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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aslam Sher Khan
| birth_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Bhopal State (1949-56)|Bhopal State]], [[India]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|07|15}}
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1984
| term_end = 1989
| constituency = [[Betul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Betul]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br>[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(1997 to 1999)}}
| spouse = Married since 1981 
| children = 2
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Hockey World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Kuala Lumpur]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]]|Team}}
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'''Aslam Sher Khan''' (born 15 July 1953) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[field hockey|hockey]] player and a former member of the Indian team. In the 1975 World Cup held at [[Kuala Lumpur]], Aslam Sher Khan helped the Indian Hockey Team to win the gold medal. He was also a member of the Indian team who participated in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/aslam-sher-khan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/aslam-sher-khan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Aslam Sher Khan Olympic Results |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref>

Khan has also been a Congress Member of Parliament and a Union Minister as well. In December 1997, Aslam Sher Khan joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) but resigned from the party on 27 January 1999. He authored an autobiography, '''''To Hell with Hockey'''''.

==Early life==

Aslam Sher Khan was born on 15 July 1953 to father Late Ahmed Sher Khan and mother Ahmedi in [[Bhopal]], [[India]]. His father [[Ahmed Sher Khan]] was part of the gold-winning Indian hockey team in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]. As he said in his autobiography about his grandfather's saying, "Your father had a streak of madness in him, Like you, he had a great obsession for hockey. He made your mother promise that if they had a son, she would bring him up to be a hockey player." Ahmed Sher Khan was the Hockey coach of Aslam's school but never selected Aslam to play for the school team. When he asked his father about that, he would reply, "you still have a lot to learn."

==Career==

Aslam Sher Khan In 1966, was called up for the All India schools hockey camp at Bhopal. But his father fell ill at that time. He did not want to join the camp but his father motivated him by saying "The more you play, and the better you play, the more I'll know you love me." That reverberated like an order to him and he went to join the camp.

He was selected in the All-India schools hockey team as a forward under the famous hockey player [[Roop Singh]], who had played with his father in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]]. Hearing the news of the son's selection, his father started crying. Ahmed Sher passed away when his son was only 13. Aslam Sher Khan's ambition was to represent his country in hockey in the Olympics like his father. Aslam Sher Khan played hockey as a full back.

After the [[Field hockey in India|Indian Hockey Federation]] was suspended in April 2008, Khan was selected to head a new committee created by the [[Indian Olympic Association]] to organize hockey in [[India]]. This panel works in conjunction with the [[International Field Hockey Federation]].<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDzU3VRFYZc_-9Kyof9Mt6XFD2oA]{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref> The panel also includes [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]], [[Ajit Pal Singh]], [[Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)|Zafar Iqbal]], and [[Dhanraj Pillay]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Well-make-a-iChak-De-i-type-team/303138/ |title=We'll make a Chak De type team: Aslam |publisher=Express India |date=2008-04-29 |accessdate=2011-11-28 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309151417/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Well-make-a-iChak-De-i-type-team/303138/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://sports.in.msn.com/stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1363565] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811101401/http://sports.in.msn.com/stories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1363565|date=11 August 2009}}</ref>

== Political career ==

He entered politics and was elected to the [[8th Lok Sabha]] in 1984 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Betul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Betul constituency]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He contested from [[Betul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Betul]] constituency again in 1989, but he lost. He was re-elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] from the same constituency in 1991 but again lost in 1996.

In 1999, he contested from [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency]] as a [[Nationalist Congress Party]] candidate but lost again. In 2009, he contested from [[Sagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sagar Lok Sabha constituency]] as a Congress candidate<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?658109 |title=Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan in Fray for Polls |newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=13 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715024711/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?658109 |archivedate=15 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> but could not win.

== Personal life ==

Aslam Sher Khan obtained a bachelor's degree in science from ia College, Bhopal. In October 1981, Aslam married and together with his wife, they have two sons, the younger is a New York Attorney.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official|http://www.aslamsherkhan.com/}}
* {{Facebook|378147285604960}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Aslam Sher Khan}}
* {{Olympics.com|aslam-khan|Aslam Khan}}
* "[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Well-make-a-iChak-De-i-type-team/303138/ We’ll make a Chak De type team: Aslam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309151417/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Well-make-a-iChak-De-i-type-team/303138/ |date=9 March 2012 }}" - ''[[Express India]]''.

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