9/25/2023 0 Comments London olympic 1948![]() No Games were held in 19 because of World War II. ![]() BBC described Indian hockey team’s 1948 London Olympics gold as one of the most politically significant episodes in the history of the Games.Ī British colony till a year ago, India defeated Britain on their home turf and saw the tricolour of the newly independent nation being hoisted, in a country which ruled them for two centuries.īy 1947, India were already a hockey powerhouse having been Olympic champions thrice in 1928, 19 when the team comprised mostly Army men and Anglo-Indians, playing as a British colony.
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