Football for women was introduced in the 1999 edition. [72] Manipur is the most successful team with 5 gold medals. [73] [74] Khelo India Youth Games (U-21/U-17) are held every year, and a 1,000 kids are given the scholarship of ₹ 5 lakh (US$5,800) to prepare them for the international sporting events.
The National Games: The Indian Olympic Association had one other major responsibility, that of holding the biennial National Games (Indian Olympics). It recognised, in the 1920s-1940s, that the promotion of sports in India needed a National Games, because there was no overall national sports federation of India.
The India senior national team was ranked 18th in Asia, but FIFA does not rank under–age national teams. [113] [114] Indian football fans began a campaign on social media, with hashtags supporting their cause. India team coach Igor Štimac reached out to the government of India for intervention with an open letter on social media.
National game Field hockey [72] Field hockey is a team sport in which India has won the gold at the Summer Olympics eight times, the most by any nation. [108] As per a 2012 reply from Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to a RTI query, there was no declared national game in India. [109]
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The India national football team represents India in men's international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation. The team, which is considered as the best team in South Asia , won two gold medals at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while finishing fourth at the 1956 Summer Olympics .