World Cup winning team members’ kin seek recognition from govt
Finally, the state government also held an event in Chandigarh today to felicitate the players of the Indian hockey team that won the World Cup in 1975 and brought back gold home. Family members of two players who belonged to Jalandhar were also honoured today by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Satta Satpal, brother of Olympian Mohinder Munshi, said his brother must be honoured by conferring on him the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award. “We raised the same issue today with the CM as well,” he said. Mohinder Munshi died at the young age of 24.
Hockey Olympian Mohinder Singh Munshi from Nangal Ambian village here was an extraordinary player. His brother, admirers and other hockey stalwarts are making sure his legacy is kept alive.
Satpal Singh, Munshi’s younger brother, along with hockey doyens — Olympian and Dhyan Chand Award recipient Davinder Singh Garcha and international player Daljit Singh — have been organising Olympian Mohinder Singh Munshi Hockey Tournament every year in December for the past 24 years.
Family members of Olympian Varinder Singh also attended the event and they demanded that the government school at Dhanowali be named after Varinder Singh who died three years ago. Varinder Singh was considered among the best players in the right half position. He is not only remembered as a hockey legend, but also as a great human being who had a positive approach towards life.
“He was always away from negativity. He would teach us to keep a positive mindset even if the circumstances were not favourable,” Harpreet Singh, the younger son, told The Tribune.
