Pargat Singh is a former India

India

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n hockey

Field hockey

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 player and his playing position was of full back. He was considered as one of the world's best defenders erstwhile. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 and 1996 Atlanta Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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Currently he is working with Punjab police

Punjab police

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 and is Vice-President of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar

Jalandhar

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1985 (Perth)

India vs Germany

Germany national field hockey team

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: At one point of time score board was showing 1-5. Then this young guy, Pargat Singh came forward and performed against everyone's hope and scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh a real hero in the hearts of every Indian.

1986 (Karachi)

He didn't stop there with his previous year's spectacular performance against Germany and repeated the same action against Holland

Netherlands national field hockey team

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 to give India a 3-2 victory.

Awards

S.No.	Awards	Year
1	Padma Shree	1998
2	Arjuna Award Arjuna award The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....	1989