Ajit Pal Singh was an Indian field hockey

Field hockey

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 player from Sansarpur

Sansarpur

Sansarpur is a census village in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.-Demographics: India census, Sansarpur had a population of 4061. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sansarpur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

, Punjab

Punjab (India)

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. He was the captain of the Indian hockey team. He was conferred the Arjuna Award

Arjuna award

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in 1970, and awarded it in 1972. He played at centre half position. He was captain of the Indian team at the Hockey World Cup 1975 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He represented India in three Olympics from 1968 through 1976, winning bronze medals in his first two Olympic Games.