Netball Federation of India (NFI) is the national governing body of Netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 in 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...

. NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated by International Federation of Netball Associations

International Federation of Netball Associations

International Federation of Netball Associations is the governing body for netball. The organisation has five regional areas: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Leadership meets every two years. IFNA is responsible for world rankings, maintaining the rules for netball and organising the...

 (IFNA), Asian Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) and Indian Olympic Association

Indian Olympic Association

The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events...

 (IOA) and recoginsed by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India. NFI was established in 1978 to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of netball in India. NFI operates all of the Indian national representative netball sides, including the India national netball team

India national netball team

The India national netball team is the national netball team of India. The team competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, for the first time. India were coached by Panchali Tatke, who took over from Mary Murcia Lourdes one month before the start of the Games. Prachi Tehlan captained the...

 and youth sides as well. NFI is also responsible for organizing and hosting netball tournaments within India and scheduling the home international fixtures. Gurbir Singh is the current president of organisation, a former Olympian shooter and father of world #3 shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Manavjit Singh Sandhu is an Indian sport shooter who specializes in trap shooting. He is a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee 2006 and Arjuna Awardee 1998....

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History

The game of Netball was introduced in India by evangelist

Evangelism

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 Dr. Harry Crowe Buck of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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 in 1920 at the YMCA College of Physical Education

YMCA College Of Physical Education

YMCA College of Physical Education, the first college for physical education of Asia, was established in 1920 by Harry Crowe Buck of Pennsylvania, United States...

 of Madras (now Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

). NFI was established in 1978 and on the same year it organised the first Netball Nationals in Jind

Jind

Jind is a town in Jind District, Harayana state, India.It is one of the oldest districts of Harayana. It is one of the first Sikh Kingdoms. It lies in central Haryana and is the fourth district of the Jat belt .The city is beautiful...

, Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

. NFI and netball associations of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, Malaysia, Singapore

Singapore

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 and Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 met during the 1983 Netball World Championships

1983 Netball World Championships

The 1983 World Netball Championships was the sixth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1983 tournament was held in Singapore and was contested by 14 teams. Australia were the winners, claiming their fifth...

 in Singapore to discuss the creation of an Asian netball governing body, which resulted in the establishment of Asian Federation of Netball Associations

Asian Federation of Netball Associations

The Asian Federation of Netball Associations , formerly the Asian Netball Federation, is the governing body of netball in Asia. The AFNA was founded in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, three years after representatives from five Asian netball countries – Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and...

 in 1986 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia.