Question

Winning captain of Indian Hockey Team 1948 Olympics was:
1. Dhayan Chand
2. Kishan Lal
3. Baljit Singh
4. Kamal Uday

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Kishan Lal

The Indian hockey team had a very golden time from Amsterdam Olympic 1928 to Melbourne Olympics 1956.

• During this period Indian team won 6 consecutive gold medals. 
• The first captain of the India hockey team at the Olympic event was Jaipal Singh Munda.
• On August 12, 1948, the Indian team landed its fourth-consecutive Olympic gold medal.
• It was the first under the Indian tri-color as opposed to the Union flag unfurled in the previous editions.
• Beating Great Britain - the colonial rulers - in front of mainly English fans in the capital city was the icing on the cake for a rampaging Indian team that won by four goals to nothing in the final at the iconic Wembley.

• The winning captain of the Indian Hockey Team 1948 Olympics was Kishan Lal.
  • Kishan Lal was an Indian field hockey player.
  • He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Great Britain in the final, 4-0.

•  Dhayan Chand earned three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932, and 1936. For his contribution towards Indian hockey, Dhyan Chand was also known as The Wizard or The Magician of hockey.