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	\| ~~49th HFI Senior Women’s National~~ Handball Championship \|\| ~~[[Bareilly]], Uttar Pradesh~~ \|\| 17 – ~~21 March~~ 2021		\| [[2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship]] \|\| {{KOR}} \|\| 15 – 25 September 2021
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	\| ~~43rd HFI Junior (U-21) Boy’s National Handball Championship~~ \|\| [[~~Pitam Pura~~]]~~, NCT of Delhi~~ \|\| 23 – ~~27 March~~ 2021		\| [[2021 Asian Youth Games]] \|\| [[Shantou]] {{CHN}} \|\| 20 – 28 November 2021
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	\| ~~49th HFI Senior Men’s National Handball Championship~~ \|\| [[~~Indore~~]]~~, Madhya Pradesh~~ \|\| 30 ~~March – 3 April~~ 2021		\| [[2021 Khelo India Youth Games]] \|\| [[Panchkula]] {{IND}} \|\| 21 – 30 November 2021
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	~~\| 43rd HFI Junior (U-21) Girl’s National Handball Championship \|\| [[Telangana]] \|\| 30 March – 3 April 2021~~		\| [[2020 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship]] \|\| [[Almaty]] {{KAZ}} \|\| ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''
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	\| [[2020 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship]] \|\| [[Almaty]] {{KAZ}} \|\| ~~7 – 15 June 2021~~
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	~~\| [[2020 Asian Men~~'~~s Club League Handball Championship]] \|\| [[Jeddah]] {{KSA}} \|\| 20 – 31 May 2021~~
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	\| [[2021-22 Indian Premier Handball League]] \|\| [[Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium]], [[Jaipur]] \|\| ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''		\| [[2021-22 Indian Premier Handball League]] \|\| [[Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium]], [[Jaipur]] \|\| ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''

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{{Short description|administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in the Republic of India}}{{Infobox national sports federations
|assocname=Handball Federation of India, Rohtak <br> {{small|{{lang-hi|भारतीय हैंडबॉल महासंघ, रोहतक}}}}
|abbrev=HFI
|logo= Logo_HFI_01.jpg
|logosize= 100px
|countryflag=India
|iocnation= [[Republic of India]] (IND)
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|continentalassoc= [[Asian Handball Federation]]
|nocyearjoined= 1974
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|otheraff3= South Asian Handball Federation
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|president= Arishnapally Jagan Mohan Rao
| board_type = Life-President
| board1 = Padma Shri Dr. [[Roshan Lal Anand]]
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|secretarygeneral= Pritpal Singh Saluja
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|operatingincome= {{INRConvert|1.32|c|to=USD EUR}}
|sponsors= [[COSCO]] <br> [[Shiv Naresh]]
}}

The '''Handball Federation of India, Rohtak''' (Hindi: हैंडबॉल फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडिया, रोहतक) ('''HFI''') is the administrative and controlling body for [[handball]] and [[beach handball]] in [[Republic of India]]. HFI is registered under the [[Societies Registration Act, 1860]] at [[Rohtak]]. HFI is a member of the [[Asian Handball Federation]] (AHF) and the [[International Handball Federation]] (IHF) since 1974. It is also a member of [[Commonwealth Handball Association]] and [[South Asian Handball Federation]]. [[Handball]] was founded in India by Choudhary [[Jagat Singh Lohan]] a [[Jat]] from [[Rohtak]] ([[Haryana]]) who was an alumnus of [[YMCA College of Physical Education]] of [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]). He was also the first Secretary General of HFI.<ref name=IHF>{{cite web |title=List of Federations:Handball Federation of India |url=http://www.ihf.info/TheIHF/ContinentalFederations/AsianHandballFederationAHF/ListofFederations/HandballFederationofIndia/tabid/4476/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004010722/http://www.ihf.info/TheIHF/ContinentalFederations/AsianHandballFederationAHF/ListofFederations/HandballFederationofIndia/tabid/4476/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2010 |publisher= [[International Handball Federation]] |access-date=Jan 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Member Federations 2009-2012 |url=http://www.asianhandball.org/index.php?option=com_contact&view=categorylist&layout=federation&id=12&Itemid=103&lang=en |publisher= [[Asian Handball Federation]] (AHF)|access-date=Jan 30, 2013}}</ref>

==Formation==
{{Main|Handball in India}}
In [[India]], sport of [[handball]] and HFI was founded by [[Jagat Singh Lohan]] a [[Jat]] from [[Rohtak]] ([[Haryana]]) who was an alumnus of [[YMCA College of Physical Education]] of [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]). He was the also the first Secretary General of HFI. [[Jagat Singh Lohan|Lohan]] was founder/father of [[handball]], [[netball]] and [[throwball]] games in India. His efforts in [[Germany]] during the [[Munich Olympics]] in 1972 helped in establishing HFI. The founding member states were [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Haryana]], [[Vidharbha]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. The '''1st Senior National Handball Championship''' was held at [[Chhotu Ram|Sir Chhotu Ram]] Stadium, [[Rohtak]] ([[Haryana]]) in the year 1972. '''[[Haryana]]''' won the Gold Medal and Vidharba got the silver medal.
In India, [[handball]] is currently played at local level in India but hasn't made it big in domestic level. India has yet to make an impact at international level, world championship and the olympic games.

==HFI Presidents==
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|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! S.No. !! Name !! State !! Tenure
|-
|1. || Mrs. Laxmi Chhabla || || 1972 – 1976
|-
|2. ||[[Air Vice Marshal|AVM]] [[H. L. Kapur|Harkrishan Lal Kapur]], [[PVSM]] [[AVSM]] [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 1976 – 1985
|-
|3. || Padma Shree Dr. [[Roshan Lal Anand]] || [[Punjab]] || 1985 – 1 February 2010
|-
|4. || Dr. Sarwan Singh Channy, IAS || [[Punjab]] || 1 February 2010 – 22 December 2013
|-
|5. || Dr. M. Ramasubramani, IPS || [[Tamil Nadu]] || 22 December 2013 – 1 November 2020
|-
|6. || Arishnapallly Jagan Mohan Rao || [[Telangana]] || 1 November 2020 – ''present''

|}

==HFI Secretary Generals==
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
!S.No. !! Name !! State !! Tenure
|-
|1. || Jagat Singh Lohan || [[Rohtak]] ([[Haryana]]) ||1972 – 1973
|-
|2. || M. L. Khan || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||1973 – 1985
|-
|3. || Dr. Surinder Mohan Bali || [[Jammu]] ([[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]) ||1985 – 22 December 2013
|-
|4. || Dr. Anandeshwar Panday || [[Lucknow]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]]) || 22 December 2013 – 1 November 2020
|-
|5. || Pritpal Singh Saluja || [[Indore]] ([[Madhya Pradesh]]) || 1 November 2020 – ''present''
|}

==HFI Executive Committee==
Following is the HFI Executive Committee for the term 2020 – 2023.

{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana" width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! Designation !! Name !! State
|-
| '''Life-President'''{{refn|group=note|name=EXECOM|Life-President, Chairman and the Executive Director donot have voting right in the Executive Committee or Annual General Body Meeting(s).}} || Padma Shri Dr. [[Roshan Lal Anand]] || Punjab
|-
| '''President''' || Arishnapally Jagan Mohan Rao || Telangana
|-
| '''Chairman'''{{refn|group=note|name=EXECOM}} || Dr. M. Ramasubramani, IPS || Tamil Nadu
|-
|'''Sr. Vice-President (Administration)''' || ''Vacant'' ||
|-
|'''Sr. Vice-President''' || Dr. [[Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu]], [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|MP]] || Jharkhand
|-
| rowspan="5" |'''Vice-President'''|| Amanbir Singh Sidhu || Punjab
|-
| Dr. Dev Kumar Singh || Uttarakhand
|-
| Padma Shri [[Satpal Singh]] || Delhi
|-
| Amal Narayan Patowary || Assam
|-
| Reena Sarin || Meghalaya
|-
|'''Secretary General'''|| Pritpal Singh Saluja || Madhya Pradesh
|-
|'''Sr. Joint Secretary'''|| Brij Kishor Sharma || Bihar
|-
|rowspan=5 |'''Joint Secretary'''|| Sameer Khan || Chhattisgarh
|-
| Randhir Singh || [[Handball Association of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
|-
| Dr. Jugminder Sheokand || Haryana
|-
| Nand Kishore Sharma || [[Himachal Pradesh Handball Association|Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
| Veena Shekhar || Arunachal Pradesh
|-
|'''Treasurer'''|| Vinay Kumar Singh || Gujarat
|-
|rowspan=5 |'''Executive Member'''|| Sunil Kumar || Chandigarh
|-
| P. Satyanarayan Raju || Andhra Pradesh
|-
| W. Kajal Devi || Manipur
|-
| Ashwani Raina || Jammu & Kashmir
|-
| Saneh Lata || [[Himachal Pradesh Handball Association|Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
| '''Executive Director'''{{refn|group=note|name=EXECOM}} || Dr. Anandeshwar Panday || Uttar Pradesh
|}

==Head Coach of National Teams==
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana" width="60%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
!Category !! Head Coach !! State
|-
|Senior Men || Shivaji Sindhu || [[Sports Authority of India|SAI]] / Delhi
|-
|Senior Women || Mohinder Lal || SAI / Punjab
|-
|Junior Boys || Shivaji Sindhu || SAI / Delhi
|-
|Junior Girls || Atanu Mazumdar || SAI / West Bengal
|-
|Youth Boys || Praveen Singh || SAI / Gujarat
|-
|Youth Girls || Dr. Jugminder Singh || Haryana
|}

==Current title holders==
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|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! Category
! Men's
! Women's
|-
| '''[[Indian Premier Handball League]]'''
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| '''Senior National Handball Championship'''
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] (March 2020)
| [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|RSPB]] (Dec 2019)
|-
| '''Handball at National Games'''
| [[Services Sports Control Board|SSCB]] (Feb 2015)
| [[Haryana]] (Feb 2015)
|-
| '''HFI Federation Cup'''
| [[Services Sports Control Board|SSCB]] (Sep 2019)
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Sep 2019)
|-
| '''HFI Inter-Zonal Handball Championship'''
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| '''Junior (U-19) National Handball Championship'''
| [[Sports Authority of India|SAI]] (Jan 2020)
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] (Feb 2020)
|-
| '''Sub-Junior (U-15) National Handball Championship'''
| [[Delhi]] (Nov 2019)
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] (Oct 2019)
|-
| '''Mini (U-12) National Handball Championship'''
| [[Haryana]] (?)
| [[Haryana]] (Oct 2012)
|-
| '''Senior National Beach Handball Championship'''
| Data unavailable
| Data unavailable
|-
| '''Beach Handball at National Games'''
| [[Chhattisgarh]] (Feb 2015)
| [[Delhi]] (Feb 2015)
|}
* (Month and year of event)
* TBD = To be decided

==Competitions hosted==
HFI had hosted following international championships:
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|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! Championship !! Venue
|-
| [[2019 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship]] || [[Jaipur]]
|-
| [[2017 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship]] || [[Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[Handball at the 2016 South Asian Games|2016 South Asian Games]] || [[Guwahati]]
|-
| [[2015 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship]] || [[New Delhi]]
|-
| [[2004 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship]] || [[Hyderabad]]
|-
| [[Handball at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 Asian Games]] || [[New Delhi]]
|}

==Future Events==
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|- bgcolor="efefef" align="center"
! Event !! Venue !! Dates
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| 49th HFI Senior Women’s National Handball Championship || [[Bareilly]], Uttar Pradesh || 17 – 21 March 2021
|-
| 43rd HFI Junior (U-21) Boy’s National Handball Championship || [[Pitam Pura]], NCT of Delhi || 23 – 27 March 2021
|-
| 49th HFI Senior Men’s National Handball Championship || [[Indore]], Madhya Pradesh || 30 March – 3 April 2021
|-
| 43rd HFI Junior (U-21) Girl’s National Handball Championship || [[Telangana]] || 30 March – 3 April 2021
|-
| [[2020 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship]] || [[Almaty]] {{KAZ}} || 7 – 15 June 2021
|-
| [[2020 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship]] || [[Jeddah]] {{KSA}} || 20 – 31 May 2021
|-
| [[2021-22 Indian Premier Handball League]] || [[Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium]], [[Jaipur]] || ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''
|-
| [[2020 Asian Beach Games]] || [[Sanya]] {{CHN}} || ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''
|-
| [[2020 National Games of India]] || [[Goa]] || ''Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, new dates TBD''
|}

==Affiliated Members==
;State Associations
# Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
# Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
# Assam Handball Association
# Bihar Handball Association
# Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai
# Goa Handball Association, Margao
# Gujarat Handball Association, Ahmedabad
# HAR Handball Welfare Association, Jind
# [[Himachal Pradesh Handball Association]]
# Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur
# Karnataka Handball Association
# Kerala Handball Association
# Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
# [[Handball Association of Maharashtra]]
# Manipur Handball Association
# Meghalaya Handball Association
# Mizoram Handball Association
# Nagaland Handball Association, Dimapur
# Odisha State Handball Association
# Punjab Handball Association
# Rajasthan State Handball Association, Jaipur
# Sikkim Handball Association
# Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai
# Telangana Handball Association
# Tripura Handball Association
# Uttar Pradesh Handball Association, Lucknow
# Uttaranchal Handball Association
# West Bengal State Handball Association

;Union Territory Associations
# Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
# Chandigarh Handball Association
# Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
# Handball Association of Delhi
# Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
# Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
# Lakshadweep Handball Association
# Pondicherry State Amateur Handball Association

;Other Units
# [[Association of Indian Universities|Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi]] (AIU)
# [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF)
# [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF)
# Mumbai Hand Ball Academy (MHBA)
# National Handball Academy, Bhilai (NHA)
# [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railway Sports Promotion Board, New Delhi]] (RSPB)
# [[Services Sports Control Board|Services Sports Control Board, New Delhi]] (SSCB)
# [[Sports Authority of India]] (SAI)

==Sponsors==
* [[Shiv Naresh Sports Private Ltd.|Shiv Naresh]]
* [[Cosco (India) Limited|COSCO]]

==See also==
* [[India men's national handball team]]
* [[India women's national handball team]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Handball in India}}
{{Sports governing bodies in India}}
{{National members of the Asian Handball Federation}}
{{National members of the International Handball Federation}}

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[[Category:Handball in India]]
[[Category:National members of the International Handball Federation]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Lucknow]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in India|Handball]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1972]]

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