Shankar Lakshman
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Shankar Lakshman (1933 – April 29, 2006) was an India
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player. He was goalkeeper of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was the first goalkeeper to become captain of an international hockey team and was awarded the Arjuna award
and the Padmasri by the Indian government.He was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. He belonged to Mhow and lived his retired life there until is death in 2006.
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...
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Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player. He was goalkeeper of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was the first goalkeeper to become captain of an international hockey team and was awarded the 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....
and the Padmasri by the Indian government.He was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. He belonged to Mhow and lived his retired life there until is death in 2006.