Indian Hockey & Sansarpur Hockey

                                       International  Hockey  Players        

   

         Sl.No               Name                                           Year                     Country

             1.         Darshan  Singh  Sethi                                 1951                           India

            2.         Randhir  Singh  Kullar                                1954                           -do-

            3.         Balbir  Singh  Kullar   ( Jr. )                        1951, 55 , 58              -do-

            4.         Gurijt  Singh  Kullar                                   1958                           -do-

            5.         Parminder  Singh  Kullar                           1976, 82                     -do-                   

            6.         Pradeep  Singh                                            1987                      India ( Jr. )

            7.         Mohinder  Pal  Singh                                  1978                          Canada

            8.         Prit  Pal  Singh  Kullar                                1978                           -do-

            9.         Bindi  Kullar                                               1998                           -do-

          10.         Kirandeep  Singh  Kullar                             1991                      Canada ( Jr. ) 

          11.         Niven  Kullar                                              1996                           -do-

        12.         Hardial  Singh  Kullar                                  19__                         Kenya

         13.         Hardev  Singh  Kullar ( Jr. )                         19__                           -do-

         14.         Iqbal  Singh  Kullar                                      1980                        England

                              

From table two,  it  may be seen that 14  Sansarpuris  have  represented  their  national  teams  in  Internationals  tournaments.  The  countries  which  have  been  represented  by  them  are  India , Canada , Kenya  and  England .

      Out  of  these  14  International  players, five represented India at senior level and  one  at  junior  level , where  as  three  represented  Canada  at  senior  level  and  two at  junior  level , where  as  two  represented  Kenya  and  once  England  senior  level.

      Out of  these 14, Darshan Singh Sethi, Pradeep  Singh  and  Mohinder  Pal  Singh    all  others ( eleven  in  number ),  belong   to the  same  subcast  “Kullar”. This  further  shows  that  Kullars  have  truly  dominated  Sansarpur’s  hockey. 

      It  may  also  be  noticed  that  Darshan  Singh  Sethi  was  the  Sansarpurian  hockey  International for India seniors in 1951and Parminder Singh Kullar was the last Sansarpuri-an to represent India  seniors  in  1982 . Thus , Sansarpur’s  representation in Senior  India  team  ended  in  1982 , though  Pardeep  Singh  represented  India  juniors  in  1986  also , which again highlights the  point  that  Sansarpur  hockey  lost  its  steam  in  late  70s  and  early  80s .

      A  closer  look  at the table further reveals that Sansarpur’s  representation  in  Canada  began  in  1978  and  in  England  in  1980. As in mid  70s ,hockey  players  for  Sansarpur  started migrating to these countries, thus  Sansarpur  loss  became their gain. The  process  of  migration  of  Sansarpur  hockey players to other countries is  still  going  on  and  thus  we  find  that  present  Indian  team  has  no  representative  from   Sansarpur  since  1982, but  Canada  was  represented  by   Sansarpur  as  late  as in 1998. Thus  the  migration  of  Sansarpur hockey players to the other countries emerges  as  one of  the  the major  causes  responsible  for  the  decline  of  Sansarpur  hockey.

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