1. SPORTS IN
INDIA

2. Introduction
As is evident from the title itself our presentation
will be solely confined to sports and its vibrant
effect.
Sports is not confined to physical development
only. Rather it aims an all round development of
a person, inculcating in him the values of team
work cooperation, struggling and a never say die
–type attitude .
From time immortal,sports is always at the helm
of society and cultural dimensions.
Swami vivekanand said that through sports we

3. India has always been on forefront on matter
of sports, though at a slower pace.
India has a bright future ahead, since it has a
vast pool of raw talent ready to be nurtured.
The biggest sports festival in this globe, i.e.
the Olympics.
This event enables a sportsperson not only
to display their talent at world level but also
to win medals and make the country proud.

4. India at Olympics
Participation-
1900,1920,1924,1932,
1948,1952,1956,1960,
1964,1968,1972,1976,
1980,1984,1988,1992
1996,2000,2004,2008
2012

5. Special Mention :-
India was the leader in world hockey in the 20th
century
Mr. Phadeppa Dareppa was the first Indian
marathon contestant (1920).He was ranked 19th.
India‟s first ever gold medalist is Abhinav Bindra
(10 mts Air Rifle)
MC Mary Kom is first female Indian boxer to win
an Olympic gold medal.

6. BOXING
Boxing is one of the most enjoyable profiled
sports in India.
Regular medal-holder at Asian Games and
Commonwealth games.
November 2007, India’s Mary Kon won best
boxer title and also secured hattrick of titles.
2008 Beijing Olympic, Vijendra Kumar won a
bronze medal in middle weight boxing category
and Akhil Kumar and Jitendra Kumar qualified
for quaterfinals.

7. Akhil Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, A.l Lakra and
Dinesh Kumar each won a bronze medal at
2008 World Championship.
This shows how progressively Boxing has
been developed in India .
Vijender Kumar is current no.1 on
middleweight class.
India’s lonely women boxer M.C. Mary Kom
secured a bronge medal at London Olympics
Games, 2012.

8. SWIMMING

9. Swimming
Ancient history about swimming does not tell
us a particular date or time or origin for the
game.
First swimmer probably watched was a dog
swimming.
Then suddenly one day a person fel in water
and from there dog paddle was born.
The Egyptians were first to use crawl
breaststroke instead of dog paddle. There is
no evidence as to where they learned this art
form.
was actually one of the key skills of samurai
warrior had to master and in the history of

10. Universal population was quite conservative in the
matter of dress with bare arms or legs and even to some
bare neck was considered obscene sight.
Mainly Japanese and Chinese proceeded merrily along
forming swimming organisations,holding competitions,
and even introduced swimming as a concept of life
saving technique.
SOME GREAT INDIAN SWIMMERS
KHAZAN SINGH TOKAS SHIKHA
TANDON
VEERDHAWAL KHADE PRASANTA
KARMAKAR
SANDEEP SEJWAL GAGAN

11. WRESTLING
Considering as one of the most ancient and
oldest sports in the world, Wrestling in India
has a glorious past.
Journey of Wrestling started in India several
centuries back, during Middle Ages.
Counted as most prestigious and oldest
events in Olympic Games, as it was included
in Olympics in 708 BC.
Wrestling in India is most famously known as
‘Malla-Yuddha’.

12. These can be
found in great
epic of Indian
history.
Mahabharata
has a huge
mention about
the game
wrestling in
India.

13. Archery
The game of Archery has got historical
significance as all royals in the ancient days used
to practice archery.
Modern day archery started in early 1970s before
its Introduction in Olympics 1972.
Formalized in 1973 when Archery Association of
India(AAI) came into existence.
AAI has since been promoting an organization for
the sport.
India has been producing some world class
players who are medal hopefuls in International
events of Archery.

14. SHOOTING
In India, shooting is generally regarded as an
expensive sports which only the affluent, powerful
and the talented with institutional support can
pursue with a serious career.
This is the reason why the sport remains as a
secondary choice of the sports enthusiasts.
With good work of Indian shooters coming into
limelight, more youngsters are attracted towards
the sports to build up a career.
Abhinav Bindra won the first individual Olympic
gold for India.

15. Major Rajyavardhan Rathore won the silver medal in
Men’s Double Trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens.
Eleven Indian shooters qualified for London Olympics.
India has been most successful in this categorey this
year with Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar winning
bronze nd silver medal respectively.
These people has become the role models of young
Indian shooters.
The national Rifle Association has played its part in
uplifting the standard of shooting as a sport in India.
IT has helped the Indian shooters a great deal in getting
international exposure and concentrate on their
horning skills.

17. CHESS
Chess has risen in popularity in India in the
last few decades primarily due to its star
player GM Vishwanathan Anand.
It is believed that the game originated from
India as a successor to Chaturanga or
Shatranj.
The All India Chess Federation is the
governing body for chess in India.
According to the WORLD CHESS
FEDERATION Vishwanathan Anand ranks No.
2 after Magnus Carlsen ( 22 years old chess
Grandmaster).

18. FOOTBALL
Football was introduced in India during the
British Rule and in some parts of the country,
it is equally popular as cricket.
India was an Asian powerhouse in 1960’s,
finishing as runners-up in the 1964 AFC Asian
Cup.
India ranks 154th in the FIFA rankings as of
February 29th, 2012.
The All India Football Federation was formed
on 23rd June 1937.
Domestic competitions for men’s football
include the I-league and the I-League 2nd
division. For women it is the Indian Super

19. The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the
golden era in Indian football.
The 1948 London Olympics was India's first major
international tournament, where a predominately
barefooted Indian team lost 2–1 to France, failing to
convert two penalties.
The Indian team started the 1950s with their
triumph in the 1951 Asian Games which they
hosted. Later next year they went on to participate
in the 1952 Olympics, but lost 10–1 to Yugoslavia.
Like before four years earlier, many of the team
played without boots !

21. Participating for the first time,
the Indian hockey team stunned
the whole world by winning a
gold medal at Amsterdam
Olympics in 1928.
Thereafter, the country
maintained the streak of
winning gold medals at-
Los Angeles in 1932
Berlin in1936
London in 1948
Helsinki in 1952
Melbourne in 1956.
Pakistan, for the first time,
halted the winning spree of
Indian hockey team at Rome in
1960 but the Indian hockey
team snatched the Gold medal
back from Pakistan at Tokyo
Olympics in 1964.

22. By this time, Indian hockey had
established a proud record of
winning as many as eight gold
medals at the Olympics which
has not been paralleled by any
hockey playing nation so far.
The period from 1928 to 1964
can reasonably be described as
the ‘Golden Age’ of Indian
hockey.
India won a medal in every
following Olympics till 1980
except in 1976 where She
finished 7th. The last gold which
was India's last medal in hockey
came in Moscow Olympics in
1980

23. After the glorious rise of the
Indian hockey, the standard of
hockey playing skills started
diminishing slowly but steadily.
India‟s performance after 1980
was as follows- „84- 5th, „88- 6th,
„92-7th, „96-8th, 2000- 7th and
also 7th in 2004.
For the first time, Indian hockey
team failed to qualify to play at the
Beijing Olympic hockey
tournament in 2008.
India‟s performance at the 2012
games was the worst as it failed
to win even a single match.

24. WORLD CUP & OTHER TOURNAMENTS
EVENTS GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
OLYMPICS 8 1 2 11
WORLD CUP 1 1 1 3
ASIAN GAMES 2 9 2 13
ASIAN CUP 2 4 1 7
CHAMPIONS 0 0 1 1
TROPHY
SULTAN 5 1 5 11
AZLAN SHAH

25. •Indian team was quoted 66:1 by bookies.
•Group win over windies & semi-final victory over
England.
•Team India into cricket world cup finals.
25th June 1983.
•Event took place as Lords in England got jam-
packed
•for the final showdown.
•Combined total of past two finals.
•Kapil Dev-led Indian team in the 1983 cricket
•World Cup changed the course of game
•A way to the Wisden Almanack.

26. •Mohammed Azharuddin captained -1990s
-main strength ability to stay cool under pressure
•Azharuddin's –declining batting performance.
•Career ended after 99 Tests-banned for life –
match-fixing scandal.
•Tour to Australia-exposed the Indian team's
weaknesses when playing abroad
•Loss of form of most of the batsmen.
•Sachin quit captaincy-Saurav Ganguly took over
•John Wright became coach.
•Over dependence on Sachin created problems
for the INDIAN CRICKET TEAM.

27. •With MS Dhoni as captain India went on to
become the world T-20 champions on the
24th September 2007.
•Legends like VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid,
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly forming
the most formidable batting line up in the world.
•India went on to become the pioneer in TEST
CRICKET.
•Defeated SRI LANKA -24th NOVEMBER 2009.
•2nd April 2011-World Cup Final-defeated SRI LANK
•MS DHONI‟s sixer which ultimately led India
to the victory.

28. Conclusion
As compared to other sporting nations, India‟s
achievement may be meager but we need to
keep in mind the infrastructure and other such
conditions which are essential for a big country.
India has always been short of this but as of now,
it has steadily developed and encouraged
building sports persons.
We should look at the 6 medals in 2012 olympics
as a small scale achievement, but as a giant leap
towards a positive future.

29. 1. Who brought the first individual medal for INDEPENDENT India and in which
sport?
Ans: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, freestyle wrestling bronze medal at
the 1952Helsinki Games.
2. What was awarded to winners as prize before the introduction of medals?
Ans: Olive wreath, It was an olive branch, of the wild- olive tree that grew
at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.
3. Who was the first woman o win a medal for India at the Olympics?
Ans: Karnam Malleswari, won bronze in weightlifting at the Sydney games.

30. 1. Who was the first woman o win a medal for India at the Olympics?
Ans: Karnam Malleswari, won bronze in weightlifting at the Sydney games.
2. Who was the first Indian to reach the singles‟ semi final in Wimbledon Tennis
Championship?
Ans: Ramanathan Krishnan (Tamilnadu), he was twice semi-finalists in 1960 and
1961.
5. Who did India defeat in The recently concluded Nehru cup football tournament?
Ans: Cameroon(5-4 in penalties)
6. Who was named the “Man of the series” at the 1983 cricket world cup?
Ans: Mohinder Amarnath
7. Name this Sportsperson-

31. Presented
by:
Abhineet
Arman Dagar
Ayush Maskara
Harpreet Kaur
Manjari Sharma
Sanjay Gautam
Anjan Ganguly

32. Thankyou!