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Hockey is the National Game of India. Hockey has been played in India for time immemorial. There was a golden period of Indian hockey when hockey stalwarts of India ruled the game. On the international scenario there were no competitors to match the magical hands of Indian hockey players. The might and power of Indian hockey made India synonymous with the game. Unmatched excellence and incomparable talent of Indian players became folklore. The ball-juggling feats of players like Major Dhyanchand made people to think that Indian players used some kind of black magic. The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 successive gold medals in the Olympic Games.

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Yes, 'Field Hockey' is the national game of India. India won his first gold medal of hockey in the 1928 olympic. From 1928 to 1960; straight 32 years, India was the Olympic gold medalist in hockey, having 8 gold medals. In 1960 Pakistan won the gold and India bagged silver medal. Again in 1964 and 1980 India won the gold. Late Major Dhyanchand is still remembered as 'Hockey Wizard' in the hockey-world.

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I do not know whether its primary or not , but hockey has been assigned our national games but get very less importance to India . This business making country(India) feels its a waste of money to fund a game like hockey whereas it would be honour to host a game like cricket , where lot of money could be made especially by our corrupt politician . Thoughts need to be changed , first to our country brother then to our bureaucrats then only we could feel proud of our national game "HOCKEY".

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It seems that it is because Hockey experienced its greatest level of success in British colonial India, where Calcutta HC was founded as the first professional field hockey club outside of England in 1885. Still some people argue that hockey is not a national game in India, I am not certain about it because I am not from India

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Yes, hockey is the national game of India. They have a national team for both men and women.

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i think the status of hockey in india is a little by little decreasing

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