Ideal Singh

Inder Singh : "Pele' of Punjab.... The celebrated king of soccer, striker Inder Singh will go down in the annals of Indian football as a legend. He has been rightly described as "Pele' of Punjab.He is one Sikh footballer who has brought immense glory to the state. Speed and skill were the chief weapons of his game. He pounced upon the ball like a panther and when he went on an attacking spree he put any defence out of gear. He trapped the ball with remarkable skill and scored from acute angles. It was with this nerve that in the 1974 National Foorball Championship. He earned the distinction of leading the Indian football team thrice. In 1969 he became the first Punjab player to play in the Asian All-Star team. He was presented the Arjuna Award in 1969. Inder Singh studied at Government High School, Phagwara. He attended his first Punjab school soccer camp in 1959 where the camp-in-charge was Joginder Singh. He was quick to learn. Form 1959 to 1961 he represented Punjab in the All India school Games. In 1960 and 1961 he was declared the best player and highest scorer in the School Games. In 1962 he joined Leaders Club (Jalandhar). The same year here presented Punjab in the Santosh Trophy at Bangalore. In 1963 he was selected in the Indian team which played in the pre- Olympic meet in Iran and at Calcutta. The same year he played in the Asia Cup at Tel Aviv where in the final Israll defeated India 2-0. Then he played in Merdeka soccer at Kuala Lumpur where India finished second. In 1966 Inder Singh toured Burma and played in theAsian Games at Bangkok. In 1969 he was named skipper of the Indian team to play in Merdeka soccer. Next year's Merdeka turned unlucky for him as he badly injured his knee. Inder Singh was recalled to the coaching camp in 1971-72 but could not attend it because he was not fully fit. In 1973 he again led India in Merdeka.In 1975 he captained India in the Hakim Gold Cup tournament in Indonesia. Playing against South Korea, He broke his right arm. Since 1975 he has not played for India. From 1962 to 77 he continuously represented Punjab. In 1972 he left Leaders Club and joined Jagatjit Cotton Textile Mills (Phagwara). Inder Singh who was born in 1943 has been with the J.C.T. Mills (Phagwara).

Hey sis, you are pretty close... It is one of them !!!

Hello everybody!! You know what ???????? New season of Socccer/Football is also starting shortly... and you know what !!!!!!!!!! I also happen to be a die-hard fan of SOCCER :twisted: so this thread will listen to all of your Socccer yearnings... Come to the party pals !!!!!

Ajit Pal Singh in Hockey Ajit Pal Singh was rightly acclaimed as "one of the best centre halfs in the worlds" during his time. He led India to a sensational victory in the third world Cup Hockey Tournament at Kaula Lumpur in 1975. But next year with practically the same team he saw India crashing to the seventh place in the Montreal Olympics Games. Born on April 1, 1947, Ajit pal Singh learnt the alphabet of hockey in his native Sansarpur village, the bastion of hockey during that time. A number of players from this village had already represented India in the Olympics and a number of international tournaments. He first played in an international hockey tournament at Bombay in 1960. Later he represented India in Japan in 1966. Having finished his studies at the school, Ajit Pal Singh joined Layalpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, which had honour of a number of star hockey players. Ajit Pal Singh got the first real break when, as student of B.A. Part-I, he was selected in the Indian team to play in the Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament at permanently on the rolls of Indian hockey team. Next year Ajit Pal Singh gave a dazzling show of stickwork in the Mexico Olympic Games. He showed what a fine sense of distribution he had and how he helped make the half-line function smoothly. Ajit pal Singh showed such dexterity and skill at his position that he was included in the World Hockey teams of 1971,72 and 73. He next represented India in the 1974 Asian Games at Teheran. Consequently he was included in the Asian All-Star Hockey XI the same year. But he reached the pinnacle of glory in 1975 when he led India to the third World Cup victory in Kuala Lumpur in the most trying circumstances. The Punjab Government had borne all expenses prior to the participation by organising a camp for the team in Punjab. The whole country was in great jubilation. For the first time hockey seemed to get priority over cricket in the country. Ajit Pal next toured New Zeeland. But in 1976 in the Montreal Olympics Games India suffered the most humiliating defeat under Ajit Pal Singh when they finished seventh. No one seemed ready for an answer what went wrong for, India had fielded practically the same team which had won the third World Cup title. Fed up with the Indian show at Montreal and in view of the mounting criticism in the country, Ajit Pal Singh retired from the international hockey scene. However, he continued playing for the BSF where he was employed as Assistant Commandant. He was also not happy the way the Indian Hockey Federation managed its affairs treating the players shabbily off and on the field. Four years later Ajit Pal Singh came out of retirement to play in the Champions Trophy Tournament at Karachi in 1980. That untimely became his last international appearance for India. Ajit Pal Singh was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1972. Ajit Pal Singh shared one common trait with the late Surjit Singh. He always challenged the highhandedness of IHF bosses who showed scant respect for the boys who toiled in the field for the country's honour. He was very vocal in criticising the IHF working. But as a player, Ajit Pal Singh was very shrewd, a great schemer and played hockey in his mind. At present, he owns a Centre-Half filling station in Delhi.

I am not a bechara, understood!!! you better understand... :twisted:

Magarmach Singh you forgot on something important information. When scratching a Butt of a NRI origin, Please have a hand full of napkins !!!

Thanx K4ur G

Now thatz a Positive Attitude !!! And what about Pakistani bats... !!!

Yeah I have read Kala Afgana too (Maas Maas kar Moorakh Jhagdae... a must read)... He is simply cool without being biased. He speaks the laguage of Truth and thatz why he is a Tankhaiyaas in Sikh Religion. God bless such Takhaiyaas. :shock:

Do we have to do it... or just because everybody does it...

Hey no points for guessing ? Not phase 71 but pretty close !!! Another guess plz...

"Rupy" if you could provide certificates about your xploits you could as well get a entry into the Hall of Fame :wink: LOLz

AND... who says that bats are made in Pakistan ? These are made in Saadae Punjab at Jalandhar!!! I think you should stick with ping pong... BTW where are these ping pong balls get manufactured ? Or to look more critically at your statement whatz the problem if the bats are made in Pakistan...? Do such bats belong to lower caste... :shock: ?

OMG I did not know that my statement do hit the spot !!! :twisted: Magarmach Singh... You got to have the calibre to play for any country may that be even Bangladesh !!! If you ain't got calibre you would do better stick with Ping Pong !!! LOLz !!!

Let us stick to the Topic otherwise Truthsingh ji is gonna do the justice Steel that was a great addition... Fauja Singh ji is in our Hall of Fame... So is Ajit Pal Singh... I will tell about him shortly... Regards

Fauja Singh, The Marathon Runner, Age 92... As 68,000 athletes prepare for next week's London Marathon, many will be spurred on by the question: 'Can I beat my personal best?' Fauja Singh, though, is asking himself a more ambitious question: 'Can I set another world record?' You wouldn't take him for a world-beater, watching him shuffle through the streets of Ilford, east London, for his daily training. Nor would you suspect that he recently celebrated his 92nd birthday. Fauja ran his first London marathon in 2000, aged 89. It took 6hr 54min 42sec, which, for a man who hadn't run for 53 years, wasn't bad. When he ran a near-identical 6hr 54min 55sec in 2001, he found he had knocked almost an hour off the world record for the over-90s. Last year he trimmed this to 6hr 45 min 31 sec. Next Sunday - the Sikh New Year - he's aiming for 6hr 40 min. 'I feel strong,' says Fauja with a toothy grin. 'But I've just had to go to India for two weeks, for a family party, so I've missed some training. And my diet has been disrupted, because everyone feels they have to give me some special food, as a mark of respect. I have so many relatives. It's very stressful.' Last year, 407 runners took longer than Fauja to complete the London Marathon. Many were in their 30s. When Fauja was that young, he was running cross-country races in his native India. 'I was good. I didn't run for pleasure: I ran to win.' Then came Partition in 1947, and new priorities. He hung up his running shoes at 36. A lifetime later - with four children, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren scattered across three continents - he found himself in Ilford, newly widowed and looking for a purpose. He began to punctuate his daily walks with bursts of jogging. His legs soon regained their lost strength. Then Fauja saw a television programme about the marathon - he knew what he had to do. His family took it well. Neighbours introduced him to Harmander Singh, a local community worker and marathon enthusiast who became his trainer, and put him in touch with Bliss, the charity for premature births, for whom Fauja has raised thousands of pounds. 'I want to help those who are least able to help themselves,' says Fauja. 'I like the idea of the oldest running for the youngest.' His training today involves several miles of road running, followed by a warm bath, a ginger curry and some relaxing meditation. It seems to do him good. Will he be disappointed if he doesn't set a new record? 'Oh yes,' he laughs. 'But I'm going to give it my best try.'

I mean most of them !!!!

Oh come on Magarmach Singh ! We should sometimes think positive too... thinking negative about a thing would only generate negaive thoughts... Think Positive...

Its good naa... in that moment of joy they forget all their worldly worries and rejoice irrespective of their caste and creed. Cricket is a blessing in disguise for a country like India where there are so many Religions and people forget about that when Indian Team is playing (good :roll: )Cricket. Oh Man! I just love this game... :wink:

Thats was a neat explanation !!! Thanx

By Bhoog I mean the act of presenting a plate of all the eatables being the served in lunger to SGGS. :roll:

Same Old Fear Theropy :?

Are miracles only meant for wrong purposes only? why our Gurus were so severly againt miracles ?

What about Bhog Lagaana ??

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