Olympian remembered on 41st death anniversary

Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, Updated At : 05:37 AM Jan 08, 2025 IST

Players observe Surjeet Singh’s death anniversary at Jarkhar.

The 41st death anniversary of hockey Olympian Surjit Singh Randhawa was observed on Monday. Surjit Singh, a member of the Indian hockey team that won the World Cup in 1975, died on January 6, 1984, in a road accident. He was remembered by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports and Charitable Trust at Jarkhar village, near here on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road.

Players and the director of Jarkhar Hockey Academy, Jagroop Singh Jarkhar, paid tributes to the legendary hockey star. They laid flowers on the life-size statue of Surjit, installed in the main stadium of Jarkhar. Jagroop recalled Surjit’s achievements and urged young players to emulate his discipline and skill.

Surjit played for India in the Munich and Montreal Olympics, the World Cup in Amsterdam and Mumbai, and the Asian Games in Tehran in 1974 and Kuala Lumpur in 1978.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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