Thakur said the app was a gift from the government to the people of India on the National Sports Day, which is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
The first look of a documentary film on the hockey legend 'Major Dhyan Chand' has been unveiled.
Centre's decision to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after hockey legend Dhyan Chand was not welcomed by Shiv Sena.
Grandson of Major Dhyan Chand, Vishal Singh reacted on renaming of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
The nation's highest sports award, which was previously named after former PM Rajiv Gandhi, will now be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in honour of one of the greatest hockey players to have ever lived.
PM Narendra Modi announced that the Khel Ratna Award will now be named after Major Dhyan Chand.
The story of hockey legend Dhyan Chand will soon come alive on the big screen, in a biopic directed by Abhishek Chaubey.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Major Dhyan Chand, and lauded coaches and support staff across the country on the occasion of National Sports Day.
The hockey wizard, who registered some of the biggest wins in the game, was an instant star at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics after winning the gold for India.
With National Sports Day approaching, greats such as Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Ashok Kumar and current player Yuvraj Walmiki took part in a virtual discussion on Saturday to celebrate the life and career of the iconic player.
Ashok Kumar, regarded as world's best dribbler in hockey, post-independence, and son of an unbeatable athlete in modern sports history, said that the country should not forget Dhyan Chand's ultra-nationalistic character.
On his 114th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag remembered Dhyan Chand's contribution to Indian sports.
Olympic gold-medallist and former captain Gurbux Singh, in his autobiography titled "My Golden Days", has shed fresh light on the legend of India's greatest athlete, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Sports Day.
New Delhi: Hockey fans in the national capital held a rally yesterday appealing to the central government to confer the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, on hockey wizard Dhyan Chand posthumously.The rally started at
New Delhi: Flying Sikh Milkha Singh has welcomed the awarding of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, but has also added that the Bharat Ratna should also be awarded posthumously
New Delhi, Apr 13: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin says Sachin Tendulkar deserves to receive the Bharat Ratna, but wants hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand to be the first sportsperson to be bestowed with the
New Delhi, Dec 20: In controversial remarks, Press Council Chairperson Justice Markandey Katju today said that giving Bharat Ratna to cricketers and film stars, who have “no social relevance”, is making a “mockery” of the
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