S. Ajit Pal Singh - Sikhs The Supreme

S. Ajit Pal Singh, one of the best centre halves in the world of his time, was the Captain of the Indian hockey team which clinched the FIRST and LAST World Hockey Cup in 1975 at Kuala Lumpur after 2-1 victory over Pakistan in the final of Third World Cup.

S. Singh was also the captain of the B.S.F. hockey team who won Nehru Hockey Cup on Dec. 5, 1975 after the 3-0 victory over Punjab Police at Shivaji Stadium, New Delhi in The Mighty Sikhs / 185 Nehru Cup hockey tournament.Born in April 1947, Ajit Pal Singh also belongs to Sansarpur village, which is known as the nursery of the Indian Hockey. He first took part in an international hockey tournament at Bombay in 1960, then represented India in Japan in 1966. He got first real break, when he was selected in the Indian team to play in Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament in London in 1967. In 1968 he showed such prowess in hockey in Mexico Olympic Games that he was selected in the World Hockey teams of 1971, 72 and 73. In 1974, he represented India in the Asian Games at Tehran. In the same year, he was included in the Asian All-Star Hockey XI.

But in 1976, India faced defeat in the Montreal Olympic Games under Ajit Pal Singh when they finished seventh, though India had almost fielded the same team which had won the third World Cup title. God knows what went wrong. Fed up with the criticism, he got retirement from the international hockey. Then he started playing for the B.S.F. In 1980 when he played in the Champions Trophy Tournament at Karachi, that became his last international appearance. He was awarded The Mighty Sikhs / 186 the Arjuna Award in 1972.

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