Kishan Lal
Indian field hockey player (1917–1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kishan Lal (2 February 1917 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics to gold, winning independent India's first gold medal by defeating Great Britain 4-0 in the final.
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(1917-02-02)2 February 1917 Mhow, Central India Agency, British India | ||||||||||||||||
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23 June 1980(1980-06-23) (aged 63) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||
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Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||||
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