2011 National Games of India
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The 2011 National Games, also known as the 34th National Games of India, was held from 12 February 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Ranchi
, Jharkhand
, India
.
Services (Services Sports Control Board - SSCB), which was a combined team of the Indian armed forces, retained the overall title with 70 gold medals. Services were presented with the Raja Bhalendra Trophy for the champions team. The Maharashtra swimmer Virdhawal Khade who won 12 medals including 8 golds was adjudged the best male athlete while the Delhi swimmer Richa Mishra who won 16 medals including 11 golds was adjudged the best female athlete. The best state award was won by Manipur
who won 48 gold medals to finish in second place overall.
The governor of Jharkhand, M. O. H. Farook
had declared the Games open.
Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda
presided over the function.
The games torch was lit by Indian women's' hockey player Sylvanus Dung Dung
.
Deepika Kumari, double gold-winner at the Commonwealth Games took the oath on behalf of the athletes.
A short film on folk hero Birsa Munda
, arrival of mascot - the smiling deer 'Chhaua', fire dancers, a laser show highlighting five sporting icons of the state (hockey stars Jaipal Singh Munda, Samurai Tete, Sylvanus Dung Dung
, archer Sanjeeva Singh and India cricket skipper MS Dhoni) were the main attractions of the opening ceremony.
Bollywood
stars Sameera Reddy
, Vivek Oberoi
and Amisha Patel
performed in the ceremony along with singer Sukhwinder Singh
.
in running motion holding the torch.
Chhaua depicts the body of a human and head of a stag, symbolising both stillness and energy that characterise Jharkhand’s tribal communities. Chhaua means "little boy" in the local language.
The mascot of the games, Chhaua in famous dokra-art will be presented to all the players and officials by the games committee.
The National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) had issued orders for the same to Jharcraft for manufacturing 14,000 mementoes that will be given to players and guests as a remembrance of their arrival in the State. During the opening ceremony of the games, the Games mascot 'Chhaua' -- baby deer—made an aerial entry into the athletics complex and ran around the stadium with the torch with echoes of Vande Mataram
.
The events are:-
, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad
, in a total of 21 venues.
helicopter showering flowers on the stadium, followed by the para-jump by 12 dare devils of the IAF
, who jumped from a height of 4300 feet and anded in the middle of the stadium. The games was officially closed by Suresh Kalmadi
, the chairman of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). He ceremoniously handed over the Games flag to the Kerala
officials. Kerala will host the 35th National Games in December 2012. The Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda
was the chief guest of the event. The Union sports minister Ajay Maken was supposed to be the chief guest, withdrew from the function due to differences with Suresh Kalmadi. The cultural evening showcased the cultural heritage and folk dances from the participating states, especially Jharkhand, Punjab and Manipur and a team from Kerala displayed their local martial arts and art forms as a prelude of the next games. Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif
and singer Shaan
performed at the closing ceremony. A special song Vidaai has been performed by the folk artists and percussionists which formed the theme of Jharkhand's cultural show". There was also a paika dance to celebrate the success of the Games.
Ranchi
-Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar...
, Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Services (Services Sports Control Board - SSCB), which was a combined team of the Indian armed forces, retained the overall title with 70 gold medals. Services were presented with the Raja Bhalendra Trophy for the champions team. The Maharashtra swimmer Virdhawal Khade who won 12 medals including 8 golds was adjudged the best male athlete while the Delhi swimmer Richa Mishra who won 16 medals including 11 golds was adjudged the best female athlete. The best state award was won by Manipur
Manipur
Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...
who won 48 gold medals to finish in second place overall.
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium in Ranchi.The governor of Jharkhand, M. O. H. Farook
M. O. H. Farook
M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar is a three time Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, then Pondicherry...
had declared the Games open.
Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda is an Indian Politician, former Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha. He resigned the 15th Lok Sabha membership on 26th February, 2011. Currently he is Chief Minister of Jharkhand....
presided over the function.
The games torch was lit by Indian women's' hockey player Sylvanus Dung Dung
Sylvanus Dung Dung
Sylvanus Dung Dung is a former field hockey player from India.-References:**...
.
Deepika Kumari, double gold-winner at the Commonwealth Games took the oath on behalf of the athletes.
A short film on folk hero Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda was a tribal leader and a folk hero, belonging to the Munda tribe who was behind the Millenarian movement that rose in the tribal belt of modern day Bihar, and Jharkhand during the British Raj, in the late 19th century making him an important figure in the history of the Indian...
, arrival of mascot - the smiling deer 'Chhaua', fire dancers, a laser show highlighting five sporting icons of the state (hockey stars Jaipal Singh Munda, Samurai Tete, Sylvanus Dung Dung
Sylvanus Dung Dung
Sylvanus Dung Dung is a former field hockey player from India.-References:**...
, archer Sanjeeva Singh and India cricket skipper MS Dhoni) were the main attractions of the opening ceremony.
Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
stars Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy is an Indian film actress, primarily working in the Hindi film industry and Tamil industry. Apart from Bollywood, Reddy has also appeared in a number of Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam films.-Early life:...
, Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...
and Amisha Patel
Amisha Patel
Ameesha Patel is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood movies. Making her acting debut in the blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai , Patel won critical praise for her performance in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha , which became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cinema, earning her a ...
performed in the ceremony along with singer Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed...
.
Mascot
The mascot of the games isChhaua, a deerDeer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
in running motion holding the torch.
Chhaua depicts the body of a human and head of a stag, symbolising both stillness and energy that characterise Jharkhand’s tribal communities. Chhaua means "little boy" in the local language.
The mascot of the games, Chhaua in famous dokra-art will be presented to all the players and officials by the games committee.
The National Games Organising Committee (NGOC) had issued orders for the same to Jharcraft for manufacturing 14,000 mementoes that will be given to players and guests as a remembrance of their arrival in the State. During the opening ceremony of the games, the Games mascot 'Chhaua' -- baby deer—made an aerial entry into the athletics complex and ran around the stadium with the torch with echoes of Vande Mataram
Vande Mataram
Vande Mataram is a poem from the famed novel Anandamath which was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. It was written in Bengali and Sanskrit....
.
Participating teams
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Tripura
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh
- West Bengal
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Delhi
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Lakshadweep
- Puducherry
- Services (SSCB)
Sports
There are a total of 444 gold medals in 35 events in the games.The events are:-
| No: | Event | No: of participants | Gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Athletics |
858 | 44 |
| 2 |  Fencing |
225 | 12 |
| 3 |  Karate |
149 | 15 |
| 4 |  Swimming |
332 | 40 |
| 5 | _pictogram.svg.png) Volleyball |
214 | 2 |
| 6 |  Basketball |
226 | 2 |
| 7 |  Wrestling |
308 | 21 |
| 8 |  Hockey |
330 | 2 |
| 9 |  Football |
406 | 2 |
| 10 |  Rugby |
121 | 1 |
| 11 | Wushu | 254 | 40 |
| 12 |  Badminton |
132 | 6 |
| 13 |  Table Tennis |
95 | 7 |
| 14 |  Lawn Bowls |
76 | 8 |
| 15 |  Judo |
129 | 16 |
| 16 |  Taekwondo |
144 | 16 |
| 17 | _pictogram.svg.png) Gymnastics |
227 | 20 |
| 18 |  Handball |
265 | 2 |
| 19 | Kabaddi | 251 | 2 |
| 20 | Kho-Kho | 220 | 2 |
| 21 | _pictogram.svg.png) Cycling |
200 | 24 |
| 22 |  Shooting |
565 | 33 |
| 23 |  Tennis |
93 | 6 |
| 24 |  Boxing |
303 | 20 |
| 25 |  Archery |
306 | 12 |
| 26 |  Weightlifting |
130 | 15 |
| 27 |  Equestrian |
143 | 6 |
| 28 | Netball | 224 | 2 |
| 29 | Sepak Takraw | 285 | 4 |
| 30 |  Rowing |
432 | 17 |
| 31 | _pictogram.svg.png) Kayaking & Canoing |
382 | 31 |
| 32 |  Traithlon |
164 | 4 |
| 33 |  Squash |
87 | 2 |
| 34 |  Diving |
47 | 6 |
| 35 |  Water Polo |
188 | 2 |
| Total | 8511 | 444 | |
Venues
The 35 events in the games are held in 3 cities - RanchiRanchi
-Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar...
, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
, in a total of 21 venues.
Ranchi
- Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Athletics
- Shiekh Bhikhari Administrative Block, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Fencing, Karate- Do
- Veer Budhu Bhagat Aquatic Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Aquatics
- Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling
- Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Morhabadi, Ranchi - Hockey (Men & Women)
- Birsa Munda Football Stadium, Morhabadi, Ranchi - Football (Men), Rugby 7s
- Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Indoor Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Wushu, Badminton, Table Tennis
- R. K. Anand Lawn Bowl Greens, Namkum, Ranchi - Lawn Bowls, Judo
- Ganpat Rai Indoor Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Taekwondo, Gymnastics, Handball
- Albert Ekka Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Kabbadi, Kho-Kho
- Sidho Kanhu Velodrome Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Cycling
- Tikait Umrao Shooting Range, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Shooting
- Tennis Stadium, Mega Sports Complex, Ranchi - Tennis
Jamshedpur
- Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur - Boxing
- JRD Tata Sports Complex,Jamshedpur - Football (Women), Archery
- XLRI, Jamshedpur - Weightlifting
- Gopal Maidan, Jamshedpur - Equestrian
Dhanbad
- Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad - Netball
- Indoor Stadium, Dhanabd - Sepak Takraw
- Maithon Dam, Dhanabd - Rowing, Kayaking & Canoing, Triathlon
- ISM & Officer Club, Dhanabad - Squash
Medals tally
| 1 | Services | 70 | 50 | 42 | 162 |
| 2 | Manipur | 48 | 37 | 33 | 118 |
| 3 | Haryana | 42 | 33 | 40 | 115 |
| 4 | Maharashtra | 41 | 44 | 47 | 132 |
| 5 | Jharkhand | 33 | 26 | 37 | 96 |
| 6 | Delhi | 32 | 26 | 41 | 99 |
| 7 | Kerala Kerala at the 2011 National Games of India -Kerala in 2011 National Games:The 2011 National Games, also known as the 34th National Games of India, is held from 12 February 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India... |
30 | 29 | 28 | 87 |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 25 | 32 | 46 | 103 |
| 9 | Punjab | 23 | 38 | 54 | 115 |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | 20 | 22 | 28 | 70 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 16 | 19 | 20 | 55 |
| 12 | Tamil Nadu | 14 | 12 | 27 | 53 |
| 13 | Tripura | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | 5 | 19 | 25 | 49 |
| 15 | Assam | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 |
| 16 | Goa | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 17 | Orissa | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | West Bengal | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 |
| 19 | Uttarakhand | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | Rajasthan | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 21 | Chattisgarh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | Bihar | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 25 | Meghalaya | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 28 | Gujarat | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 30 | Chandigarh | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 31 | Mizoram | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 444 | 447 | 588 | 1479 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 34th National Games was held on 26 February 2010 at the Birsa Munda Athletic stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The ceremony began with a monoplane performing aerobatics and showering coloured powder on the stadium. It was followed by an Indian Air ForceIndian Air Force
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...
helicopter showering flowers on the stadium, followed by the para-jump by 12 dare devils of the IAF
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...
, who jumped from a height of 4300 feet and anded in the middle of the stadium. The games was officially closed by Suresh Kalmadi
Suresh Kalmadi
Suresh Kalmadi is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress...
, the chairman of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). He ceremoniously handed over the Games flag to the Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
officials. Kerala will host the 35th National Games in December 2012. The Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda is an Indian Politician, former Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha. He resigned the 15th Lok Sabha membership on 26th February, 2011. Currently he is Chief Minister of Jharkhand....
was the chief guest of the event. The Union sports minister Ajay Maken was supposed to be the chief guest, withdrew from the function due to differences with Suresh Kalmadi. The cultural evening showcased the cultural heritage and folk dances from the participating states, especially Jharkhand, Punjab and Manipur and a team from Kerala displayed their local martial arts and art forms as a prelude of the next games. Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...
and singer Shaan
Shaan (singer)
Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...
performed at the closing ceremony. A special song Vidaai has been performed by the folk artists and percussionists which formed the theme of Jharkhand's cultural show". There was also a paika dance to celebrate the success of the Games.