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| Born | 3 February 1931 Mairi Village, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 January 2022 (aged 90) Una, Himachal Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charanjit Singh (3 February 1931[a] – 27 January 2022) was an Indian field hockey player who was the captain of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Singh was a recipient of the Indian government's Arjuna Award in 1963 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor, in 1964.
- ^ "Hockey legend Charanjit Singh dies aged 92". Hindustan Times. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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