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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
#REDIRECT [[Lal Shah Bokhari]]
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Lal Shah S. Bokhari
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|07|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1959|07|22|1909|07|22}}
| death_place = [[Colombo]], [[Basnahira]], [[Sri Lanka]]
| height = 5 ft 8 in
| position = [[Field hockey#Formations|Halfback]]
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| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Field hockey|Field Hockey]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flaglink|India|at the 1928 Summer Olympics|variant=British}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Amsterdam]]|[[Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
}}
 
'''S. Lal Shah Bokhari''' (July 22, 1909 – July 22, 1959) was a [[British India]]n [[field hockey]] player who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].
 
In 1932 he was the captain<ref>[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1932/page4.htm 1932]. Bharatiya Hockey.</ref> of the [[India_men's national field hockey team]], which won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. He played two matches as halfback.


He was also part of the  Indian field hockey team which secured gold at the [[1928 Amsterdam Olympics]].
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He was born in [[Mianwali]].  He migrated to Pakistan upon Pakistan's independence from Britain, and served as a diplomat for Pakistan - his last post being Pakistan's ambassador to [[Iraq]].{{cn|date=June 2021}}
 
==1932 Olympics==
The Indian team, troubled by groupism (Indians vs Anglo-Indians) that surfaced when Lal Shah Bokhari was named captain ahead of Eric Pinniger, arrived in Los Angeles to a rousing greeting.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1932-olympics-games-indias-dominance-continues/article3613551.ece 1932 Olympics Games - India's dominance continues]. [[The Hindu]].</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[List of Indian hockey captains in Olympics]]
*[[Field hockey in India]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011071625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOKHALAL01 Lal Bokhari's profile at databaseOlympics.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/lal-shah-bokhari-1.html Lal Bokhari's profile at Sports Reference.com]
 
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| before = [[Purma Bannerjee]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for India
| years = [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1932]]
| after =  [[Dhyan Chand]]
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{{Olympic medalists for India}}
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[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Iraq]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Faisalabad]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
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