Guru Dutt Sondhi
Guru Dutt Sondhi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the International Olympic Committee | |
| In office 1932–1966 | |
| 2nd Secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association | |
| In office 1938–1952 | |
| Preceded by | A. G. Noehren |
| Succeeded by | Moin-ul-Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1890 Government College, Lahore Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Principal, Sports administrator |
Guru Dutt Sondhi (10 December 1890 – 20 November 1966)
Early life
Guru Dutt Sondhi was born on 10 December 1890 in the city of
Sports and University Administrator
Guru Dutt Sondhi served in several positions:
- Manager for the Indian Olympic hockey team at the 1932 Olympics.
- Second Secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association since 1927
- Chairman of the Punjab Olympic Association since 1924.[3]
- Professor at Punjab University, Lahore
- Principal of Government College University, Lahore, 1939–45;[4] when his term ended in 1945, became sports advisor to the Government of India.[5]
- The first President of the Athletics Federation of India (1946–50) and Vice-President of the International Hockey Federation in 1946.[3]
- Founder of the 1951 Asian Games.
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from 1932 until his death in 1966.[6][1]
The First Asian Games
The idea for Asian sports, going back to the Western Asiatic Games (1934) and the
The delegates also decided to hold the Asian Games after every four years, midway between the Olympic Games; at a later meeting, during the First Asian Games, they agreed on the simple motto which was designed and proposed by Guru Dutt Sondhi: "Ever Onward". The official flag, inspired by the flag Sondhi had designed for the Western Asiatic Games, shows a red sun that represents the ever glimmering and warm spirit of the Asian people.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b The Olympic Movement in Mourning, 1966
- ^ a b Stefan Huebner, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974. Singapore: NUS Press, 2016, chapter 3 (on the First Asian Games); Stefan Huebner, "Guru Dutt Sondhi (1890-1966): Indian IOC Member and Visionary of Asian Integration through Sport." In: Education about Asia Archived 2018-07-13 at the Wayback Machine 21,2 (2016), 29-34.
- ^ a b Stefan Huebner, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974. Singapore: NUS Press, 2016, chapter 3 (on the First Asian Games).
- ^ "::.GCU History (1864-2002)". Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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