The game of Hockey is played widely across India. Hockey is very popular and is played by both men and women. Hockey was introduced in India by British Army regiments and the game soon found favour among the native Indians. The first Indian hockey club came up in Calcutta in 1885-86.The Beighton Cup and the Aga Khan Hockey tournament had commenced within ten years. It was mainly restricted to the armed forces, and it was the army teams which toured foreign lands to play Hockey as early as 1900`s.

Ever since India has been contesting at the Olympics, Hockey is the only sport which has won Gold medals, that too not once or twice, but eight times, with 6 of them coming consecutively. Between 1928-1956 Indian Hockey at the Olympics, won the gold medal consecutively, 6 times. India played 24 Olympic matches, won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals.

The national game of India is Field hockey. Hockey has a very old history. Hundreds of years ago Hockey was played with the abstrusenesses of the primitive form. To accomplish its present form, it passed through different sta...

It has been 27 years since India won any medal at the World Cup. Only 3 Indians, Mohinder Singh, Rajinder Singh and Mukesh Kumar have scored more than 2 goals in a single World Cup match. Only 2 Indians, Ashok Kumar, son of l...

Dilip Kumar Tirkey the famous Indian Hockey Player was born on 24th November 1977 in Savnamara near Sundargarh, Orissa. This defender in field hockey hails from originally the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. Dilip was born to parents, Vincent Tirkey and Resina Tirkey. In the year 1995, he made his international debut for the Indian national Hockey team against England in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup Hockey. In three Olympics, he has participated his penalty corner hitting is considered as one of the best in the world Hockey.

This page on Indian Hockey mentions a brief profile and biography of Indian hockey player Gagan Ajit Singh. Gagan Ajit Singh was born on 9th December , 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab. He is a field hockey striker who`s father Ajit Singh was a renowned field hockey player, played for the national team .Gagan Ajit Singh has made India proud by his glorious achievements in the field of Indian Hockey.

This page is a brief profile and biography of Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand.Dhyan Chand, a lowly sepoy in the British Indian army who rose to become the darling of Hockey fans the world over. Dhyan Chand`s achievement on the Hockey ground often resembled the flash of light ring. The magic of his quick footwork had a great spell on the spectators while it confused the rivals.