IN PICTURES: Remembering Dhyan Chand

Sportstar takes a moment to remember the hockey wizard on his 113th birth anniversary. August 29, Dhyan Chand's birthday, is being observed as the National Sports Day.

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Dhyan Chand, the wizard of Indian hockey, in the 1930s.

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Brothers Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh enjoy a bout of practice years after retirement – in 1966.

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Four members of the Indian Hockey team, including legend Dhyan Chand (bottom right), that won the 1936 Olympic gold medal in Berlin peering out of a train window at Liverpool.

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The iconic Dhyan Chand.

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Dhyan Chand with the ball in the 1932 Olympics match against the US, which India won by 24 goals to 1.

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The Indian hockey team with the mayor of Nairobi (fourth from left). Dhyan Chand is to his right.

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The Indian hockey team that sailed for East Africa from Bombay on December 6, 1947. Dhyan Chand, the captain, is standing fifth from left.

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A 35 paise commemorative stamp issued on December 3, 1980, to commemorate the first death anniversary of Dhyan Chand on November 27, 1980.

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Dhyan Chand (left) and Balbir Singh, who was a member of the 1948, '52 and 56' gold medal-winning Olympic teams.

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Dhyan Chand with trainees under his charge at a hockey coaching camp at the Corporation Stadium in Madras on March 16, 1958.

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Sportstar takes a moment to remember the hockey wizard on his 113th birth anniversary. August 29, Dhyan Chand's birthday, is being observed as the National Sports Day.