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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}} | {{short description|Indian field hockey player}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} | ||
{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] | |||
| name = Harcharan Singh | |||
| honorific_suffix = [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] | |||
| image = Brigadier (retired) Harcharan Singh.jpg | |||
| imagesize = 250px | |||
| caption = Harcharan Singh in Amritsar in February 2022 | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|01|15}} | |||
| birth_place = Marar, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India | |||
| occupation = former Field Hockey Player, Motivational Speaker | |||
| spouse = Dilraj Kaur | |||
| children = 2 | |||
| allegiance = {{flag|India}} | |||
| branch = {{Army|India}} | |||
| serviceyears = 1969 - 1999 | |||
| rank = [[File:Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] | |||
[[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] | |||
}} | |||
{{MedalTableTop | medals = | {{MedalTableTop | medals = | ||
{{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }} | {{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }} | ||
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'''Harcharan Singh''' (born January 15, 1950) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player | [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] '''Harcharan Singh''', [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] (born January 15, 1950) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He was a member of bronze medal winner [[India men's national field hockey team]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]].<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Harcharan Singh |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harcharan-singh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120830/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harcharan-singh-1.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=12 May 2012}}</ref> | ||
==Early life, Education and Army== | |||
He was born in Marar, [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He joined the [[Indian Army]], long after he began playing hockey in 1969. Singh explains, “I joined the Army quite late. The reason being my lack of fluency in English. I studied at the Khalsa Government school in rural Punjab. To qualify to an officer in the Services, one must be fluent in English. I picked up the language but struggled a lot to move up the ranks in the early stages of my career in the army.. <ref>{{cite news|title=HOCKEY HERO HARCHARAN: LEFT WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT FOR THIS STICK ARTIST|url=https://stick2hockey.com/hockey-hero-harcharan-left-was-certainly-right-for-this-stick-artist/|work=stick2hockey.com|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Field Hockey== | |||
Singh was member of [[India men's national field hockey team]] which won [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] in [[1972 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Munich]]. Singh was also member of Indian Hockey Team which won Bronze in [[1971 Men's Hockey World Cup|1971 Barcelona]] [[Men's FIH Hockey World Cup|Hockey World Cup]], [[Silver medal|Silver]] in [[1973 Men's Hockey World Cup|1973 Amsterdam Hockey World Cup]] and [[Gold medal|Gold]] in [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|1975 Kuala Lumpur Hockey World Cup]]. In [[Asian Games]] Singh's team won Silver medals in [[1970 Asian Games]] held in [[Bangkok]] and [[1974 Asian Games]] held in [[Tehran]]. Singh also competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19272 | title=Olympedia – Harcharan Singh }}</ref> | |||
==Awards== | |||
Singh was awarded [[Arjuna Award]] in 1977. He was awarded [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for distinguished services to the nation while serving in the Army in 1981, the [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award]] by the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]] in 2019 which acknowledged him as a Punjab sports legend and the Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achiever’s Award among 400 prominent [[Punjabis]] globally, also in 2019 by [[Amarinder Singh|Capt. Amarinder Singh]] on the occasion of 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of [[Guru Nanak|Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||