Indian Sports

By: Aniruth S. Kasthuri

Indian Sports
Games like, Chess, Snakes and Ladders, Playing Cards, Polo, the martial arts of Judo and Karate had originated in India and it was from here that these games were transmitted to foreign countries, where they were further developed. Several games now familiar across the world owe their origins in India, particularly, the games of chess, ludo (including ladders and snake), and playing cards.

Indian Sports
National Sport of India Ancient Sports Traditional Sports Popular Sports Arjuna Award Cricket Quiz

National Game of India

The national game of India is field hockey. India has an impressive record of 8 Olympic Gold Medals. 1928 - 1956 was the Golden Era for India because India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.

Ancient Indian Games

Ancient Indian games are the games people played long time ago in the Mahabharata and in the Ramayana. Ancient games are like chaturanga and toran. These games are now some of our modern games. Arjuna and Bheema are one of the mightiest Pandavas at that time in weightlifting and archery. Bhishma,Hanuman,Jamvant,Jarasandha are great champion wrestlers.

Ancient Sports
Sudarshan Chakra (Discus Throw) Krishna Chariot Racing (Mahabharatha) Chatur-Anga (Chess) Archery (Arjuna) Wrestling (Bheema) Playing Cards Kalari Payattu Snakes and Ladders Toran (Javelin)

Traditional Sports

The Traditional Sports are originated and played in each state. These sports are part of the regional culture.

Traditional Sports
Kabbadi- Tamilnadu

Silambam Tamilnadu Gilli Tanda - Tamilnadu

Traditional Sports
Kho-Kho Maharastra

Boat Race Kerala (Onam Festival) Thoda Himachal Pradesh

Traditional Sports
Asol Aap ( Canoe Race )

Asol - Tale Aap ( Canoe Race on sand ) - Andaman , Nicobar Islands

Popular Indian Games

The popular games are like cricket and field hockey. They are also new games. Only some of the games are old like chess. These games are played a lot all around India.

Major Indian Sports

Cricket Kabbadi Field Hockey Basketball Rugby Football (soccer) Golf Tennis Archery Martial Arts Softball Billiards and Snookers

Major Indian Board Games

Chess Pachisi (Thayam) Snake and Ladders Playing Cards Ludo Pallanguli

Arjuna Award
Recognize Outstanding Achievement in National Sports Prize of Rs 500,000 , a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll.
Sachin Tendulkar - Cricket Leander Paes - Tennis Devendra Jhajharia Paralympics Rajinder Singh Rahelu - Paralympics

Cricket
Originated from England India has a major cricket team and the IPL. Sunil Gavaskar was the 1st person to score 10000 runs. Kapil Dev: Captain of 1983 one day team. M.S. Dhoni: 1983 test captain They won the 1 day match and test match in 1983.

Indian Sports

Quiz

Quiz - Name the sports

Sachin Tendulkar P. T. Usha Vishwanathan Anand Sanya Mirza Prakash Padukone Abhinav Bindra Pankaj Advani

Cricket Quiz
Which year did India won One Day World Cup Cricket? Who was captain of 1983 One day cricket World Cup Team? Which year did India won the 20/20 World Cup Cricket? Who was the captain of 2007 20/20 Cricket World Cup Team? Who was the first Batsman score 10000 runs in Indian Test Cricket?