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My Favourite Game - Kho Kho
Of all the games that I play with my friends, I like Kho Kho the most. Kho Kho is one of the oldest traditional games in India. Each team has 12 players of which nine players sit in a row on their knees and three players run around avoiding being touched by players of the other team. It is also called a tag game.
Kho Kho is a modified version of a 'run and chase' game. It has originated in Maharashtra and people say that it existed during the times of kings and queens too. The formal rules and regulations of the game were supposed to have been formulated by the Deccan Gymkhana club of Pune, Maharashtra. In 1982, men and women Kho Kho teams were sent for Asian Games organised in New Delhi. Today we have Asian Kho Kho Federation which was established in 1999 and the countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives are member in the federation.
I love playing the game in school during the sports hour because we play with teams from other classes and it is fun to be involved in a team.
The present appearance of the game was an adoption about the time of World War I in 1914. But at that time, there were neither any dimensions of the playground nor the poles which demarcate the central line. The time factor was also missing.
The Deccan Gymkhana club of Pune, Maharashtra so named and baptized by the great Indian leader Lokmanya Tilak & Bhai Narorkar drafted the first-ever rules and regulations which symbolized the metamorphosis of the game soon to follow. This initial stage marked the limitation of the playground and yet sadly lacked the poles demarking the central line in the field. Instead, less experienced players were posted squatting at the ends of the latter and chasers ran around them to return to the midfield.
But, even then the game caught the imagination of the experts in the field. The experts took no time to realize that the game demands the highest degree of quick and brisk movements, very high grade of nerve reflexes and tremendous stamina which are characteristic of a supreme athlete. The game requires all motor qualities alike speed, endurance, flexibility, agility, strength and neuromuscular coordination. As per merit, it is appreciated by press, media and spectators.
The game with its fast pace, so fascinated the spectators that the Governor of Bombay Presidency H.E. Lord Willingdon also admired the merits and potentials of the game. The years 1923-24 saw the foundation of the Inter School Sports Organization, and Kho Kho was introduced to develop at the grassroots and consequently popularize the sport. The move certainly showed the results and the game of Kho Kho mainly owes it to the efforts taken by the Deccan Gymkhana and Hind Vijay Gymkhana.
In the year 1938, Kho Kho moved one step forward when Akhil Maharashtra Sharirik Shikshan Mandal organized zonal sports at Akola which attracted tremendous response from the budding enthusiasts as well as organizers. The players were restricted to 9 players per team and sport was played without the poles. At the beginning of the match, players used to take 3 rounds of the court from post to post and then started the match. This needed yet another few reforms which were adopted in 1943 as well as 1945.
In 1949, the game was exhibited in Sweden and Denmark but it didn’t leave any effect on the spectators (foreigner). After coming back in 1949, the poles were featured in the game. Also, the 3 rounds at the beginning of the game were reduced to one round from pole to pole. In 1951, even the one round was eliminated. In the year 1955, Akhil Bharatiya Kho Kho Mandal was established and the first ever All India Kho Kho Championship was organized at Vijay Wada, Andhra Pradesh in 1959-60 under the auspices of Kho Kho Federation of India. The years 1960-61 featured Women’s Championship for the first time in Kohlapur, Maharashtra.
Individual prizes were introduced in the year 1963. The first Man of the Tournament "Ekalavya Award" was won by Vishwanath Mayekar. The Woman of the Tournament "Rani Laxmibai Award" was claimed by Usha Anantham of Mysore.
The years 1969-70 featured the Junior age group competitions at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Youth under 18 Years and Boys under 16 Years of age were two new categories introduced where the best youth player of the tournament was honoured by "Abhimanyu Award". Junior Girls under 16 Years tournament was held in 1974 at Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, where two more categories Sub-Junior Boys under 14 Years and Girls under 12 Years also commenced. The best Sub-Juniors Boy & Girls was awarded "Bharat Award" and "Veer Bala Award" respectively. In 1970, Arjuna Award was awarded to Shri Sudhir Parab from Gujarat. In 1977, a diploma course in Kho Kho & Kabaddi was introduced in National Institute of Sports, Bangalore.
In the year 1982, Kho Kho Federation of India organized Men’s and Women’s Yearly Championship as Federation Cup. Kho Kho was featured in the Asian Games, 1982 for the first time in New Delhi. It was appreciated by Asian countries. After looking at its grand success Sports Authority of India and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India deputed their coaches all over the country to develop the sport of Kho Kho scientifically at grass root level.