Kunwar Raghavendra Singh

The Final Whistle (eBook, ePUB)

Life and Times of K D Singh 'Babu'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When one talks about the game of hockey the name of K D Singh 'Babu' leaves all others behind. 'The Final Whistle' covers his life on and off the field right from his early days. He was a hockey player who had no parallel. This biography is all about what went through his life, a life full of dramatic events.

No hockey player in the world caught the attention of sports critics as he did. He had magic in his stick and most often sports commentators were at a loss of words to describe his superlative game. His game was a commentator's delight. When unable to describe his wizardry a sports reporter could only express 'But the best brains of the FBI, if enlisted, would have been unable to put manacles on this all time great inside forward'. Former New Zealand Captain C V Walter was more candid when he wrote ' So Great was 'Babu' that not even the umpires could stop him, desperately hard though they tried at times'. The mere news of his participation in any match used to spread like wildfire and fans would rush and swarm the arena to see him play.

Right from 1937 when he made his first public appearance he dominated the headlines for more than twenty years. He was the main architect of the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Gold's and in recognition of his wizardry he was awarded the coveted 'World Helms Trophy' for being the best athlete of Asia and best hockey player of world. He was the first Indian to be honoured so.

He was a multi-talented sportsman and a big game hunter who knew the ways of a tiger as well as how to pierce through a packed defense. Likened to the great magician Harry Houdini for his great escapes through tightest rings of defenders 'The Final Whistle' is a graphic narration of his unbelievable game that dazzled world opponents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789388414098
• Artikelnr.: 54904895

Autorenporträt

Born in 1946 at Barabanki had formal schooling in Colvin Taluqdar's College in Lucknow. Post graduated in Botany from Lucknow University and then joined Botany Department of Bareilly College in 1968. Later on switched the major subject and post-graduated in Zoology from Agra University. Also served as Lecturer in Zoology Department, Bareilly College, Bareilly till 1972.

He is a well known mango orchardist of the state and pioneered the technique of mango pruning for increased production which has not only become a subject of discussion in mango circles but the method has been widely accepted and recognised too as a result of widespread newspaper coverage.

He has also co-authored three publications on pheasants along with his father. The first, Pheasants, Birds Par Excellence was published by WWF in 1982 which was released at 2nd International Symposium at Srinagar, Kashmir. This was followed by two other publications, Pheasants of India, a small illustrated booklet about the various species found in India and Pheasants of India, And their Aviculture( 1995) which were published by Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.