Gagan Ajit Singh was born on the 9th of March in the year 1980 in Ferozpur, Punjab. A prominent hockey player, he has made India proud on several occasions by virtue of his brilliant performance at international level. He was introduced to the game at a very tender age by his father, Shri Ajit Singh and uncle Shri Harmik Singh. Both of them were prominent hockey players. Gagan Ajit Singh rose to prominence during the Junior [...]
G.R. Vishwanath is a former Indian Test and ODI cricketer who is regarded as amongst India’s finest batsman. His full name is Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath and he was born on 12th February, 1949 in Bhadravathi, Karnataka, India. Pursuing his strong interests in cricket,Gundappa Viswanath went on to shine for India throughout the 1970’s. The major teams that G.R. Viswanath represented are India, Karnataka and Mysore. After retiring from Tests in 1983, Viswanath served as the [...]
E.D. Solkar (1948-2005) is a former Indian Test and ODI cricketer who dazzled the world of cricket with his genuine all-rounder skills. His full name was Eknath Dhondu Solkar and he was born on 18th March, 1948 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Despite being born into a family with humble roots, his father being the groundsman at the P J Hindu Gymkhana in Bombay,Solkar put behind his lowly birth to pursue his passion for cricket, eventually becoming [...]
Dola Banerjee is one of the most promising sports personalities of the country, the first Indian woman to win the World Archery Championship. She is also the first woman archer of the country to clinch an Olympic berth. She received the Arjuna Award in 2005 for her outstanding performances. A Bengali by birth, Dola was born on 2nd June, 1980 in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her skill was nurtured at the Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur. Ever [...]
Dilip Vengsarkar is the former Indian captain and a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar was born on April 6, 1956, in Rajapur, Maharashtra. Fondly called as ‘Colonel’, Vengsarkar made his international cricket debut at Auckland against New Zealand in 1975-76. He played his last test against Australia at Perth in 1991-92. Vengsarkar played a total of 116 tests scoring 6868 runs at an average of 42.13 with 17 hundred [...]
Chetan Anand is a renowned badminton player of India who took birth in the year 1980. One of the greatest achievements of Chetan Anand is the Arjuna Award which he received in the year 2006 for his outstanding performance. He started his glorious career from a very early age. However, it was only in the year 2004 that Chetan Anand came into the forefront of international badminton championships. From national to international level, he proved [...]
