Three players of Punjab were honored at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award ceremony is going to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today where Indian hockey team captain and drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh will be awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award today for his strong play and extraordinary talent. Let it be said that despite being a defender, Harmanpreet is often seen celebrating after scoring a great goal against the opposition team.

Apart from them, Germanjit Singh of Amritsar and Sukhjit Singh of Jalandhar will also be honored with the Arjuna Award. Harmanpreet Singh’s major career achievements include a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games and a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024.

Harmanpreet Singh was born on 6 January 1996 in a farming family in Jandiala Guru Basti, Amritsar District, Punjab. As a child, Harmanpreet helped the family in the fields and drove tractors. While working in the fields, his hands honed his drag flick skills. In 2011, Harmanpreet enrolled in Surjit Academy, Jalandhar. Where experts Gaganpreet Singh and Sukhjit Singh honed his penalty corner skills.

Hockey player Germanjit Singh will be honored with the Arjuna Award today. There was a time when he was bedridden for two years. Due to pain in his leg, the doctor gave him the wrong vaccination which forced him to stay on bed rest for 2 years, but his passion for hockey did not diminish. After 2 years he went abroad and played.

Seeing his sporting talent, Australia offered him to play in the team with free PR, but he showed his patriotism by choosing the Indian team. His father Balbir Singh is an officer of the Punjab Police and mother Kulwinder Kaur is a housewife.

German was admitted to Khalsa Academy Mehta Chowk School Baba Kalan, parents said. When he was in third grade, his coach Sardar Baljinder Singh started training him in hockey. After this he got admission in Jalandhar Surjit Academy. He continued training there.

Sukhjit Singh is a resident of Dhanowali village in Jalandhar. He is seen as a rising star of the Indian hockey team. His impressive performance earned him the honor of being part of the bronze medal winning Indian team at the 2024 Summer Olympics and now being awarded the Arjuna Award.