Dalel Singh is an India

India

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n volleyball

Volleyball

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 player who was awarded the country's highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award

Arjuna award

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, in 1990.

He was born the village of Amin

Amin Village

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, close to Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra

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. He picked up Volleyball at the Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University was established in 1956 in Kurukshetra in Haryana, India, situated 160 km from Delhi, and member of Association of Commonwealth Universities The Kurukshetra University was the dream of the then Punjab Governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a great Sanskrit...

 and went on to become the Captain

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 of the India

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n national team. After retirement, he went back to academia and completed his doctorate

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 from Panjab University, Chandigarh

Chandigarh

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Currently, he is the Director of Physical Education and Sports at Kurukshetra University. He is the only person to have played for the national team for twelve consecutive years.