India At The Asian Games

picture info	India At The Asian Games India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India. India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia. Membership of Olympic Council of Asia India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia. Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia. The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Indian Olympic Association The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at these events. It plays with the name of Team India. It also acts as the Indian Commonwealth Games Association, responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Commonwealth Games. Early history Background and early years: The background behind the creation of the Indian Olympic Association was related to India at the Olympics, India's participation in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics. After the 1920 Games, the committee sending the team to these games met, and, on the advice of Sir Dorab Tata, invited Dr. Noehren (Physical Education Director of YMCA India) to be secretary, along with AS Bhagwat, of the provisional Indian Olympic Committee; Dorab Tata would serve as its president. Subsequently, in 1923–24, a provisional All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	India At The 2014 Asian Games India competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from 19 September to 4 October 2014. After 16 years India won the gold medal in Asian Games men's hockey tournament, and consequently earned a direct berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics hockey tournament. Medal table Medalists Archery Men ;Recurve ;Compound Women ;Recurve ;Compound Athletics Men ;Track & road events ;Field events Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Note: India's Manju Bala (Hammer Throw) was upgraded to silver after gold medalist failed dope test Combined events – Heptathlon Badminton ;Singles ;Doubles ;Team Basketball Men Joginder Singh Narender Kumar Grewal Akilan Pari Prakash Mishra * Pratham Singh Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Amrit Pal Singh * Prasanna Venkatesh * Pal Preet Singh Brar Amjyot Singh Yadwinder Singh Rikin Pethani Qualifying round ;Group B ---- ---- ---- Preliminary round ;Group E ---- ---- Women Akanksha Singh * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. There have been nine nations that have hosted the Asian Games. Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games altogether after Israel managed to win a silver medal (in their last participation) at the 1974 Asian Games in Iran. The most recent games was held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The next games are scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Olympic Council Of Asia The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current Acting President is Raja Randhir Singh, substituting Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah. The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City, Kuwait. History In 1948, during the 1948 Summer Olympics, Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) decided to organize the Asian Games, under the auspices of Asian Games Federation. The following year the Asian Games Federation was organized. Decades later this would be reorganized and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) was established in New Delhi on 16 November 1982. The International Olympic Committee recognized the OCA within the same year. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) together with the Asian Sports Federation (AESF) announced a new campaign for the upcoming 2022 Asian Games. The campaign, ‘Road to Asian Games’ will be officially organized by the AESF and aims to bring the Olympic spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 2017 Asian Winter Games India competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. India competed in two sports (six disciplines). The Indian team consists of 27 athletes (16 men and 11 women). Competitors The following table lists the Indian delegation per sport and gender. Alpine skiing India's alpine skiing team consists of nine athletes (four men and five women). ;Men ;Women Cross-country skiing India's cross-country team consists of five athletes (three men and two women). ;Men Women Figure skating India's figure skating team consisted of three athletes (two male and one female). For the first time, India took part in the ice dancing competition. The ice dancing pair had only practiced for 8 days before competing, which resulted in them finishing well back of the other teams. Short track speed skating India entered a team of six athletes in short track speed skating (5 men and 1 woman). Men Women Snowboarding India's snowboarding team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 2011 Asian Winter Games Alpine skiing ;Men Cross country skiing ;Men ;Women References {{NOCin2011WinterAsiad Nations at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Winter Games 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 2007 Asian Winter Games India participated in the 2007 Asian Winter Games held in Changchun, China from January 28, 2007 to February 4, 2007. References Nations at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Winter Games 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... {{Asian-games-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 2003 Asian Winter Games India participated in the 2003 Asian Winter Games held in Aomori Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ..., from February 1 to February 8. India failed to win any medals in the Games. Nations at the 2003 Asian Winter Games 2003 in Indian sport India at the Asian Winter Games {{India-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 1999 Asian Winter Games India participated in the 1999 Asian Winter Games held in Kangwon, South Korea, from January 30 to February 6. India failed to win any medal in the Games. Nations at the 1999 Asian Winter Games 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ... {{India-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 1996 Asian Winter Games India participated in the 1996 Asian Winter Games held in Harbin, China, from February 4 to February 11. India failed to win any medal in the Games. Nations at the 1996 Asian Winter Games 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... {{India-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	India At The 1990 Asian Winter Games India participated in the 1990 Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, from March 9 to March 14. India failed to win any medal in the Games. 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ... Nations at the 1990 Asian Winter Games {{India-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]