Indian Hockey & Sansarpur Hockey

     Sansarpuri’s  In  Outstanding  Military  Teams

Sl.No              Name                            Year                                    Team                                    

  1.         Mohan  Singh  Aassi                  1935 to 39         5/13  Frontier  Force  Rifles                                                       

  2.         Sadhu  Singh  Kullar                  1935 to 39                               -do-

  3.         Aatma  Singh  Kullar                 1935 to 39                                -do-

  4.         Gajjan  Singh  Kullar                 1935 to 39                                -do-

  5.         Mohan  Singh  Kullar                1935 to 39                                -do-

  6.         Gurmit  Singh  Kullar                1943                               I.N.A ( Singapore )

  7.         Sohan  Singh  Kullar                 1943                                         -do-

  8.         Pritam  Singh  Kullar                1943                                          -do-

                    S/o  Daljit  Singh  Kullar   

  9.          Naginder  Singh  Kullar           19__                                S.R.C ( Meerut )

  10.        Mohan  Singh  Aassi                1947                                          -do-        

  11.        Ajit  Singh  Kullar                    1951                                         -do-

                     S/o  Labh  Singh  Kullar                             

  12.        Pritam  Singh  Kullar               1960                                          -do- 

  13.        Modan  Singh  Sohal               1962 to 72                                 -do-

  14.        Jaswider  Singh  Kullar            1964 to 72                                 -do-

  15.        Balbir  Singh  Kullar                1964 to 66                                 -do-                       

  16.        Gurdip  Singh  Kullar              1964                                          -do-

  17.        Swarn  Singh  Kullar               1964                                          -do-

  18.        Randhir  Singh  Kullar             1962 to 64                 A.O.C ( Secunderabad )

   19.        Harbhajan  Singh  Kullar          1962 to 78                                 -do-    

   20.        Narinder  Singh  Kullar            1962 to 79                                 -do-

   21.        Balbir  Singh  Kullar ( Jr. )       1963 to 66                                 -do-                             

   22.        Lal  Singh  Sohal                     1964 to 79                                 -do-

   23.        Paramjit  Singh  Kullar            1967 to 83                                 -do-

   24.        Nachtar  Singh                        1967 to 74                                 -do-

   25.        Resham  Singh                       1967 to 69                                 -do-

   26.        Bhag  Singh  Kullar               19__                                          -do-

   27.        Harbans  Singh  Sohal           19__                                          -do-        

   28.        Mohinder  Singh  Kullar        1950 to 58                        B.E.G  Roorkee

   29.        Mahan  Singh Kullar             1952 to 55                                  -do-

   30.        Pritam  Singh  Kullar            1953 to 70                                   -do-

   31.        Prakash  Singh  Kullar          1953 to 70                                   -do-

   32.        Mohan  Singh  Kullar           1953 to 69                                   -do-

                S/o  Udham  Singh  Kullar                                                                           

   33.        Rashpal  Singh  Kullar          1954 to 61                                   -do-

   34.        Chanan  Singh  Kullar           1959 to 72                                   -do-

   35.        Gulzara  Singh  Kullar          1939 to 45 Indian  Hospital Corps ( Rawalpindi )

   36.        Bishan  Singh  Kullar            1939 to 45                                     -do-

   37.        Shamsher  Singh  Kullar       19__                                               -do-

   38.        Mehar  Singh  Kullar            19__                                               -do-

   39.        Hazoora  Singh  Kullar         19__                                               -do-

   40.        Gopal  Singh  Kullar            19__                                               -do-

   41.        Kartar  Singh  Ghai              1952 to 68      A.S.C ( Jalandhar  &  Banglore )

   42.        Rajinder  Singh  Kullar         1962 to 71                                      -do-

   43.        Balbir  Singh  Kullar            19__                                                -do-

   44.        Surjit  Singh  Padani            1968 to 90                                       -do-

   45.        Ranbir  Singh  Kullar           1968 to 78                                       -do-

   46.        Malkit  Singh  Kullar           1968,69                                           -do-

   47.        Ujaggar  Singh  Kullar         1968,69                                           -do-

   48.        Lachman  Padani                 1947,48                                      Grandiers

   49.        Ram  Chand  Padani            1949 to 64                                      -do-

   50.        Darshan  Singh  Padani        1949 to 64                                      -do-

   51.        Gurdev  Singh  Padani         1954 to 65                                       -do-

   52.        Rajinder  Singh  Kullar        1954 to 58                              E.M.E ( Bhopal )

   53.        Jarnail  Singh  Kullar           1958 to 68                                       -do-

   54.        Harnam  Singh  Kundi         1952 ,53                                E.M.E ( Jalandhar )

   55.        Gurdial  Singh  Kullar          1952,53                                          -do-

   56.        Satwant  Singh  Kullar         1952,53                                          -do- 

   57.        Lachman  Padani                 1952,53                                          -do-

   58.        Ajit  Singh  Kullar               19__                      Corps  of  Signals (Jalandhar )

   59.        Ram  Singh  Kullar              19__                                               -do-

   60.        Mehar  Chand                     19__                                               -do-

   61.        Bhupinder  Singh  Kullar     19__                                               -do-

   63.        Joseph                                 19__                                               -do-      

   64.        Pritam  Singh  Kullar           1955                                         A.R.T ( Nasik )

                S/o  Kehar  Singh  Kullar          

   65.        Darshan  Singh  Kullar        1950 to 71                                Poona  Horse 

                S/o  Milkha  Singh  Kullar                                                                

  66.        Surjit  Singh  Kullar             1952 to 68                                      -do-

                S/o  Pritam  Singh  Kullar                                                                      

  67.       Ishar  Singh  Kullar               1952 to 54                               14  Sindh  Horse 

   68.       Satbek  Singh  Kullar            1958                                           7th  Cavelary

   69.       Gurdev  Singh  Kullar           1954 to 56                                Punjab  Centre

 

As  has  already  been  discussed  that  hockey  was  introduced  to   Sansarpurians  by  Britishers  Army  people . It  is  but  natural  that  Sansarpuris  were  listed in British Army  on  the  basis  of  their  hockey  skills . In  fact  British  Army  were  the first employees  of  Sansarpur hockey players . It  may  also  be  noted that hockey standards of  British  Army  teams  was  quite  high  and  many  of  the  players who played for these teams could  have  played for  India too , as  getting  leave  from  Army duty in those days was very  difficult, they  missed  the  chance  to  represent  the  country .

       A  cursory  glance  at  the  table  shows  that  the  first  player  to  be  selected  for  the  Army team  was  Ishwar  Singh  Kullar  who  represented  36  Sikh  in  1912 . This  shows  that  hockey has  taken  roots  in  Sansarpur in  very  beginning  of  20th  century .          

       We further find that  some  of  the  Sansarpuris  rose  to  higher  ranks  in  the  military  even  at  the  time of  Britishers. In  those  days , it  was  very  difficult  for  any  Indian  to  get rank in British  Army, but  Sansarpurians could do Sohal on the basis  of  their  hockey skills. This clearly shows that  Sansarpurians were  selected  in  many  Army  teams  in  the  time  of  Britishers , and  the  bend  continued  in  Independent  India  too.          

       We find there from mid 30s Sansarpur dominated military hockey and their representa- tion in  military  teams is  significantly  high  till  70s , however  in  80s  and  90s , there  is  nominal representation of  Sansarpuris even in military teams, which shows  after  reaching  its  zenith  in  50s  and  60s, Sansarpur hockey began to decline in  70s  and  lost  its  glory  in  80s  and  90s .

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