Lal Shah Bokhari
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Lal Shah Bokhari (Urdu: لال شاہ بخاری; 13 January 1906 – 22 July 1959) was a field hockey player who represented India. He was the captain of the 15-member Indian field hockey team in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
1932 Olympics
In 1932, he was the captain[1] of the India men's national field hockey team, which won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. There were total three teams in the tournament and every team played two matches. He played both the matches from his team.
The Indian team was troubled by groupism (natives vs Anglo-Indians) that surfaced when Lal Shah Bokhari was named captain against the expectations of Broome Eric Pinniger. It appeared that Pinniger would not go with the team in protest. However, later he reconsiled and accompanied the team. The team arrived in Los Angeles to a rousing greeting.[2]
Opts for Pakistan
At the time of partition of India in 1947, he was serving as Hajj Officer to the Government of India and stationed at Delhi. He opted for Pakistan upon the country's independence from Britain and served as a diplomat for Pakistan—his last posting being Pakistan's ambassador to Iraq.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
- ↑ 1932. Bharatiya Hockey.
- ↑ 1932 Olympics Games – India's dominance continues. The Hindu.
External links
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- Lal Bokhari's profile at databaseOlympics.com
- Lal Bokhari's profile at Sports Reference.com
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- 1909 births
- 1959 deaths
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- 20th-century Indian sportsmen
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Ambassadors of Pakistan to Iraq
- Field hockey players from Faisalabad
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics