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| | birth_date = 1899
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| | death_date = 5 {{death year and age|1971|1899|03}}
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| '''Pankaj Kumar Gupta''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]<ref name="london-gazette">{{London Gazette|issue=36309|supp=y|page=24|date=31 December 1943}}</ref> (1899 – 5 March 1971) was one of the earliest Indian sports administrators involved in professional [[association football|football]], [[field hockey|hockey]] and [[cricket]]. He is best known for his involvement in professional hockey where he worked variously as a manager, administrator, and [[referee]]. His contributions earned him the nickname "Mr. Hockey".<ref>{{cite web
| | * [[Pankaj Gupta (sports administrator)]] |
| | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp
| | * [[Pankaj Gupta (politician)]] |
| | title = All hail hockey on history high
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007
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| | last = O'Brien
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| | first = Barry
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| | series =Eye on Calcutta
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| | work = The Telegraph
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| ==Formative years==
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| He studied Intermediate Arts at [[Sanskrit College]] and graduated from [[Bangabasi College]] of the [[University of Calcutta]]. He made an entry into the administration of the [[Indian Football Association]], as a representative of Sporting Union club. In 1924, he was manager of the IFA team that went on a tour to [[Java]], then part of [[Dutch East Indies]] and presently [[Indonesia]]<ref name = "Bose279">Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, p. 279, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}.</ref>
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| Starting with [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympic Games]] in 1932, he was manager or coach of the Indian team or contingent to many sports events in Europe and America. He attended the World Football Congress twice as the Indian delegate, was manager of the Indian football team to Russia.<ref name = "Bose279"/> and of the Indian cricket team visiting England in 1946 and 1952, and Australia in 1947–48. He toured Australia, New Zealand, and many countries of Europe and America with the Indian hockey team.<ref name = "Bose279"/>
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| ==Link with Dhyan Chand==
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| Gupta was the first coach of the legendary [[Dhyan Chand]]. The latter's actual name was Dhyan Singh. Gupta gave him the title of "Chand" or moon, and predicted that one day he would shine like a moon.{{citation needed|date=May 2007}} So close were the two that when Jhansi Heroes went to Kolkata to participate in [[Beighton Cup]] all the players put up in hotel, but Dhyan Chand stayed with Gupta.<ref>{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/page1.htm
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| | title = The Beighton Cup
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007
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| | publisher = bharatiyahockey.org
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| }}</ref> Dhyan Chand has narrated many stories about Gupta. Here is one about their drive through the Dutch countryside, "Pankaj Gupta took us for a drive through a small narrow village which lay on our way to Doorn. We saw Dutch women lining up the streets peddling fresh fish caught from the dykes. The Bengali that he was, Pankaj Gupta remarked that the sight reminded him very much of the villages in Bengal. These Dutch women in their colourful costumes and wooden shoes presented a typical rural Dutch scene."<ref>{{cite web
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| | url = http://sify.com/sports/hockey/fullstory.php?id=13413801
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| | title = Autobiography of Hockey Wizard – Dhyan Chand
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| | work = Olympic Champions
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| | publisher = Sify.com
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| | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061231172155/http://sify.com/sports/hockey/fullstory.php?id=13413801
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| | archive-date = 31 December 2006
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| | url-status = dead
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007
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| }}</ref>
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| In the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic Games]] at [[Berlin]], there was panic in the Indian team after a shock defeat by Germany in the trial matches. On the final day, when India met Germany again, Dhyan Chand recalls, "all of us were wondering as to what would be the result of the day. Never before had we ever doubted the issue of a game. Suddenly Pankaj Gupta produced a [[Flag of India|Congress Tricolour]]. Reverently we saluted and prayed and marched onto the field."<ref name = "Final">{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1936/page7.htm
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| | title = Olympic Hockey Final
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007
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| | work = Autobiography of Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand
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| | publisher = bharatiyahockey
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| A crowd of 40,000, which included the [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharaja of Baroda]], the Princess of [[Bhopal (state)|Bhopal]] and a large number of Indians who had travelled from all over Europe, was present there to witness the final match. The vast crowd cheered as both teams entered the field. In contrast to the despondency of the Indians, the Germans appeared to have the feeling that they were up against an inferior side.<ref name = "Final"/>
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| Dhyan Chand, who was not feeling well, was not playing. He was sitting on the sideline. At half-time interval, India led by a solitary goal. Dhyan Chand could not sit idle any more. He removed his shoes and took to the field. Bare-foot, he tore the German defence apart as India went on to score seven more goals in the second half. The final scoreline: India 8, Germany 1.<ref>{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.indianhockey.com/html/top10.htm
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| | title = India Hockey
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| | publisher = indianhockey.com
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| | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070322070107/http://www.indianhockey.com/html/top10.htm
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| | archivedate = 22 March 2007
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007}}</ref>
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| ==Sports administration==
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| Gupta was the Secretary of the Bengal Hockey Association for more than a decade continuously from 1936.<ref>{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.catchcal.com/cic/sports/hockey/ben_hockey_asc.asp
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| | title = Bengal Hockey Association
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| | publisher = Catchcal
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| | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234223/http://www.catchcal.com/cic/sports/hockey/ben_hockey_asc.asp
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| | archive-date = 26 September 2007
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| | accessdate = 13 April 2007}}</ref> He held official positions in Indian Football Association and was active in founding the [[All India Football Federation]]. He was Honorary Treasurer of the organisation in its year of inception and was president subsequently.<ref>{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.the-aiff.com/federation_history.php
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| | title = All India Football Federation
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| | work = AIFF History
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| | publisher = All India Football Federation
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| | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070402212905/http://www.the-aiff.com/federation_history.php
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| | archivedate = 2 April 2007
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| | accessdate = 18 April 2007}}</ref> He was instrumental in the founding of the National Cricket Club and the construction of the stadium at [[Eden Gardens]]. In the [[1944 New Year Honours]] list, the British government appointed him a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in recognition of his contribution to sports administration.<ref name = "Bose279"/><ref name="london-gazette"/>
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