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* National Sports Day * On National Sports Day, * Olymphila India Team *  salute all our sportsperson  and our sports Philatelist who have been making India proud through their passion & hard-work. * Olymphila India Team * Courtesy: Mr Jagannath Mani sir from Bangalore. 👉August 29 👆 Indian Hockey Legend      "DHYAN  CHAND" 🌹Birth Anniversary🌹       [ 29 - 8 - 1905 ] 👇 Courtesy: Mr.Joseph  🏑The “National Sports Day (Rashtriya Khel Divas)” is observed every year across India on 29th August to mark the birth anniversary of one of the greatest sports legends – Hockey King Shri Dhyan Chand Singh (born on 29th August 1905 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh).       Officially known as ‘Major Dhyan Chand’ and often referred to as “The Hockey Wizard” for his incredible hockey skills and extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning 3 Olympic gold medals for...

Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), was a member of British Royal family, Royal Navy officer and statesman, a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of India of British India, and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. He joined Royal Navi in 1916. He was appointed chief of Combined Operations and a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in early 1942, and organised the raids on St Nazaire and Dieppe. In August 1943, Mountbatten became Supreme Allied Commander South East…  Raghupatii Sahay (28 August 1896 – 3 March 1982), better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri, was a writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poet...