Abbreviation | NGI |
---|---|
Motto | "Get Set Play" |
First event | 1924 |
Occur every | Every 2 year, sometimes uneven years |
Last event | 2023 |
Headquarters | Olympic Bhawan, B-29, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi |
Website | olympic.ind.in |
The National Games of India consist of various disciplines in which athletes from the different states of India participate against each other. The country's first few Olympic Games, now renamed as National Games, were held in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Delhi, Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Patiala, Madras (now Chennai), Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bombay (now Mumbai).