When Yashpal Sharma and Chetan Chauhan saved 3 Sikh players including Navjot Sidhu and Yograj Singh during the 1984 riots
3 years, 6 months ago

When Yashpal Sharma and Chetan Chauhan saved 3 Sikh players including Navjot Sidhu and Yograj Singh during the 1984 riots

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Cricketer Yashpal Sharma, who was part of the team that won the first World Cup for India in 1983 and was known as ‘Mr Consistent’ passed away following a cardiac arrest on 13 July. The players had to take a train journey right amidst the riots when Sharma asked Navjot Sidhu, Yograj Singh and Rajinder Ghai to hide in his compartment. In a video that went viral, Yograj Singh was heard saying “Yeh woh log hai jinhone hamare saath gaddari ki hai, yeh woh kaum hai jinhone hazaron saal gulami ki 5000, 7000 saal” roughly translated as. Yograj Singh humiliated Hindu women by saying “Inki aurate take-take ke bhaw bikti thi”. On 19th November 1984, while giving a speech in front of thousands of people, then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said, “Jab bhi koi bada ped girta hai, to dharti thodi hilti hai.

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