CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian hockey player Balbir Singh Kullar passed away Saturday night in his native Sansarpur village in Jalandhar, Punjab at the age of 77. Balbir Singh Kullar represented India during a period often regarded as the nation’s golden age of hockey, and his tenure included an Olympic bronze and Asian Games gold medal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Balbir Singh Senior, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, still stands as one of India’s most revered hockey legends and probably the only player whose name is uttered in the same breath as Dhyan Chand’s in the Indian hockey folklore.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dhyan Chand, (born August 29, 1905, Allahabad, India-died December 3, 1979, Delhi), Indian field hockey player who was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leslie Claudius along with Udham Singh is the only Indian Hockey player to win four medals. Those four medals include three gold and silver. The three gold medals were won in 1948, 1952, and 1956. Claudius captained the Indian squad in the 1960 Olympics where India won the silver medal with Dhyan Chand as the coach.

Detailed explanation-5: -He upped his game in the final, scoring five goals, which still stands as a Guinness World Record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final. Balbir Singh was appointed India’s captain for the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.