Charanjit Singh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Charanjit Singh

field hockey player

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Una district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Profession: field hockey player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Charanjit Singh

  • Charanjit Singh (born 3 February 1931 in Mairi, Himachal Pradesh ( Then Punjab) ) is a former field hockey player from India.
  • He captained the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan.He is an alumnus of Col.
  • Brown Cambridge School, Dehra Dun and Punjab University.
  • He retired as Director Department of Physical Education in Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
  • He currently stays in Una, Himachal Pradesh.
  • His brother, Baldev Singh Dogra, another hockey player and an Air Force retiree resides in Delhi??.Charanjit Singh won a silver medal in the 1962 Asian Games.
  • In the sixth minute of the final, his nose was fractured by a penalty corner from Manzoor Hussain Atif and he had to be moved to the hospital.

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