Indian hockey great Charanjit Singh no more
2 years, 11 months ago

Indian hockey great Charanjit Singh no more

The Hindu  

Charanjit Singh, who captained the Indian team which won gold in the Olympics of 1964, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh. Charanjit suffered a stroke five years ago and had been paralysed since then. He used to walk with a stick but since the last couple of months, his health deteriorated and this morning he left us,” V. P, Singh, his son, told PTI. “His last rites will be performed today after my sister reaches Una from Delhi,” V. P. Singh said.

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