Khushi Ram is a former basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player from India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 who represented India at many international competitions. He was awarded Arjuna award

Arjuna award

The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

 in 1967. He was born in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 state in 1936.Khushi ram has a reputation of being amongst the best players of Asia .He was the first captain of Indian Basketball team . After retiring in 1976 , he took over as coach of shri ram rayons team in Kota . He is now associated with Rajasthan State Sports Council

Rajasthan State Sports Council

Rajasthan State Sports Council is the apex body in Rajasthan at the State level to look after the development of sports activities and providing coaching to the players of the state.It was set up in 1957 by the Government of Rajasthan....

.He is still associated with the game

His 2 sons Ram Kumar and Ashok Kumar have also played for India.His son Ram Kumar is also awarded by Dhyanchand Award in 2003.