Haripal Kaushik
Haripal Kaushik, VrC (2 February 1934 – 25 January 2018) was an Indian field hockey player, military officer and television commentator.He was vice captain of the team that won the gold medal in the 1966 Asian Games, and was later a field hockey administrator and television commentator.In the early days of the 1962 Sino-Indian War, Kaushik was commanding the forward company at the Battle of Bumla along the border between India and China when the Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded on 23 October.[1] Haripal Stadium at the Indian Army's Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre in Ahmednagar is named in his honor.he handled the withdrawal skilfully and managed to clear, in the face of enemy fire, all his personnel and weapons including heavy mortars and medium machine guns.
JalandharIndian ArmyLieutenant ColonelSikh RegimentVir ChakraField hockeyOlympic Games1956 MelbourneTeam Competition1964 TokyoAsian Games1966 Asian Games1956 Summer Olympics1964 Summer OlympicsArjuna AwardSino-Indian WarBattle of BumlaPeople's Liberation ArmyMechanised Infantry Regimental CentreAhmednagarPhagwaracantonmentThe TribuneChandigarhThe Times of IndiaOlympics.comOlympediaIndia squad1956 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (6th Title)Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO. P. MalhotraGovind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh Sr.Hardyal SinghRandhir Singh GentleBalkrishan SinghGurdev SinghUdham SinghBakshish SinghCharles Stephen1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (7th Title)Mohinder LalBandu PatilJohn PeterSyed AliCharanjit SinghDarshan SinghDharam SinghGurbux SinghHarbinder SinghJagjit SinghJoginder SinghPrithipal SinghBalbir Singh KullarRajendran Christie1966 Asian Games – Gold medal (1st Title)Balbir Singh KularHarmik SinghInder SinghTarsem Singh