Punjab names 10 govt schools after Olympic medallists hockey team players – Education News
Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said the state government has renamed ten schools after the Olympic medallists hockey team players from the state.
Singla said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has given approval to rename schools after the names of various players from Punjab who were part of the Indian men hockey team squad which won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Singla said there was a golden contribution of Punjab in the field of Indian sports and it has sent the second-largest contingent (after Haryana) in Olympics in the country as 20 sportspersons were from Punjab. Notably, the Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history by claiming an Olympic medal after 41 years.
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