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{{Short description|Indian squash player (1945–2024)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | India}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Team Squash Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Asian Team Squash Championships|1981 Karachi]] | [[Asian Team Squash Championships#Men's championship|Men's championship]]}}
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'''Raj Manchanda''' (5 August 1945 – 1 December 2024) was an Indian [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lokapally|first=Vijay|date=3 December 2024|title=Raj Manchanda, the ‘Old Fox’ of Indian squash, passes away at 80|trans-title= |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/squash/brigadier-raj-manchanda-former-squash-player-passes-away-national-champion-arjuna-award/article68941939.ece|language= |work=[[Sportstar]]|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> He won six straight [[Squash Rackets Federation of India|National Squash Championships]] from 1977 to 1982.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=17 October 2013|title=Major Raj Manchanda wins 28th National Squash Championships for fifth consecutive time|trans-title= |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19820315-major-raj-manchanda-wins-28th-national-squash-championships-for-fifth-consecutive-time-771605-2013-10-17|language= |work=[[India Today]]|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> Also a member of the [[Arjuna Award]], he received the Arjuna Award in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-raj-manchanda-the-renowned-indian-squash-player/9304|title=Short Biography of Raj Manchanda – the renowned Indian squash player|work=Preserve Articles|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422224705/https://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-raj-manchanda-the-renowned-indian-squash-player/9304|archivedate=22 April 2023}}</ref> In 1981, he received the Best Services Sportsman Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ispsquash.com/Biography_R_Player.htm#Raj%20Manchanda|title=Raj Manchanda|work=Indian Squash Professionals|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013042422/http://ispsquash.com/Biography_R_Player.htm#Raj%20Manchanda|archivedate=13 October 2011|access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Abohar]] on 5 August 1945, Manchanda held six national championship titles<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 December 2024|title=Manchanda was an Asian Championships medallist and a six-time national champion.|trans-title= |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/raj-manchanda-india-squash-player-dies|language= |work=[[Olympic Games|Olympics]]|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> and won every single one of his regional championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ispsquash.com/Press_MainPage_2015.HTM|title=List of Indian Squash players who have received Arjuna Award|work=Indian Squash Professionals}}</ref> During the 1980s, he faced [[Jahangir Khan]], a future [[World Squash Championships|World Open]] champion, in the [[Asian Individual Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 December 2024|title=Legendary squash player Raj Manchanda passes away|trans-title= |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/legendary-squash-player-raj-manchanda-passes-away-3301570|language= |work=[[Deccan Herald]]|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> At the [[Asian Team Squash Championships]], he won a silver medal in 1981 and a bronze medal in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 December 2024|title=Squash legend Raj Manchanda passes into the ages|trans-title= |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/squash-legend-raj-manchanda-passes-into-the-ages/20241203.htm|language= |work=[[Rediff.com]]|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

Manchanda died in [[New Delhi]] on 1 December 2024, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=3 December 2024|title=Legendary squash player Raj Manchanda dies|trans-title= |url=https://www.newsdrum.in/sports/legendary-squash-player-raj-manchanda-dies-7757206|language= |work=Newsdrum|location= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male squash players]]
[[Category:People from Fazilka district]]

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