23 May, 2009

NAGAR GILGIT HISTORICAL RECORDS AND HEROES

(1)POLO IS BEEN A FAVORITE MATCH OF NAGAR.THE NAGAR POLO TEAM WAS CHAMPION AND UNBEATABLE TEAM OF SUB CONTINENT IN HISTORY.ONCE NAGAR TEAM PLAYED A POLO MATCH IN NEW DELHI ON THE ARRIVAL OF GEORGE(VI)(ALBERT FREDRICK ARTHUR)AND WON THE TROPHY.UNTIL 1972 IT WAS THE UNBEATABLE TEAM OF NORTHERN AREAS.NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF POLO GROUNDS IN DIFFERENT VILLAGES OF NAGAR,BUT THESE GROUNDS ARE USED AS PUBLIC MEETING PLACES NOW EXCEPT THE NAGAR KHAS ONE.CRICKET IS ALSO A FAVOURITE MATCH OF YOUNG GENERATION IN NAGAR.
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(2)DOLAT SHAH(RUSTAM E GILGIT) BELONGS TO NAGAR GILGIT.HIS VILLAGE IS FAKAR NAGAR.HE PLAYED 131 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES.HE DEFEATED HARDANGSING OF INDIA IN ASIAN GAMES HELD IN KUWAIT AND BECAME ASIAN CHAMPION.HE LIFTED 2000 KG STONE.

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