paragraph on our national game in 200 words
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Hockey Essay 3 (200 words)
Introduction
Hockey is a national game of India in spite of ever-growing popularity of other games and sports in India (like cricket, badminton, etc). It is not officially recognized however chosen as national game. The golden period of hockey in India was from 1928 to 1956 when its brilliant players had won the six consecutive Olympic gold medals for it. Later, the future of hockey got in darkness after the death of a hockey star and hero named Dhyan Chand. At that time many hockey-playing Anglo Indians were migrated to the Australia. However, recently it is seen a little growth in the interest of Indian players towards hockey. Dhanraj Pillay was another hero of Indian field hockey who has been a former captain of Indian hockey team. Currently he is appointed as the manager of Indian hockey team. He had won an Arjuna Award for Hockey.
Why Hockey is National Game of India
Hockey has been chosen as the National Game because of the golden period of hockey in India (from 1928 to 1956). At that time, the Indian hockey players were doing really excellent job of them, so their regular win and outstanding talent was the reason to choose this game as a national game of the country. During that golden time, India had actively participated and played 24 Olympic matches. And the most surprising thing was that it had won all the matches scoring 178 goals and conceding only 7 goals. It had won gold medals in Tokyo Olympics (1964) and Moscow Olympics (1980).
Conclusion
Hockey is a nice game and mostly liked by the students. In order to bring another golden period for the hockey, it should be promoted in the schools and colleges among students to actively participate. Talented children should be properly trained to play hockey right from the school level. There should be the arrangement of necessary funds and other facilities for students by the government in order to preserve the Indian glory.