Jaman Lal Sharma, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Padmashri, Olympian, Indian field hockey player
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About Jaman Lal Sharma
- Jaman Lal Sharma (1932–2007) was an Indian field hockey player.
- He was born in Bannu, Pakistan.
- He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.Sharma was born in Bannu, in what is now Pakistan, in 1932. After retiring as a player, Sharma became a coach and was manager of the Indian hockey team at the Asian Games. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.
- Sharma died on 26 August 2007, aged 75, following the complications developed after a fall in his bathroom.
- He had three daughters and a son, Deepak Sharma, who is a Journalist.In Lucknow, a state hockey tournament is being organized every year since 2008 in his memory.
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