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| sport = netball<br />
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| caption = India (blue) playing Jamaica (yellow) in <br>[[netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi.<br />
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Women started playing '''netball in India''' as early as 1926.<ref name=sagar-2010>{{harvnb|Sagar|2010}}</ref> The [[Sports Authority of India]] and the Government of India have provided much funding with the goal of improving the performance of the country's youth national team.<ref name=sagar-2010>{{harvnb|Sagar|2010}}</ref> <br />
Netball Federation of INDIA was established in 1978 by Ch Jagat Singh ChOuhan hailing from Haryana who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras (now Chennai) and at the same year he organised the first national championships in Jind, Haryana with great contribution of Mrs Shashi Prabha. Mr Jagat Singh Chouhan was founder/father of Handball, Netball and Throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during Munich Olympics (1972) helped in making these a legacy in India.<br />
India had a national team compete in the fifth Asian Netball Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2001.<ref name=sri-lanka>{{harvnb|Government of Sri Lanka|2001}}</ref> National team captains include [[Prachi Tehlan]], who captained the side that competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in [[Delhi]].<ref name=sagar-2010/><br />
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Some of the important netball competitions held in India include:<br />
* The [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]<ref name=ifna-2008>{{harvnb|International Federation of Netball Associations|2008}}</ref><br />
* The 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship, held from 3 to 10 July 2010, at the [[Thyagaraj Stadium]].<ref name=sagar-2010/><br />
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Some of the top performances for the India national netball team include:<br />
* 2010 Nations Cup: Sixth place<ref name=nsingapore-2010>{{harvnb|Netball Singapore|2010a}}</ref><br />
* 2010 Asian Youth Netball Championship: Fourth<ref name=nsing-2011b>{{harvnb|Netball Singapore|2011b}}</ref><br />
* [[2011 South Asian Beach Games]]: {{silver02}} Silver medal<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* {{cite web |author=Government of Sri Lanka |title=5th Asian Netball Championship next week in Colombo |url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200107/20010721Asian_Netball_Championship.htm |date=21 July 2001 |access-date=1 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040126171738/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200107/20010721Asian_Netball_Championship.htm |archive-date=26 January 2004 |url-status=dead }}<br />
* {{cite web |author=International Federation of Netball Associations |title=Current World Rankings |url=http://www.netball.org/IFNA.aspx?id=94 |date=21 January 2011a |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519025332/http://www.netball.org/IFNA.aspx?id=94 |archive-date=19 May 2011}}<br />
* {{cite web|author=International Federation of Netball Associations|title=History of Netball|year=2011|url=http://www.netball.org/Netball.aspx?id=18|date=15 June 2008|access-date=2 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306141537/http://www.netball.org/netball.aspx?id=18|archive-date=6 March 2011}}<br />
* {{cite web |author=Netball Singapore |title=Milestones |url=http://www.netball.org.sg/pages/4-milestones |year=2011b |access-date=1 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218011704/http://www.netball.org.sg/pages/4-milestones |archive-date=18 February 2011}}<br />
* {{cite web |author=Netball Singapore |title=NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup 2010 |url=http://netball.org.sg/results/16 |date=13 December 2010a |access-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306133304/http://netball.org.sg/results/16 |archive-date=6 March 2011}}<br />
* {{cite web |last=Sagar |first=Naresh |title=Asian Youth Netball Championship |publisher=Sagar Media |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/asian-youth-netball-championship-r1983580.htm |date=4 July 2010 |access-date=2 March 2011 }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.ocasia.org/ Olympic Council of Asia]<br />
*[http://netballindia.org/ Netball Federation of India]<br />
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