Name: Ajit Pal Singh
Discipline: Former Indian Hockey Player
State: Punjab
Date of Birth: 1st Apr 1947

Achievements:

Asian All-Star team member in 1974
Captain of the World Cup winning Indian team in 1975
Ajit Pal Singh was conferred upon the Arjuna Award in the year 1970.
He was also bestowed upon the Padma Shri award in the year 1992.

Profile:

He was born on the 1st of April 1947 at Sansarpur, a small village near Jallandhar Cantonment of Punjab, which was famous as a breeding ground for the hockey stars as this village had been home to a number of International Hockey players who had done the nation proud with their commendable performance in the game.

At the age of 7 or 8 years little Ajit started playing hockey as encouraged by his Uncle. He studied at the Cantonment Board Higher Secondary School, Jallandhar Cantonment and at the age of 16 years represented the Punjab State Schools Hockey team in the year 1963. He was named the Captain of Punjab University Hockey team in the year 1966, and represented Indian Universities’ Hockey team in the year 1968.

Ajit Pal Singh made his debut in International Hockey with a tournament played at Bombay in the year 1960. He was selected in the Indian Hockey team that visited Japan in the year 1966 and participated in the Pre-Olympic tournament held in London the next year. Further, he played in the Olympic Games Mexico 1968 and delivered a brilliant performance although the Indian Hockey squad stood at third spot at the event. Ajit played for the Indian Hockey team at Bangkok Asian Games 1970 and was named the Captain of the Indian squad. He led the Indian Hockey team to World Cup Hockey tournament held at Kuala Lumpur in 1975 leading the team to win the tournament.

He participated in his last international hockey event in the year 1980 at Champions Trophy Tournament, Karachi. Even after his retirement from International Hockey, Ajit continued to play in the domestic hockey circuit for Border Security Force (B.S.F.) team.