UP CM Yogi Pays Tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day, Calls Every Player a Hero

On the occasion of National Sports Day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid a heartfelt tribute to the “Hockey Magician” Major Dhyan Chand and said that every player is a hero of society in their own right.
 
While addressing the programme, he said that whenever Major Dhyan Chand’s name is mentioned, every Indian instinctively thinks of a hockey stick. Chief Minister recalled that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country’s highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna, was renamed after Major Dhyan Chand, a matter of pride for the nation, especially for Uttar Pradesh, his birthplace.
 
 
He also highlighted that the state’s first sports university, located in Meerut, has been named after the hockey legend, and academic courses have commenced there from this session.
 
 
The Chief Minister also felicitated players who won medals at the National Games, including former Olympians and Arjuna Awardees. CM Yogi announced that a sports college is being established in every commissionerate with Centres of Excellence dedicated to specific disciplines.