Bishen Singh Bedi became the first captain in November 1978 to concede a One Day International cricket match against Pakistan at Sahiwal. India, with eight wickets in hand, required only 23 runs from 14 balls to win the match. Sarfraz Nawaz bowled four consecutive bouncers and not one was called wide by the Pakistani umpires. …
Once Gandhiji asked, ‘What is hockey?’
In 1932 Los Angeles Olympics there were three teams, India, Japan and the USA, in men’s hockey. India won the gold by defeating Japan and USA respectively by 11–1 and 24–1. When it came to raising funds for sending the team to Los Angeles, a journalist representing the Indian Hockey Federation approached Mahatma Gandhi to …
The turning point in the World Cup final 1983
It was a vicious off-cutter from Balwinder Singh Sandhu. Gordon Greenidge shouldered arms, and the ball turned and knocked off the stump. It marked the beginning of a disaster for West Indies and a significant point for India’s victory in the World Cup final, 1983.
25 June smacked twice by the Indian cricketers to create history
Indians created history by lifting the World Cup after defeating the mighty West Indies on 25 June, 1983. But India made yet another history on another 25 June. It was in 1932 when it played its first ever test match against England.
The mystery whirling the invention of wheels
The introduction of wheel is a landmark in the process of human civilization. The wheel came into use simultaneously in Mesopotamia, Central Europe and India, and so which culture actually invented it remains a mystery. The wheeled vehicles have been discovered dating back to the 4th century BC.
A Governor General of India received Burke’s impeachment
Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman in the British Parliament. He is known for the impeachment of Warren Hastings, the Governor General of India during his time. In his famous speech of May 5, 1788 he said, ‘The first step to empire is revolution, by which power is conferred; the next is good laws, good …