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| Born |
3 January 1903 Takra Pahantoli, Ranchi, Bengal presidency (now Khunti district, Jharkhand), British India[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
20 March 1970 (aged 67) New Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Wimbledon Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
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| India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jaipal Singh Munda (3 January 1903 – 20 March 1970) was an Indian politician, writer, and sportsman. He was the member of the Constituent Assembly which debated on the new Constitution of the Indian Union. He captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Later, he emerged as a campaigner for the causes of Adivasis and the creation of a separate homeland for them in central India. As a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, he campaigned for the rights of the whole tribal community.
- ^ "Jaipal Singh - Making Britain". www.open.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.