Women started playing netball in India as early as 1926.
The
Sports Authority of India and the Government of India have provided much funding with the goal of improving the performance of the country's youth national team.
The
Netball Federation of India
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was established in 1978 by Jagat Singh Chouhan from
Haryana
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, an alumnus of
YMCA College of Physical Education
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of
Madras
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, and that year he organised the first national championships in
Jind
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with great contribution of Shashi Prabha. Chouhan was founder/father of
handball, netball and
throwball in India. His efforts in Germany during the
1972 Munich Olympics
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helped in making these a legacy in India.
The
national team competed in the fifth
Asian Netball Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2001.
Team captains included
Prachi Tehlan, who captained the side that competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in
Delhi
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.
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Some of the important netball competitions held in India include:
* The ]2010 Commonwealth Games
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[
Some of the top performances for the India national netball team include:
* 2010 Nations Cup: Sixth place]2011 South Asian Beach Games
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: Silver medal
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External links
Olympic Council of AsiaNetball Federation of India
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