India’s History With the Asian Games
By Hazel Gandhi The Asian Games is one of the largest multisport competitions in the world, only second after the Olympics. The first edition in 1951 was hosted by India in New Delhi, marking a new dawn of sports and recreation for the Asian continent following the end of the Second World War. The combined efforts of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Guru Dutt Sondhi, the first secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Anthony de Mello, and Patiala's Maharaja Yadavindra Singh led to the formation of ...