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Sports in India

Quick points to Remember

• Sports play an important role in one's overall development
• Hold importance from ancient times
• Sports Authority of India, main governing body.
• 2196.36 crore fund allocated in the union budget for 2018-2019.
• Still a lack of proper infrastructure and tools.

Introduction
Sports in India has been important from the ancient times. It was considered
necessary for men to be proficient in sports like hunting, shooting, swimming, horse-
riding etc in the earlier times.
The popularity of sports has been intact ever since. Sports play an important role in
overall development as they teach us team spirit, cooperation, patience, and
acceptance.
Key points

• Sports Authority of India is the main governing body for the promotion of
sports in India.
• Sports like snooker, chess, cards etc have originated in India. Even the oldest
forms of martial arts, judo, karate find their roots in India.
• In rural areas, sports like kabaddi, kho-kho etc are popular. Kabaddi is now
actively promoted on television to make it popular among the urban areas as
well. Pro-kabaddi leagues are telecasted regularly.
• The national game of India is hockey and the most popular sports in India is
cricket.
• India has hosted sports events like Asian Games, Cricket world cups, Hockey
world cup and Commonwealth Games.

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