Haryana
World Kabaddi Day
- 27 Mar 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Recently, the World Kabaddi Day was celebrated on 24th March at Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium, Panchkula, Haryana.
Key Points
- HIPSA (Holistic International Pravasi Sports Association), along with an organisation named World Kabaddi, jointly organized this year’s event.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently signed between HIPSA and the Government of Haryana, for globally promoting Kabaddi, was one of the main reasons to choose India as a venue and Haryana for the event.
- The Governor of Haryana, Bandaru Dattatreya was the Chief Guest and the Guinness World Record certificate was presented to the Governor by the Guinness team.
- The Guinness World Record attempt was for ‘Most players in a Kabaddi exhibition match’.
World Kabaddi Day
- It has been celebrated every year on March 24, since 2019.
- Theme: Created by Men, Perfected by Women.
- The theme was chosen to promote the game among the women and in line with the recent MoU with the HIPSA to develop and promote the sport of kabaddi globally.
HIPSA (Holistic International Pravasi Sports Association)
- It is a Not for Profit Company, registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013, headquartered in India.
- It aims to promote and ‘Integrate’ Pravasi Bhartiya youth into India through the medium of Sports with a special focus on those Sports that India is proud of.
- Cricket, Kabaddi, Chess, Kho-Kho, Mallakhamb, Kusti, Archery are some of the Sports that our country has grown to become Internationally renowned.
- Sports, along with ‘Yoga as a Practice’ & ‘Culture for Knowledge’ are the Holistic objectives laid down in HIPSA’S vision for the future.
