Traditional games of India

For Traditional games of the Indian subcontinent, see Traditional games of South Asia.
A kho-kho defensive player (centre) runs from one half of the court to the other to avoid being touched by an opponent.
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India has several traditional games and sports,[1] some of which have been played for thousands of years.[2][3][4] Their popularity has greatly declined in the modern era, with Western sports having overtaken them during the British Raj,[5] and the Indian government now making some efforts to revive them.[6][7] Many of these games do not require much equipment or playing space.[8] Some of them are only played in certain regions of India, or may be known by different names and played under different rules and regulations in different regions of the country.[9][10] Many Indian games are also similar to other traditional South Asian games.

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  2. ^ "India has a sports history going back a thousand years". businessindia.co. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  3. ^ Kabaddi: How to play India’s 4000-year-old indigenous sport Olympics.com
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  6. ^ Venugopal, Vasudha (2017-05-19). "Modi government to promote traditional sports". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  7. ^ "Will take traditional sports international, says sports minister Anurag Thakur". The Economic Times. 2022-12-09. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  8. ^ Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. 1960.
  9. ^ Satyam, Amitabh; Goswami, Sangeeta (2022-04-18). The Games India Plays: Indian Sports Simplified. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-5435-256-0.
  10. ^ "'Gilli danda' among 75 'Bharatiya sports' set to be introduced in schools". Hindustan Times. 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-11-04.