The National Sports Day is observed every year across India on 29 August to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand . To commemorate his birth anniversary, in 2012, the Government of India designated 29 August as the country’s ‘National Sports Day’. But,  not many people in India even know that there is a National Sports Day! 


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