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The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a Chennai

Chennai

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 stadium and seats 40,000. It hosts football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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, and athletic competitions. The complex also houses a multi purpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 of 8000 which hosts volleyball

Volleyball

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, basket ball, table tennis

Table tennis

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 etc. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...

, India

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's first Prime Minister

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. The stadium hosted nine Test Match

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es between 1956 and 1965.

The stadium is located at Sydenhams Road, Park Town behind the Chennai Central suburban Railway station and Rippon Building.

Indoor Stadium

Next to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ,an Indoor Stadium also called as Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium is situated .The indoor stadium has a seating capacity of 8000 which hosts volleyball, basket ball, table tennis & other indoor games etc. Here large feasts of cinema, entertainment shows, TV shows, new cinema Audio songs release are conducted frequently.

There are numerous other stadiums in India named Nehru stadium after Jawaharlal Nehru.